Exposure meaning you are on the hook for completely designing the job and the uknowns at the time of bid.
The way to mitigate risk is to stay in your lane. You need to be intimately familiar with the requirements and cost of the project type.
That’s having a solid understanding of code requirements, AHJ and utility requirements.
This will always start with budgeting, and that takes prior experience in the job type to have an accurate budget.
You can always hire your own EE if needed. The fees in my area are 3%-10% of contract value, depending on how involved you need them to be.
On the lighting side, manufacturer reps will provide layouts and BOM for a fee.
Smaller jobs are pretty easy to keep in-house. I’ve done it enough that most project architects will stamp my drawings. If it’s a big project or they don’t know you, they’ll want you get your own EE to either design it or approve your design. Some RFP’s are going to have a blanket requirement for PE’s to stamp everything.
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