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Summer time is on us, family outings to the lakes, rivers, beaches might be on our minds, they should be as personal time is important. The personal time often brings back the fondest memories for you and your family. We hope your summer is rewarding for you, your family and friends.
We have lowered our tuition for all of our classes, while summer is often a contractor’s most hectic time it is historically our slowest part of the year. We have reduced our class fees an average of 15% for the next six weeks, this may benefit contractors in gaining knowledge to help profits, reduce risk and improving their confidence. How is your firms summer looking, are you as busy as you want to be? Are your profits where they need to be? The last question was dumb as profits are rarely where a firm wants them to be, better profits are always important. We would like to help you improve that area of your business.
What We Do
At JDE & Associates we focus on training to make your life easier while increasing profits, providing Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management and Fundamental Electrical Estimating courses that should be beneficial to you and your firm, immediately. Whether you are just beginning your estimating or project management career or are an experienced professional, our classes may make your life easier, more profitable and less stressful. We strive to make your life easier while increasing profits, providing Fundamental Electrical Estimating and Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management courses that should be beneficial to you and your firm, immediately. Whether you are just beginning your estimating or project management career or are an experienced professional, our classes may make your life easier, more profitable and less stressful.
Our goal is to offer options that allow you to make more proactive decisions. These proactive decisions often (almost always) reduce problems in a contractor's office. These choices will result in far less stress and greater profits. Both classes are designed to show new employees methods that can relieve anxiety regarding their new positions and offer the more experienced employee new ideas or rekindle old ideas that can be inserted into their day-to-day efforts.
We train primarily two subjects - Fundamental Estimating and Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management. Which training is more important? Both are important without a good estimate the odds of procuring work are slim. If you have a good estimate or bad estimate and you get a project good project management techniques are bound to help your chances of making a profit. Without these techniques the odds of making your profit goals consistently are reduced. The bottom line answer is that neither one in our opinion is much more important than the other, it depends on where your needs are at the time your looking at the available training.
We have structured both classes to allow for individual attention, both the Fundamental Electrical Estimating and Contractors Guide for Success - PM classes have two varieties the first is a webinar class with a maximum of 14 students per class. This webinar class is great for people that want a tune up to their current estimating or project management skills. A second option for each is a Home Study Class, which still utilizes our webinar capabilities while giving that one on one attention that individuals just starting their estimating or project management careers absolutely need or for those that want the choice to deviate from the prescribed text.
Based on requests that we get from time to time we are adding specialize one day, 2 to 3 hour classes on individual topics. We cover these in either our estimating or project management courses however in these one day seminars we will be able to dive into each topic in more detail. To start off we are going to hold an Estimating Tune Up Class. In a three hour format - 3, 50 minute sessions we will briefly cover the steps that we consider necessary to completing a electrical estimate from conception to completion. This class has been requested by a wide range of contractors and their employees. It is our hope that this quick format will help both the experienced estimator gets a glimpse of a new idea or two, maybe remind them of items that previously were in their practices. For the new estimators it may unlock some of the mysteries of estimating take some of the mysteries out of the position. And for everyone it can help you decide if you want to take the time and financial commitment to take a longer course. Depending on which course, you may be entitled to a partial rebate from this introductory class. The first of these classes is scheduled on July 28, 3:00PM and 6:00PM MST. Interested people can go to July’s calendar and click on the date for registration of this $60.00 class or click on the button below.
A second One day class is our Project Management Tune Up Class. In a three hour format - 3, 50 minute sessions we will briefly cover the steps that we consider necessary to completing an electrical project from a management point of view from conception to completion. This class has also been requested by a wide range of contractors and their employees. It is our hope that this quick format will help better manage your projects immediately. Again for everyone it can help you decide if you want to take the time and financial commitment to take a longer course. Depending on which course, you may be entitled to a partial rebate from this introductory class. The first of these classes is scheduled on July 29, 3:00PM and 6:00PM MST. Interested people can go to July’s calendar and click on the date for registration of this $60.00 class or click on the button below.
Our plan is to have a wide variety of these specialized classes for our contractors. We will be posting them on our calendar as we schedule them. Currently in addition to the two classes shown above we have a documentation class and a scheduling class posted for early August 2010.
Many people are afraid to change how they do things in their business. They are comfortable with the way things are and don't believe change will help their business grow. But successful people recognize when things aren't working and aren't afraid to make changes. They recognize the need for change early and embrace it. And they go looking for it. Because of this, they are also usually quick to see when something is not working and not afraid to change it.
Our definition of insanity, (not the Webster's version) is doing the same thing over and over again, while expecting different results.
