June 28, 2005

Residential Electrical Design

I have been asked to perform a function, by a nationally known LLC, that is to design the electrical systems for newly designed homes, such as is required by many municipalities for the sole purpose acquiring a town, city or state building permit. I wonder if there isn't a portion of those in the home-building business who could use this service from time to time. Being an electrical contractor in the residential market, I know that the bidding electrician often gets a set of plans without any electrical design at all. Therefore, he not only gets to bid the work, but he also has to design it as he goes; how else can he do the take off and bid the work properly? What if his tastes are too cheap for this client - or too expensive - the job is awarded to another?

Being a Licensed Master Electrician, in Massachusetts especially, is the next best thing to possessing an engineering degree in my trade. But, being that a Professional Engineer doesn't usually get involved with residential electrical design, this leaves a chink in the system, through which many an electrician (a homebuilder and a homeowner or two) has been fatally wounded. Worried that you will end up with a lousy switching system that cannot be altered without a major renovation, a lighting scheme that leaves you in the dark?
Versed in the uses of many electrical products and the specification and installation of the same, drawing up Electrical-Plans for clients has been the mainstay of my business and it still appeals to me. An On-Line Residential Electrical Design Service, guaranteed to pass National Electrical Code, and pass inspection! By allowing the electricians and electrical contractors to bid from the same e-plan, you would get uniform bidding from your sub-contractors, apples to apples, oranges to oranges; consistently.

1 Comments:

Blogger musalia said...

Hi! that's what I need: electrical advice. I'll come back to your blog to read the knews :)

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