Electrical contractor software for the project side and the service van.
Track installed feet and devices against the labor units you bid, see which open quotes and unbought wire are exposed to copper, and run service tickets on the same jobs, crews and ledger as your projects.
Reply within one business day · Written scope and fixed price before any work starts
Built on a platform our team runs in production. The U.S. edition is being configured with design partners.
Status as of November 2026. How we label products
Labor budget
9,620 hrs
Earned hours
4,112 hrs
Actual hours
4,486 hrs
91.7% productivity
Projected labor overrun
$38,900
By phase code
| Phase | Installed | Earned hrs | Actual hrs | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-0510 Branch rough-in (EMT) | 18,400 ft of 31,000 | 1,092 | 1,301 | 84% productivity |
| 26-0520 Feeders 4/0-500 kcmil | 2,860 ft of 4,200 | 618 | 602 | 103% |
| 26-5100 Lighting fixtures | 412 of 1,180 | 386 | 455 | 85% productivity |
| 26-2400 Gear setting | 6 of 9 sections | 140 | 128 | 109% |
Foreman notes this week
- Rough-in slowed by ceiling grid conflictArea C · RFI-22
- Lift availability short 2 daysLighting crew
- Feeder pulls ahead of scheduleCrew 3
Unbought copper on committed jobs
$412K
Change since bid pricing
+$47.3K
Bids past quote validity
4
Jobs with escalation clause
3 of 11
Exposure by job and bid
| Job / bid | Copper lines unbought | Priced on | Re-valued delta | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northpoint Distribution Center | $168,200 | Jun 12 | +$21,400 | Buy feeders now |
| Bid: Lakeside Senior Living | $96,500 | Sep 03 | +$9,800 | Quote expired, re-price |
| Harbor Fire Station 6 | $54,300 | Aug 20 | +$4,100 | Escalation clause applies |
| Bid: Mesa Charter School | $71,900 | Oct 28 | +$1,200 | Within validity |
Tickets open
37
Completed, not invoiced
12
Service gross margin
46%
Truck stock below min
8 items
Recent tickets
| Ticket | Customer / job | Type | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-20417 | Brightwater Apartments | Service · panel replacement | $4,860 | Signed, invoiced |
| T-20421 | Northpoint DC (CO-pending) | T&M against project | $2,315 | Needs GC signature |
| T-20423 | Oak Park Dental | Service · tripping breaker | $385 | Tech en route |
| T-20426 | Mesa Logistics | Service · EV charger install | $7,240 | Scheduled Thu |
In short
Agenbord Build for Electrical Contractors is operations and job cost software for electrical shops that do both project and service work, roughly $5M-$60M a year. It compares field labor with estimated labor units by phase code, tracks copper-sensitive material on open bids and committed jobs, and runs service tickets beside project billing on one ledger. The engine runs in production today; this U.S. edition is in early access with design partners.
What slows electrical contractors down today.
You find out the labor units were wrong when the job is over
The estimate said 1,840 hours for branch rough-in. The foreman's timesheets say 1,200 hours spent - but nobody knows how many feet of conduit are actually installed, so nobody knows whether that is good or bad until the hours run out.
Copper moves faster than your quotes
COMEX copper set record highs in 2026, and distributors re-price wire and cable monthly or faster. A bid held for 60 days, or a committed job whose feeders haven't been bought yet, can lose its margin before a reel is pulled.
Service and project work live in different worlds
Service runs in a dispatch app, projects run in spreadsheets and accounting, and the same electrician bounces between both. Labor cost, truck stock and margin are split across systems, so the owner never sees the whole business on one screen.
How the work flows through the system.
Each workflow runs on one shared record, so nobody re-types numbers between steps.
Weekly labor productivity by phase code
Estimator → foreman → project manager
- The awarded estimate's labor units become the labor budget for each phase code - branch rough-in, feeders, lighting trim, gear setting.
- Foremen log hours by phase code daily and report installed quantities weekly: feet of conduit, devices set, fixtures hung.
- The system computes earned hours from installed quantity times budgeted units and compares them with actual hours.
