New plants and expansions
A new plant or an expansion is a sequence: temporary power, underground, the service, distribution, equipment feeds, and the day the equipment is energized. We work from the design professional's drawings and fit our work into the GC's schedule so the electrical is never the reason a date slips.
How the job runs
Industrial electrical construction follows a sequence: temporary power, underground, the service, distribution, equipment feeds, and energizing. We bid from the design professional's drawings, coordinate the new service with CPS Energy from the start, and fit our work and inspections into the GC's schedule. Stamped drawings come from the engineer of record, never from us.
We bid from the design professional's drawings and specifications, and the bid says what is included, what is assumed and what is excluded, including long lead equipment like switchgear and transformers. Stamped drawings come from the engineer of record, never from us.
The site needs construction power before anything else, and the underground conduit for the service and the site feeders goes in before the slab and the paving. Getting the underground right the first time is what keeps the slab from being cut later.
The new service is coordinated with CPS Energy from the start: the transformer location, the service size and the date the utility can connect. Utility lead times are often the longest in the job, so the request goes in as soon as the design allows.
Switchgear, panelboards and transformers are set and fed, then the feeds to each piece of equipment are run from the equipment schedule, with disconnects where the code requires them. Motor circuits follow NEC Article 430 and the equipment's own sheets.
Inside the city, the work is permitted and inspected through the City of San Antonio Development Services Department under the 2023 NEC the city adopted effective May 1, 2025. Inspections are scheduled with the GC so they never hold up the next trade, and equipment is energized in the order the startup plan sets.
Industrial jobs slip on late switchgear, a utility date nobody requested early, underground in the wrong place, and changes priced after the fact. Naming long lead items in the bid, requesting the utility early, checking the underground against the drawings before the pour, and pricing every change before it is done prevent them.
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FAQ
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No. We build from the design professional's drawings. Where a job needs stamped drawings, they come from the engineer of record.