Pittsburgh, PA
EV CHARGER INSTALL ESTIMATING.

## EV Charger Estimating in Pittsburgh Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too Allegheny County is pushing EV adoption hard. The Port Authority's bus electrification program, expanding charging infrastructure along I-376, and Pittsburgh's Climate Action Plan all point the same direction: residential and commercial EV charger installs are accelerating. That means more RFQs landing in your inbox and less time to price each one accurately. Estimate.Pro takes you from a job walkthrough to a sendable bid in 8 minutes. No SaaS fluff — just a structured scope-of-work, code-referenced line items, and a price your customer can sign. --- ### What Makes EV Charger Estimating Different in Pittsburgh **Panel capacity is the first variable.** A lot of Pittsburgh's housing stock is old — row homes in Lawrenceville, brick doubles in Squirrel Hill, century-old Craftsmans in Mount Washington. Most weren't wired for a 50A or 100A dedicated circuit without a panel upgrade or load calculation first. You need to price that scope before you commit to a number. **Trenching and conduit runs add up fast.** Detached garages are common in Pittsburgh neighborhoods. A Level 2 install that looks like a straightforward job at the panel can turn into 80 feet of outdoor conduit once you're walking the site. The app logs those measurements during your walkthrough — AR-assisted on supported devices, photo-estimated on everything else — so the footage shows up in the materials takeoff automatically. **Pittsburgh City permits are required for most EV charger installs.** The City of Pittsburgh requires an electrical permit through the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (PLI) for new circuits. Allegheny County jurisdictions outside city limits (like Mt. Lebanon, Penn Hills, or Bethel Park) have their own permitting desks with different fee schedules. Estimate.Pro lets you add permit line items by jurisdiction so your bids reflect actual cost, not a rough guess. **NEC 625 compliance is non-negotiable.** Every bid you build in Estimate.Pro references NEC Article 625 (Electric Vehicle Charging System equipment requirements) and NEC 240 (overcurrent protection) in the scope-of-work text. When your customer or their HOA asks why the install requires a dedicated 240V circuit, the scope document already explains it. That saves you a phone call. --- ### The Estimate.Pro Workflow for EV Charger Installers 1. **Walk the site.** Use the app to capture panel location, garage or parking distance, conduit route, and any obstacles. AR measurement runs locally via ONNX on supported devices — no data upload lag. 2. **AI scope generation.** The app drafts a scope-of-work covering the dedicated circuit, breaker sizing, EVSE mounting, conduit type (EMT vs. PVC), weatherproofing, and permit line item. You review and edit — it takes about two minutes. 3. **Price it.** Your saved material cost workspace holds your local pricing for wire, breakers, NEMA 14-50 or hardwired EVSE units, conduit fittings, and weather heads. Labor rates default to your saved number; adjust per job. 4. **Send it.** Export a clean PDF or send a payment-enabled link via Stripe Connect on Elite tier. Pro tier is $39/seat/month. Elite is $79/seat/month. Crew (flat shop rate) is $399/month. Free tier is available — no credit card required. --- ### Specific Calculators That Matter for This Trade - **Load calculation reference** — prompts you to document existing panel load before sizing the new circuit, consistent with NEC 220 branch-circuit calculations - **Conduit run estimator** — captures linear footage, bend count, and box fills so your conduit and wire pulls are priced to the foot - **Permit fee line item** — add PLI or municipality-specific permit costs directly to the estimate; they show as a separate line so customers see the real project cost - **Material cost workspace** — save your current wire pricing, breaker costs, and EVSE hardware so every new estimate starts from accurate numbers, not memory --- ### Who This Is Built For If you're a licensed electrician or electrical contractor in the Pittsburgh metro running EV charger installs alongside your panel work, service upgrades, or whole-home rewires — Estimate.Pro fits into your existing workflow without replacing it. You can be on a jobsite in Shadyside, build the next bid on your phone, and have it in the customer's inbox before you're back in the truck. Pittsburgh's market rewards speed. Homeowners are comparing two or three quotes and the first credible bid often wins. Eight minutes from walkthrough to sendable bid is the target. Most installers hit it by the second or third job. Start free at Estimate.Pro — no credit card, no time limit on the free tier.