Tenant-improvement electrical
Distribution, branch circuits and lighting for a new or re-let suite. EMT on the open deck, MC in demised walls, run to the GC's schedule.
Fit-out scope
Commercial electrical installation · Phoenix, AZ
Commercial electrical installation, wired for a Phoenix July.
We are a commercial electrician and electrical contractor in Phoenix, AZ, working out of 85027 for property managers, general contractors and the people running restaurants, shops and small industrial units. Tenant fit-outs, panel and three-phase service upgrades, LED retrofits, EV chargers for the lot. Every conductor is sized for a roof deck at 150°F, and every job starts with a written scope after we have walked the site.
- Permitted work only
- Written scope before install
- Price in writing, never by phone
- Conductors sized for 150°F roofs
What we install
Five lines of commercial electrical work, one crew.
Each of these has its own section on the services page, with the materials we use, how long the pieces outside our control usually take and what the quote is built on.
Service and switchgear upgrades
Single and three-phase service upgrades with the utility release and the shutdown planned out of hours.
Upgrade scopeLighting retrofits and controls
High-bay and troffer LED conversions with occupancy and daylight sensors. This is where the power bill actually moves.
Retrofit scopeCommercial EV charging
Pedestals and wall units for staff and customer parking, starting with a load calculation on the service you already have.
EV scopeMaintenance and repair
Nuisance tripping, hot terminations, dead circuits. Traced in occupied buildings with the shortest shutdown we can manage.
Repair scopePlate 01 · Handover
What a finished panel looks like when we hand it over.
This is the part an owner rarely opens and an inspector always does. Conductors dressed square, not stuffed. Every lug torqued with a wrench, not a feel, then marked so the next electrician can see it was done. The neutral and ground kept where the code wants them.
Your panel schedule will be typed, labeled and taped inside the door. Not pencil. Not blank.
- 1 Main breaker Sized to the feeder and the load calculation, with the frame and trip rating written on the schedule.
- 2 Neutral bar One conductor per terminal. Neutrals landed in the same order as their branch circuits so a fault can be traced.
- 3 Typed panel schedule Room names that match the building, not "lights" and "plugs". Taped inside the door, copy in the closeout file.
- 4 Labeled branch circuits THHN in EMT, sized for July attic and roof temperatures. Each circuit tagged at the breaker and at the device.
- 5 Torque-marked lugs Tightened with a calibrated wrench to the manufacturer's value, then striped so a loose lug shows at a glance.
Most failed inspections we get called in to fix come down to one thing: nobody derated the conductors for a roof that hits 150 degrees. Conduit on a rooftop in direct sun runs hotter than the air around it, and the wire inside has to be sized for that, not for the 86°F in the ampacity table's heading.
How a job runs
From the first call to a signed-off inspection, in five steps.
No step gets skipped to save a week. The one people want to skip is the site walk, and it is the one that stops the price moving later.
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01
Call or send the form
Address, what is being built or what keeps tripping, and the service size if you know it. A photo of the panel label helps more than a paragraph.
Same day, office hours -
02
Site walk
The foreman walks it. We look at the existing gear, the routes, the roof, the meter bank. A quote written from a floor plan misses the 40-foot run to the old meter bank every time.
Booked when you call -
03
Written scope and price
What is included, what is excluded, what the inspector will check, and the lead times we do not control. One number for the work as described.
After the walk and plan review -
04
Permit and install
We pull the permit, order the gear and schedule shutdowns with you. The crew works to the scope. Changes get written down before they get built.
Dates set in the scope -
05
Inspection and handover
We meet the inspector. You get the typed schedule, the closeout notes and a walk through what changed in your building.
On sign-off
The price
What the quote covers.
We don't quote over the phone. We'll tell you roughly where the money goes, then put the number in writing after we've seen it. These are the bases each line is priced on.
Includedin the number
- Tenant-improvement fit-out Fixed written quote after site walk and plan review
- Service and switchgear upgrade, 200A to 1200A Written quote; utility fees and utility lead time listed separately
- LED lighting retrofit and controls Per-fixture line items after a fixture count
- Commercial EV charging Written quote after a load calculation on the existing service
- Maintenance and repair Hourly service call; rate given when you call
- Permit, inspection visits, typed panel schedule Inside every installation quote, not an add-on
Excludedlisted, not hidden
- Utility fees and the utility's own work Billed by the utility; their lead time is outside our control
- Patch and paint after wall or ceiling openings Left to the GC or your finisher unless the scope says otherwise
- Saw-cutting and asphalt repair for EV trenching Coordinated by us, priced by the paving contractor
- Owner-supplied fixtures and chargers Installed at labor rate; the product warranty sits with the supplier
- Hidden conditions found behind finished walls Written up as a change before any extra work starts
Nothing on this site is a binding price. Every figure we commit to is in a written scope, signed by both sides, after the site walk. Inquiries are free and carry no obligation.
Questions
What property managers ask before they book.
Six that come up on nearly every call. If yours is not here, the office answers the phone at 623-209-5244.
Who we are not for: anyone who wants a number read out over the phone, or a job done without a permit. We will say no to both and point you elsewhere.
The site walk is booked when you call, usually within days. The start date depends on three things we only partly control: the permit, the equipment and the utility.
Branch circuits and a lighting retrofit can start soon after the permit. Switchgear is different. Larger gear can be on order for weeks or longer, and if the utility needs a service release, that adds lead time we don't control. We tell you that on day one, not week six.
We do, and it is in the quote. Every installation we do is permitted and inspected. No exceptions for small jobs.
We do not do cash jobs without a permit. An unpermitted panel swap is the thing a buyer's inspector finds two years later, and then it is your problem, not the electrician's.
Yes, and for anything that drops a restaurant or a shop we plan for it. Service changes and panel swaps go on nights or weekends, agreed in writing with the tenant and the property manager.
Where the meter is involved, the utility sets the window, not us. Out-of-hours labor is a line on the scope, so you see what it adds before you choose it.
Aluminum feeders are fine. Aluminum feeders with the wrong lugs and no torque wrench are how a switchboard cooks itself.
On long, large feeders aluminum usually saves real money. We use lugs rated for it, antioxidant compound where the manufacturer calls for it, and torque to the listed value. Branch circuits stay copper. The scope says which we are using on your job and why.
Most of the time. Conduit runs, new circuits and fixture swaps happen around trading hours, with the work area taped off and the lift moved out of walkways at the end of each day.
Anything that kills power to an occupied suite is scheduled and announced in advance, with lockout and tagout on every circuit we open. We clean up daily. Offcuts and wire scrap leave with the van.
Some. Residential installs, repairs and maintenance come in, and we take them when the crew has room. But the van is stocked and the crew is set up for commercial work.
If it is a house, call and describe it. We will tell you straight whether we are the right fit or whether you are better off with a residential shop.
Book a site walk
Send the job. We'll come and look at it.
Tell us where and what. The office reads every inquiry, calls you back to book a time, and the foreman walks the site before anyone writes a number down.
- 01We call to book the walk. No automated sequence.
- 02The foreman walks the site and looks at the gear, the routes and the roof.
- 03You get a written scope and one price for the work as described.
Power off or a burning smell? Don't fill in a form. Call 623-209-5244. More routes in on the contact page.