🧾 Module 7: Creating & Reviewing the Final Estimate

Pull everything together into a complete estimate and learn how to review it for accuracy and clarity before submission.

🎯 Learning Objectives

This module helps you build confidence when reading electrical drawings and interpreting specifications. Below are in-depth explanations of each learning objective to guide your study:

📌 Understand Standard Electrical Symbols and Abbreviations

Electrical drawings contain many symbols and abbreviations that represent lighting, devices, equipment, panels, and more. In this module, you’ll learn how to quickly identify and decode these items using the legend or symbol key, ensuring you're counting and pricing the right components.

📌 Identify Circuits, Panels, Outlets, and Fixtures

You’ll learn how to track electrical runs across drawings and recognize different types of circuits. We'll go over how to read panel locations, branch circuits, receptacles, switches, and light fixtures, and how to group them by area and type for takeoff purposes.

📌 Learn How to Use the Legend, Keynotes, and Sheet Indexes

Every set of plans includes tools to help you interpret the information—such as sheet indexes, keynote symbols, and legends. We explain how to locate them and use them to speed up your plan review, identify scopes of work, and locate referenced drawings.

📌 Interpret Electrical Specifications in Tandem with Drawings

Plans tell you what’s shown—specifications tell you what’s required. This section teaches you how to cross-reference drawings with written specs to ensure your estimate includes installation methods, fixture types, material requirements, and code notes that may not appear on the drawings.

📘 Overview

In this module, we take all of the components from your takeoff, labor, materials, and markup, and combine them into a single, client-ready estimate. You’ll learn how to double-check quantities, align your estimate with project requirements, and make your submission professional and complete.

🎬 Module Video