Suderman Estimating Blog

What keeps you awake at night?

February 23, 2023

The past few years have been hard on electrical contractors, electrical estimators and the entire construction industry. Let’s face it, we’ve been hit with material shortgages, skilled labour shortages, increased non-productive labour, under bidding by other companies, material cost increases,…

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New electrical estimating course dates…

January 27, 2023

Is it time to book your electrical estimating course? We’ve added the following electrical estimating course dates to our schedule: Online: Course 1, February 7th, 8th; Course 2, March 7th, 8th; 8:00 to 4:30 p.m. EST Course 1, April 18th,…

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An Online Electrical Estimating Course

December 1, 2022

Online electrical estimating courses are a great way to learn electrical estimating. The courses are taught be electricians with estimating experience.

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2023 is just around the corner… are you and your team ready?

November 25, 2022

These guys are… Wow, the end of November already. 2023 is just around the corner. Is your business ready? Materials costs have skyrocketed. Labour costs are increasing. Are you guesstimating or estimating? In the super competitive market we are in…

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Are you ready for 2023?

November 18, 2022

It has been a busy few weeks at Suderman Estimating Systems Inc. We’ve been teach electrical estimating courses across Canada, doing estimates for companies that don’t have an estimator. and supporting companies that need estimates turned around very quickly. Are…

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Updated Labour Manual – Special offer

November 15, 2022

It has been a busy summer at Suderman Estimating Systems Inc. We’ve been working behind the scene on updating our electrical estimating courses, developing new courses (including one using Imperial measurements), teaching and updating the Suderman Labour Manual. We’ve added…

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Online or In person?

October 25, 2022

As a result of Covid-19 Suderman Estimating had to change our course presentation to an online format. As things have opened up we are once again offering in person courses but due to demand we still over our courses online.…

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New Course Dates

August 4, 2022

We’ve added more online courses for the fall and winter. 8.5-hour days, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST Course 1 September 13th and 14th, Course 2 September 28th and 29th   Course 1 October 19th and 20th, Course 2 November…

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Want to know where you stand on project pricing and service calls?

July 14, 2022

Electrical Business Magazine has been doing a national survey of electrical contractors for several years. We’ve found the information useful in the courses we teach and the services we provide. The survey results will be published in August. Jump online,…

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High Demand for Electrical Estimators

June 29, 2022

It looks like electrical construction is booming. I see job postings for Electrical Estimators almost everyday. Many days there are several postings throughout the day. The shortage of Electrical Estimators is affecting the profit and production of electrical contractors across…

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