Lesson Activity – Bidding out a New Construction Circuit

Lesson Activity - Bidding out a New Construction Circuit

In this activity, you will go through the bid process and submit a bid to a homeowner adding an electric circuit to a newly constructed room in their home. The homeowner is requesting the installation of a circuit consisting of a single-pole, single-throw switch next to the door, an overhead, center-mounted LED light, and four outlets in the center of each wall.

Your goals:

• Use your Betabox Electrician Foundations and Futures Hands-On Project box to help you visualize what is needed for the circuit.
• Create a rough sketch of the room (see video) with: 
• Placement of the outlets (12” up from the floor)
• Placement of the switch (48” up from the floor)
• Placement of the light (center of the room in the ceiling)
• Cable run distances between each component in the circuit 
• Create a circuit diagram of the proposed circuit
• Price out each component:
• Switch
• LED Light Fixture
• Outlets
• Outlet/Switch Boxes
• Fixture Box
• Wire (including 20 feet between the room and the service panel)
• Wire staples
• Wire nuts (if applicable)
• 15 amp Breaker
• Create a bid proposal
• Estimate 3 hours of labor (wage is your choice)
• Estimate $200 permit
• Include Overhead (your choice)
• Include Profit Margin (your choice)
• Include Markup (your choice)