New Construction Electrician in North Vancouver
Fully Licensed, Bonded & Insured
Permits Pulled, Inspections Coordinated
Certified Lutron Pro Installer
We Hit Your Build Schedule
Wiring New Builds on the North Shore
A new build is the one time you get to put the electrical exactly where it should go. Once the drywall is on, every change costs three times what it would have cost at rough in. That is why the decisions made in the two weeks before rough in matter more than anything else on the electrical side.
Greenvolt Electric works on new construction throughout North Vancouver and the North Shore. Custom homes, laneway and coach houses, duplexes, multi family buildings and small commercial. We work directly for builders and general contractors as their electrical trade, and for owner builders who are managing their own project.
We pull the electrical permit, coordinate our own inspections, and know the difference between what the City of North Vancouver requires and what the District requires, which is not the same thing.
What We Handle, Stage by Stage
Before the build starts
- Plan review and electrical load calculation for the finished building
- Service sizing, including allowance for heat pumps, EV charging and future load
- Electrical permit application
- Temporary site power
Rough in
- Service entrance, meter base and main panel
- Branch circuit wiring throughout
- Panel and sub panel locations and circuit layout
- EV ready conduit and capacity per municipal requirements
- Low voltage and data pathways, coordinated with your AV or IT trade
- Smart lighting and control pre wire
- Rough in inspection
Finishing
- Devices, plates and fixture installation
- Lighting layout completion and control programming
- Appliance and equipment connections
- Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- Final inspection and energization
Pre Wiring at Rough In: The Decisions You Cannot Undo
Rough in is the only affordable moment to run wire. A few things are worth deciding before the drywall goes on, even if you are not installing the equipment yet.
Lighting control
As a certified Lutron Pro installer, we pre wire for dimming and scene control properly, which means neutral conductors at every switch location and the right gang sizing. Doing this at rough in costs very little. Adding it afterward means opening walls.
Data and connectivity
Hardwired runs to TV positions, office locations, wireless access points and camera locations. Wireless is fine until it is not, and a Cat6 run costs almost nothing while the walls are open.
Capacity you have not needed yet
A heat pump, a hot tub, a shop in the garage, a future suite. If any of it is even a possibility, we size the service and leave the capacity now rather than upgrading in five years.
None of this obligates you to install the equipment. It just means you can, later, without a renovation.
How We Work With Builders and Owners
1. Drawings and quote
Send the plan set. We review it, run the load calculation, and give you a scoped quote you can rely on rather than a number that moves later.
2. Permit and scheduling
We pull the electrical permit and commit to dates against your construction schedule.
3. Temporary power and rough in
Site power when you need it, then rough in coordinated around framing, plumbing and mechanical.
4. Rough in inspection
We book it and we are there for it, so it does not delay your drywall.
5. Finish, final inspection, handover
Trim out, final inspection, documentation package, and a walkthrough with you.
Projects We Wire
Multi Family Buildings
House panels, suite panels, common area distribution and EV ready parkade infrastructure.
Small Commercial Builds
Ground up commercial where the shell and the service are both new.
Additions and Second Storeys
New construction attached to an existing home, where the existing service usually needs a hard look.
Custom Homes
Full electrical from service to final trim, coordinated with your architect and builder.
Laneway and Coach Houses
Including how the new unit is fed and metered relative to the main house.
Duplexes and Secondary Suites
Separate services or sub metering, and the circuit separation the code requires.
What Our Clients Say
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Do the City and District of North Vancouver have different EV ready requirements?
Yes, and this catches people out. They are separate municipalities with separate bylaws.
Both require EV ready parking on new residential construction, but the details differ and they change over time. We confirm the current requirement with the correct municipality at permit stage.
2. When should I bring an electrician into the project?
Earlier than most people do. Ideally at the drawing stage, because the service size and panel location are much easier to get right on paper than on site. At the very latest, before framing is complete.
3. Do you work directly for builders, or only for homeowners?
Both. We work as the electrical trade for builders and general contractors, and directly for owner builders managing their own project. Send us a plan set either way.
4. What do I need to decide before rough in?
Fixture and switch locations, whether you want dimming or lighting control, where data runs are going, and any future loads like a heat pump, hot tub or suite. We walk the site with you before rough in specifically to go through this.
5. Can you pre wire for smart lighting even if I am not installing it now?
Yes, and it is worth doing. Running neutrals and sizing the boxes correctly at rough in costs very little. Retrofitting it later means opening walls.
6. Do you install temporary power for the site?
Yes. Temporary site power is part of what we set up at the start of a project.
7. Do you handle laneway houses and coach houses?
Regularly. The main question is usually how the new unit gets fed and metered relative to the existing house, and whether the existing service can carry it. We work that out before the project starts.
8. What documentation do I get when the job is done?
A labelled panel schedule, a circuit map, low voltage documentation, and your permit and inspection paperwork, in both printed and digital form.
Send Us Your Plan Set
We will review the drawings, run the load calculation and get you a scoped quote. If you are still at the design stage, even better, that is the cheapest point to get the electrical right.