- Phases running below plan are flagged with the projected overrun at current productivity, while there's still time to re-plan crews.
Copper exposure on bids and committed jobs
Estimator → purchasing → owner
- Each bid and job stores the copper-sensitive lines - wire, cable, bus duct, gear - with the price basis and date used.
- When a distributor quote or price update comes in, open bids and unbought material on committed jobs are re-valued at the new price.
- Bids past their quote-validity window and jobs whose exposure exceeds a set threshold are listed for a decision: re-price, buy now or invoke an escalation clause.
- Purchase orders placed to lock pricing update committed cost immediately.
Service ticket to invoice
Dispatcher → service electrician → billing
- A call becomes a ticket - either standalone service or a T&M ticket against an existing project or GC contract.
- The electrician records time, material from truck stock and photos on the mobile app, and gets a signature on site.
- Tickets price at the agreed T&M rates or flat price, and truck stock used is replenished from the warehouse.
- The invoice posts to the same ledger as project billing, so labor cost and margin roll up across both sides.
What's included in Agenbord Build for Electrical Contractors.
Job cost by phase code
Budget, committed, actual and forecast by phase code, with labor, material, equipment and subcontract split out.
Labor-unit productivity
Earned versus actual hours by phase, from installed quantities and the units you bid, reported weekly per job and per foreman.
Material & copper exposure
Price basis and date on every copper-sensitive line, re-valued against new distributor pricing for open bids and unbought material.
Purchasing & releases
Purchase orders, gear and lighting releases, and supplier quotes that update committed cost when approved.
Service tickets & T&M
Service calls and T&M tickets with time, material, photos and signatures, priced at agreed rates and invoiced from the same ledger.
Truck & warehouse stock
Inventory by van and warehouse, replenishment lists and material charged to the right ticket or job.
Progress billing & retainage
Schedule-of-values billing with change orders and retainage for GC contracts, alongside service invoices.
Crews & payroll
Attendance and timesheets by job, phase and classification, apprentice tracking, and WH-347-style certified payroll on prevailing-wage work.
AI that does specific jobs and shows its work.
Every AI feature is tested on your own records before it's switched on, and a person approves anything that moves money or goes to a customer.
Productivity early warning
Reads weekly installed quantities and hours and flags phases whose productivity trend projects an overrun, with the numbers behind it. Limits: it is only as good as the installed quantities foremen report; it flags, and the PM decides what to do.
Supplier quote reading
Extracts line items, unit prices and validity dates from distributor quote PDFs and matches them to the bid or job's material lines for review. Limits: a person confirms every match before prices change; we test it on your past quotes first.
Who it's for and who it isn't.
A good fit if you are
- Electrical contractors with 20-250 electricians split between project crews and service vans
- Shops that estimate with labor units and want to see installed productivity weekly, not at job close
- Firms bidding commercial, industrial or public work where wire and gear prices move between bid and buy
- Owners who run service in one app and projects in spreadsheets, and can't see combined labor or margin
Probably not the right fit if you are
- Residential service-only shops that mainly need dispatch, price books and memberships
- Low-voltage integrators whose work is mostly recurring monitoring contracts
- Large contractors already standardized on an enterprise construction ERP
Designed around the rules you work under.
Plain-English notes, not legal advice. Software supports your compliance process; it doesn't replace your attorney, CPA or compliance lead.
Apprentices on Davis-Bacon jobs
Apprentices may be paid less than the wage determination rate only when individually registered in a program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor or a recognized state apprenticeship agency, and the number on site is limited by the program's apprentice-to-journeyworker ratio. The crew module stores each apprentice's registration and checks the daily ratio per job. DOL Fact Sheet #66; DOL compliance principles.
Weekly certified payroll
Contractors on covered federal jobs submit weekly certified payroll (form WH-347 or equivalent). The payroll module is designed to produce it from approved timesheets with each worker's classification. U.S. DOL WH-347.
What exists today and what's being built.
Runs in production today
Capabilities of the engine this edition is built on.
