ᐅ Electrical Planning

Hello everyone,

We are building with an architect and have commissioned phases 1-8 of the service. The architect wants to develop a detailed electrical plan together with us. We have now spoken with an electrician who submitted a quote. He mentioned that we will still meet with the master electrician who will plan the details for us.

Will I end up with duplicate plans? I had agreed with the architect that we could flexibly omit certain service modules if we handle them ourselves or if they are not needed after all.

How was it for you? Was the electrical work planned by the architect or by the electrician?

Best regards,
André

With the electrician, sometimes only during the construction phase.

Architects usually cannot provide the building services engineering (MEP) planning themselves and either outsource it or have it done by the electrical contractor.

If your architect can do it, I would also have them handle it, and then the electrical company would not plan anything further but must follow the architect’s design.

However, the architect should be well-versed in this and incorporate all current regulations. I am skeptical about that and would rather leave it to the electrical company.

That said, centralized MEP planning has the advantage for cable routing, which ultimately benefits the screed insulation and similar elements.

Thanks for your tips! I have a meeting with him tomorrow and will discuss this again. The electrical company also handles heating, plumbing, and ventilation. I will contract all trades with them. Regarding the screed insulation, they are already involved because of the underfloor heating they install.

Normally, they have nothing to do with the screed insulation, as underfloor heating and insulation are two separate trades 😉.

If the architect handles the electrical planning, they are also entitled to charge a fee for this, which is not covered by the standard remuneration.