If your building's electrical capacity is undersized for what you're running, or if you're planning expansion, automation, or new equipment, a service upgrade is the first conversation to have. We size, design, permit, and install the full distribution package, from the utility transformer all the way to the last panelboard on the loading dock.
We handle the parts most contractors hand off: utility coordination with Oncor or Tri-County, city permits, inspections, sequencing the cutover, and providing temporary power if your operation can't go dark during the transition.
Our crews work routinely with Square D, Eaton, Siemens, and ABB gear up to 5,000A. We stock common components at both yards, which keeps lead times shorter than a same-day procurement model.
The same PM walks your building, writes the scope, files permits, coordinates with Oncor, sequences the cutover, and signs off on the final inspection. No handoffs between bid and field. No different person to explain the project to twice.
For occupied buildings, we plan the cutover so your operation either stays online or transitions during a scheduled window. Temporary generators staged in-house if redundancy is needed.
Common reasons facility teams ask us to walk the service. If any of these sound like your building, it's worth a conversation.
If your main or branch breakers trip under what should be ordinary demand, the service is likely undersized for actual operation.
HVAC additions, CNC lines, EV chargers, server racks, or commercial kitchens often push existing service past its capacity. Better to upsize before the equipment arrives than to scramble after.
Federal Pacific, Zinsco, and certain mid-century Pushmatic panels are increasingly hard to source breakers for, and several models have known safety histories worth retiring.
Loose lugs, corroded connections, and overloaded circuits show up on thermography long before they fail. If your last scan flagged issues, retrofitting at the source is usually the right move.
New tenants frequently bring electrical needs the building wasn't sized for. Restaurants, medical, and tech in particular drive capacity demands that change the math.
Renovations beyond a threshold trigger NEC code-compliance work. We've walked enough projects through this with Dallas, Plano, Frisco, and Fort Worth code officials to know what triggers what.
Service upgrades rarely happen in isolation. Here's what else commonly comes up in the same project.
A project manager will walk your building, take photos of the existing service, and write a scoped quote in plain language.