Trying to come up with a better way to estimate jobs. When doing small repairs I usually charge a $40 trip charge + $55 an hour. But on bigger jobs like the church I am now working on, about a 2 week job, I try to estimate the total job ahead, at a less hourly rate. Example = I look at the job and figure it will take 1 man at $35 an hour, 2 weeks labor + materials and lift rental. ($35x80hrs = $2800 + materials & lift rental). This would be my charge doing the job myself and hiring a helper sometimes.
This job consist of adding stage lighting, screens and projectors to an exhisting church.
How would you estimate a week or 2 week job like this? (other than T&M).
