About
With 40-plus years of combined estimating experience and a 20-year track record helping contractors win bids across every U.S. state, Astra Estimating is the Akron-area outsourced estimating partner that commercial electrical contractors rely on to compete more profitably on complex projects. Operating from Tallmadge, Ohio, Astra serves electrical contractors pursuing commercial work in office buildings, retail centers, industrial facilities, warehouses, multifamily properties, and mixed-use developments throughout Northeast Ohio and nationwide. Their estimating scope covers the full range of commercial electrical scopes — power distribution, switchgear, panelboards and breakers, lighting systems, backup generators, and low-voltage installations — giving contractors a precise, code-aware cost picture before a single dollar is committed. Astra's flagship 'Astra Complete' package goes well beyond a simple takeoff. The firm tracks down every GC bidding a project, builds direct relationships with general contractors on behalf of the electrical sub, submits fixture, gear, and equipment counts to vendors for pricing, prepares a detailed bid proposal with explicit includes and excludes, submits to all bidding GCs, and follows through to bid results and negotiation. For contractors who need selective support, the 'Modified Complete' and 'Assist Take-off' tiers let teams pick only the estimating tasks they lack in-house. For facility managers and property owners, this means the electrical contractors submitting bids on your next tenant improvement, panel upgrade, lighting retrofit, or generator installation are backed by a professional estimating team using industry-leading software — translating to more accurate scopes, fewer change orders, and better-qualified proposals. Astra quotes hours transparently before work begins, so contractors control cost and scope on every project. If your procurement process depends on receiving competitive, well-documented bids from qualified commercial electrical contractors in the Akron and greater Northeast Ohio market, Astra Estimating is the behind-the-scenes engine making those bids possible.
