Resolve the expensive questions while they are still cheap.
The information is there. It is just scattered.
Electrical projects rarely suffer from missing information. They suffer because the information lives in nine places: the power plans, the one-line, the panel schedules, the specification, the mechanical equipment schedule, the architectural backgrounds, the details, the general notes, and three addenda issued after everyone had already started.
Reconciling those is real work, and it is the work that gets compressed when a bid date moves up.
What a preconstruction pass should produce
A defensible scope statement
What is in the electrical contract, what is explicitly excluded, and what is genuinely ambiguous — with the document reference for each.
A system model
Service, distribution, transformers, panels, and the feeders that connect them — extracted from the one-line and reconciled against the schedules.
A risk register
Conflicts between documents, missing information, unresolved responsibility, and revision impacts, each with a source and a severity.
Verified calculations
Voltage drop, conductor sizing, and conduit fill run against the actual configuration rather than assumed from a rule of thumb.
Ask the project directly
Voltaire, VoltDrop’s electrical intelligence assistant, lets you put questions to the document set in plain language: what changed in this addendum, why was this run flagged, where does this requirement come from. Every answer references the drawing, schedule, or specification section behind it.
Voltaire is in active development. It is designed to show its sources rather than ask for trust.
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- Electrical Estimating SoftwareElectrical estimating software built around the electrical system, not just object counts. Structured scope, feeders, runs, and reviewable calculations that carry into your estimate.
- Electrical Contractor SoftwareSoftware built specifically for electrical contractors — preconstruction, takeoff, run intelligence, and electrical calculations in one connected project model.
Understand the job before you bid it.
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