by Connor English | Oct 5, 2018 | Learning
As Solar Power International approached, travel was on my mind. Setting up travel plans led me to thinking about the day-to-day accounting of travel for solar contractors. Interestingly enough, travel has also come up with a majority of my Estimating as a Services...
by Connor English | Mar 13, 2018 | Learning
Three months in and the solar coaster is starting to pick up. The 2017Q4 SEIA Market Insight Report came out in mid December and I picked it up again to review. There, in all its glory, was a chart that exemplifies the solar growth we see throughout the year....
by Connor English | Mar 6, 2018 | Learning
Well, we’re a month into the new year! Here at PVBid, we’ve started the year off really well. Our Estimating Service has been a huge hit – we even have clients who are partnering with us as their only estimators. The software is developing in awesome ways and...
by Connor English | Dec 3, 2017 | Learning
It seems like every few years there is some new module crisis on this ride we call the Solarcoaster (think the current Suniva case, or the anti-dumping case from 2014, or sillicon shortage of 2005 and many more). The biggest challenge is how to handle selling to the...
by Connor English | Jun 20, 2017 | Learning
Solar installers and EPCs are construction contractors. Yes, we have different specialties, but if you distill it down into existing categories, “construction contractors” generally fits the bill. Did you know that each state handles sales tax for contractors...
by Connor English | May 15, 2017 | Learning
The PV industry is still growing at 20% each year and we added 1,000 new jobs each week in 2016. Now that more and more systems are constructed each day, accurate proposals are an absolute key to success. Putting in the right adders is crucial to getting your prices...
