How much are you paying for busway?

[bcl]

Can't get a fast enough answer back from suppliers...and haven't installed busway in a long time. Is there a ball-park for how much you expect to pay per foot for 400 amp copper busway? Here are the details I have:

3 phase, 3 wire with internal ground (not grounded enclosure), 400 amp, 480v

The run is about 250 feet, with the final 100 feet installed as bus-plug with (20) 30 amp plugs for EV chargers.

I'm good on labor and material count, but everyone says "they'll get back to me" on price, and I'm looking for at least a ballpark I can give the GC now.

Thanks in advance!

 

[kwired]

Something tells me the non yet committal price of such an item is only good for 24 hours at the most.

There may or may not be stock of this sort of item in somebody's warehouses, but actual selling price likely subject to daily or even hourly changes and could also vary depending on whether there is any other items from the same manufacturer on the bill of materials from which they may be able to recover any loss because of copper price fluctuations.

 

[bcl]

Something tells me the non yet committal price of such an item is only good for 24 hours at the most.

There may or may not be stock of this sort of item in somebody's warehouses, but actual selling price likely subject to daily or even hourly changes and could also vary depending on whether there is any other items from the same manufacturer on the bill of materials from which they may be able to recover any loss because of copper price fluctuations.

Good point. Maybe the best thing is to use a reasonably large number, with a provision that says the final cost could change based on the price of busway at the time of installation.