Professional estimating workbook for low-voltage contractors
Build project pricing from real labor, material, testing, travel and margin assumptions instead of relying on a generic price-per-drop guess.
Instant digital delivery after successful payment. Includes the Excel estimator and Quick Start Guide.
What it calculates
- Cat6, Cat6 plenum, Cat6A, fiber and custom run categories
- Cable footage with waste and service-loop allowance
- Loaded labor cost from wage and labor burden
- Separate material and labor markups
- Testing and termination cost per run
- Difficulty multiplier for labor
- Travel, lift, miscellaneous cost and contingency
- Sales-tax setting
- Recommended project price, gross profit and gross margin
- Cable-box planning
- Target-margin price comparison
- Estimate-vs-actual job costing
Included with your purchase
Professional Low-Voltage Estimator v1.1
Editable Microsoft Excel workbook.
Quick Start Guide
Setup instructions, workflow guidance and usage notes.
Single-business license
Use internally across projects for one business. Redistribution or resale is not included.
Built to match the way you price jobs
The sample values are only a starting point. Replace them with your company’s actual cable cost, technician wage, labor burden, expected hours, testing cost, travel, markup rules and target gross margin. That makes the workbook useful for your own operation instead of forcing you into somebody else’s assumptions.
Why this is different from a basic cable calculator
A simple cost-per-drop calculator can help with an early estimate. The Professional Estimator goes further by separating direct costs, loaded labor, markups and margin, then lets you compare the original estimate against actual project performance after the job is complete.
Who it is for
What it is not
This workbook is an estimating and planning aid. It is not an engineering design, code-compliance tool, legal contract, tax advice, or substitute for a project-specific site survey. Final proposals should reflect the actual customer scope and applicable local requirements.
Ready to build more consistent estimates?
Use your own costs, labor assumptions and margin targets across every project.
Instant digital delivery after successful payment. Includes the Excel estimator and Quick Start Guide.