A lot of Aussie electricians stick with Excel or notepads to keep job records, but this can get messy. Things can get lost, and you can lose money to over-pricing and under-pricing.
With Fergus job estimating software, electricians can build an estimate in five minutes from saved templates, have a customer accept it, and drop it into a job, ready to invoice.
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Each estimate you create prices labour and materials at their real cost, with markups visible before you hit send. This means you'll save on labour rates. Additionally, the materials catalogue pulls info directly from suppliers, while a real-time margin is shown as you build.
With normal Excel and notepad-style estimates, you're guessing the GPO upgrade price and find out weeks later that you've lost money. This makes Fergus software a key element of pricing strategies for trades.
With properly-branded estimates, you'll close more jobs than quotes scribbled on a torn page. You'll have access to:
Branded quotes look more professional; if a customer receives three quotes, they're more likely to choose a professional-looking one than one written on scrap paper.
When you're doing admin for an electrical job, the estimate is just the start. Your secured jobs flow into a schedule, materials list, and your invoice. With Fergus quoting software, all of these are in one system; there's no copy-pasting or worrying about re-entering information into spreadsheets. All the information is integrated automatically.
Fergus electrical contractor software lets you schedule recurring maintenance for any type of job. Whether it's testing, thermal scans, or switchboard inspections for commercial projects, you'll receive service reminders in advance.
You can schedule maintenance visits on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. From there, the system creates the job, notifies the technician, and triggers an invoice. Your customers get reliable service, and you get predictable revenue.
As you add line items, you'll see your margin calculated in real-time. You'll be able to flex labour or material pricing and hit your targets before your customers ever see the numbers. This way, you'll know where there's profit to be had ahead of time.
The Fergus Go mobile app for iOS and Android lets you handle all your invoicing work in the field, away from your desk. You can build, send, and confirm acceptance on the customer estimate with a single visit. Templates are preloaded on your phone, so your customer simply reviews what's on screen and accepts.
If a job needs a blueprint takeoff, you won't need to switch tools. Just switch into our Groundplan integration.
Our Groundplan partnership means you'll be able to get fast line-item estimates for both everyday jobs and full-plan-based takeoffs for big commercial works. You won't have to pay for two disconnected systems; it's all taken care of under the one piece of software.
Once the job's finished, you'll be able to put your estimated job costings and actual costs side by side. You'll see where you're underquoting and fix your templates accordingly. A lot of electrical estimating software stops at sending the estimate; our tool goes way beyond that and helps you plan your future jobs.
Fergus is built by tradies, for tradies.
We recognise that estimating is just one piece of a connected job management platform, and not a standalone tool. When commercial work needs blueprint takeoff, Fergus partners with Groundplan, the best Australian takeoff tool.
The majority of electrical estimating tools are designed for commercial tenders, pricing million-dollar fit-outs from CAD plans. Fergus, on the other hand, is built for everyday estimating, which makes up 90% of an average electrical contractor's pipeline. Our saved templates, mobile-first software, and fast line items make our job management software easy for you to use.
Our accurate estimates are part of the same connected workflow as the quoting software, job card, and your invoicing. Your won jobs roll forward automatically, and you won't have to worry about copy-pasting or Xero re-entry.
If a job needs plan-based takeoff, Fergus software supports Groundplan integration, a dedicated takeoff tool. With the fast, everyday estimating of Fergus and full blueprint takeoff in Groundplan, you'll have the best of both programs flowing into one job.
The Fergus support team is made up of former tradies and trade-savvy onboarders. You won't have to deal with any corporate ticket queues or anything resembling them. Our founder, Dan Pollard, created Fergus while running his own trade business and knows exactly how tradies think and what makes their lives easier.
Fergus software is trusted by electricians big and small.
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The best electrical estimating software depends on the type of work being completed. Every day, residential, small-commercial, and service work can be managed with trade-built job management tools like Fergus. They each deliver fast line-item estimates that are connected to the rest of the business.
When it comes to million-dollar commercial tenders that involve blueprint takeoff, dedicated tools like Groundplan are purpose-built for the task.
Estimating software builds a price for a job based on labour, materials, and markup. Takeoff software measures quantities from a blueprint (such as counting GPOs and measuring cable runs), so your numbers will be an estimate.
Smaller jobs don't need takeoff, but bigger jobs need both estimating and takeoff. While Fergus handles estimating, Groundplan handles takeoff; together, they cover both.
Whether electrical estimating software handles commercial tenders depends on the tool in question. Line-item tools, such as Fergus, handle smaller teams and commercial fit-outs, whereas tender-grade plan takeoff involves a dedicated tool. The Fergus-Groundplan integration means you're covered for both.
Most modern trade-built tools sync with the major accounting platforms. At Fergus, we've got full integration with Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, and over 100 other tools via Zapier. Your estimate will flow through the quote, job, and invoice and automatically land in your accounting software.
Our electricians have slashed their admin by 60%, are getting paid 2 weeks faster, and finally enjoying their weekends again.
