In-building wireless, estimated around the approvals
Carrier and fire-marshal approvals decide the schedule; antenna counts decide only part of the labor. DarkBird encodes the whole job and learns from every finished building.
Where in-building wireless / das & errcs estimates go wrong
Approvals are on the critical path
Carrier sign-off and AHJ acceptance testing set the schedule, and waiting crews cost the same as working ones.
Stairwells, garages and shafts break averages
Per-antenna averages ignore the hard areas the fire code requires covering. Those areas are where the overruns live.
Benchmarking and retesting get underpriced
Post-install grid testing, documentation and re-tests after a failed benchmark are real hours that rarely make the first quote.
Your workspace starts configured
Pick In-Building Wireless / DAS & ERRCS at signup and DarkBird seeds the setup below — categories, a delivery phase set, resources with rates, and units of measure. All of it editable. Install Card hours are bracketed by quantity, so a card prices per antenna, per floor, per riser.
In-Building Wireless Delivery
- RF Survey & Design
- Carrier & AHJ Approvals
- Installation
- Commissioning & Benchmarking
- Acceptance & Closeout
Resources
- RF Engineer
- DAS Technician
- Project Manager
Categories & units
- DAS & In-Building Wireless
- Fiber & Outside Plant
- Structured Cabling
- Units: Each, Hour, Foot, Antenna
How this work gets estimated
Per-unit labor patterns and field gotchas for the systems this trade installs.
Compliance, Standards & Certifications
NIST, CMMC, SOC 2, HIPAA, UL listings, low-voltage licensing by state, NSCA/AVIXA/BICSI standards, AHJ requirements, and how compliance scope affects labor.
DAS & In-Building Wireless
Cellular DAS, ERRC/BDA emergency responder coverage, RF benchmarking surveys, carrier and AHJ approval cycles, donor antennas, and per-antenna/per-floor labor norms.
Fiber & Outside Plant
OSP construction (trenching, boring, aerial), fusion splicing per-strand labor, campus interconnects, locates and right-of-way coordination, and fiber characterization/testing.
Structured Cabling
Cat6/6A per-drop hours, fiber pulls, patch panel termination, cable certification, conduit work, and ceiling/wall type effort multipliers.
Questions in-building wireless / das & errcs teams ask
Does it handle both cellular DAS and emergency responder coverage?
Yes. Both are scoped with the same Install Card model, and the Discovery Agenda for this firm type asks the coverage, approval and building questions that change the labor.
Can we model multi-building campuses?
Yes. A project holds multiple sites, each with its own card instances and quantities.
What do we get on day one?
Picking this firm type at signup seeds categories, an In-Building Wireless Delivery phase set, resources with editable rates and units of measure. Everything is editable.
Estimate from your numbers, not averages
45-day free trial with full Pro access — no credit card. Your workspace arrives set up for in-building wireless / das & errcs.