- Estimating and bills of quantities converting to job budgets
- Projects and job costing by cost code
- Progress billing with retention
- Procurement, supplier ledgers and materials inventory
- Labor attendance, payroll and site diaries with photos
- Mobile approvals and an AI copilot over company data
What this edition adds
In development with design partners.
- Earned-hours productivity from installed quantities and labor units
- Copper and material price exposure on open bids and unbought material
- Service and T&M tickets with signatures, truck stock and service invoicing
- Apprentice registration and daily ratio checks; WH-347-style certified payroll
- U.S. payroll tax handling and QuickBooks Online / Sage Intacct sync
Connects to the systems you already run.
Systems we integrate with
Named platforms are examples we build against through their public APIs - not partnership claims.
How it compares - honestly.
Established products are often the right answer. Here's when each one is the better choice.
| Product | What it is | The better choice when |
|---|---|---|
| ServiceTitan | A widely used field service platform with electrical-specific features for dispatch, pricing, memberships and service operations. | Most of your revenue is residential or light-commercial service and you want a mature dispatch and service platform today. |
| Trimble Accubid | Established electrical estimating software with labor-unit databases and digital takeoff, in classic and cloud versions. | Your need is estimating and takeoff. Accubid estimates can feed this edition's budgets rather than compete with them. |
| Trimble Viewpoint (Vista / Spectrum) | Construction ERPs used by many mid-sized and large specialty contractors, with accounting, payroll and project modules. | You want a mainstream construction ERP with a large implementation partner network and are ready for a longer rollout. |
What it costs, up front.
During early access the electrical edition is delivered as a configured build on the Agenbord Build engine at a fixed price. Design partners get a reduced build price in exchange for feedback and a reference.
Job cost + productivity
From $25k
Phase-code job cost, labor-unit productivity reporting and the field app for foremen, synced to your accounting system.
8–12 weeks
Full electrical edition
$60k–$150k
Adds copper exposure tracking, purchasing, service tickets and truck stock, progress billing, payroll and certified payroll.
4–8 months, phased
Multi-branch
$150k+
Several branches or divisions, shared warehouses, intercompany labor and consolidated reporting.
Phased
Electrical contractors: common questions.
How is this different from field service software like ServiceTitan?
Field service platforms are built around dispatch and service tickets. This edition is built around project job cost and labor-unit productivity, and adds service tickets on the same ledger. If service is most of your revenue, a field service platform may suit you better.
Can we import our estimates and labor units?
Yes. Estimates exported from your estimating software (Trimble Accubid, McCormick or a spreadsheet) are mapped to phase codes, and their labor hours become the labor budget. We set up the mapping once per estimate template.
Does it track copper prices automatically?
It re-values copper-sensitive material when you load new distributor pricing - from a quote, a price file or a manual update. We don't present exchange prices as wire prices, since your distributor's pricing is what matters for your margin.
How do foremen report installed quantities?
On the mobile app, by phase code, usually once a week or at the end of each area. The quantities are what turn hours into a productivity number, so we keep the screen short: phase, quantity, note, photo.
Is this different from the specialty subcontractor edition?
Yes. The specialty subcontractor edition centers on billing GCs, retainage and the lien waivers subs owe. The electrical edition centers on labor productivity, copper exposure and running service and project work together, though it includes progress billing too.
Is it available today?
The engine - job costing, progress billing, procurement, inventory, payroll and site diaries - runs in production today. The U.S. electrical edition adds labor-unit productivity, copper exposure, service tickets and certified payroll, and is in early access with design partners.
Sources
- U.S. DOL - Fact Sheet #66: The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts
- U.S. DOL - Davis-Bacon compliance principles overview
- U.S. Department of Labor - Form WH-347
- ConstructConnect - Copper prices hit record as cost pressures build
Regulatory notes are plain-English summaries, not legal advice.
Early access
Become an early-access customer of Agenbord Build for Electrical Contractors.
Early-access customers get a reduced build price, direct input into the roadmap and a fixed scope in writing before work starts. Tell us how you work today and we'll reply within one business day.
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