Case Study: Reliable Electric cuts estimating time by 50% and reduces costs with Microsoft Power Apps

Contractor reduces costs and encourages growth with Microsoft Power Apps

Reliable Electric, a Vancouver-based electrical contractor specializing in high-end residential and commercial installs, faced a costly, single‑seat estimating solution that limited productivity and wouldn’t scale as the business grew. After evaluating alternatives, the company adopted Microsoft Power Apps to replace its legacy estimator and address hidden costs, data control issues, and workflow bottlenecks.

Using Microsoft Power Apps (with Power Automate and Azure SQL), Reliable Electric built a Sales Tracker and an Estimating app that eliminated manual copy‑and‑paste, automated data flows into accounting, and enabled field reporting. The Estimating app cut estimate creation time by 50%, halved manual estimating work, reduced licensing costs by CAD 10,000 a year, and delivered CAD 80,000–100,000 in annual savings versus top purpose‑built solutions; six additional Power Apps now streamline time‑off, tools tracking, materials ordering, and project status updates.

Reliable Electric

Lars Peterson

General Manager