Our Fundamental Electrical Estimating class starts with the bare basics. We begin by verifying that the project we are going to bid is a viable project for our firm's expertise - one where our experience leads us to believe we have a fair to good chance of winning the project - then making a profit. Generally speaking it does not make a lot of sense to complete bids on projects where our chance of winning the bid are marginal to poor to start. We then take you through a series of steps to take the project off of the drawings. We do this systematically taking the quotable items off first - then sending those items out to be quoted by our vendors, typically three vendors. We then take off the feeders, branch circuits, and devices for the entire project. We do not take off fire alarm on this project as most electrical contractors sub-contract this work to fire alarm sub-contractors. Most fire alarm systems are design and build in nature - we find this better suited for Fire Alarm Sub-Contractors, if a student wants to complete this as well we will complete this portion as a side task separately from the other students. Once the prints have been taken off we then explode all the assemblies to include all of the various material needed to complete those assemblies. Once this is finished we then add material costs to all items that are not quoted adding a labor unit for each item, commodity and quoted items alike. We will discuss the various items needed to complete a cap sheet. We are now ready to complete the estimate and complete our proposal price for this project. Finishing the estimate with a proposal letter to a general contractor or owner, one that will protect you as well as being clear as to what you are proposing and what you are excluding in your proposal.
Our Webinar Fundamental Estimating Class price has been reduced from $750.00 to $645.00 for the month of July and the first two weeks of August. It covers the same material you will receive the exact same class materials and still have the option of asking generic estimating questions for up to three months after your class is complete. This class is only intended for existing estimators to tune their estimating skills from the comfort of their computer. This class is generally paced to fast for a new estimator - we suggest these students consider the home study class. We have limited enrollment to the first twenty students.
Our Home Study Fundamental Electrical Estimating Class price has been reduced from $1,395.00 to $1,140.00 for the month of July and the first two weeks of August. It covers the same material as either the webinar or class room Fundamental Electrical Estimating Class - still having the option of asking generic estimating questions for up to three months after your class is complete. This class is a good class for new estimators or estimators that want to improve on specific areas of electrical estimating from the comfort of their computer at home or work. The class is a one-on-one class lasting eight weeks and allows for much more individual attention.
Our Fundamental Estimating Classes are designed around a small commercial project - the same project that we use for our classroom or home study students. We cover the same material as our classroom course, just from the comfort of your office. This course is a six week class scheduled for three hours per session - typically in the evenings or during the weekends. Registration is through our website, class materials will be shipped to you before your class is to start. Homework will be assigned every week except the last week. Homework should be completed and emailed to us five days after each class. We will review every assignment, mark up suggestions and email the reviewed work back to you before the next class.
Our Webinar Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management Class price has been reduced from $445.00 to $390.00 for the month of July and the first two weeks of August. This class covers the information shown below from the comfort of your office or home while still having the option of asking generic project management questions for up to a month after your class is complete. This is a Six Week Class one day per week for an hour and a half each week.
Our Home Study Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management Class price has been reduced from $895.00 to $770.00 for the month of July and the first two weeks of August. It covers the same material as either the webinar or class room Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management Class - still having the option of asking generic project management questions for up to a month after your class is complete. This class is a good class for new Project Manager or Project Manager that want to improve on specific areas of their position from the comfort of their computer at home or work. The class is a one-on-one class lasting six weeks and allows for much more individual attention.
The course tuition has been reduced through August 15, 2010 to $770.00 from $895.00
Both classes offers methods that can be incorporated into your present Electrical Estimating or Project Management procedures. We also offer a variety of services to electrical contractors and their employees. Many electrical contractors enroll key field electricians to attend both the Electrical Estimating and Contractors Guide for Success - Project Management classes to help the field understand office procedures of both positions. Armed with this information we have seen many field electricians improve their attitude in the field. Consulting services for electrical contractors are available to review and offer suggestions on electrical estimating and project management areas that may be improved, review the services page for more detail.
Specific information about our classes can be seen by going to the "course" page (look at the menu bar on top of this page and push courses). Then look on the left hand side of that index and go to the Calendar Page, follow the Calendar to the classes that you're interested in. From the same menu that you picked the calendar you can also review the syllabus for our classes to see if the content strikes an interest in you.
Classes are scheduled every month, sometimes more often. We generally schedule our fall and winter classes in Mid-August. Depending on the need we often have classes open between Mid-September and June, we do not schedule classes in the summer months unless specifically requested. Do you need a different location, days, or class hours? Send us a request and we will make are best attempt to make your request happen. Are you the type that prefers home study classes? We will attempt to accommodate you.
Monthly tips are a selection of ideas that may help your business - we change these tips every month. Do you have a tip that may benefit other electrical contractors, submit it? If the material is relevant to the electrical construction industry, we will post it. If a tip is beneficial to your company, use it!
Do you have questions regarding our classes or services? Utilize our Contact Us page and ask your questions, we will respond generally within twenty-four hours.
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