Cabarrus County · Concord, NC

Concord’s Commercial Electrical Remodeling Contractor

Tenant build-outs, retail and office fit-ups, and panel and lighting reworks wired around your business hours. Bobby Shaver is the engineer and the tradesman on the job, so the plan and the install stay on the same page in the field.

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Why Concord businesses call for a remodel

The space is changing. The wiring has to change with it.

Concord’s commercial corridors keep turning over. A retail suite near Concord Mills gets a new tenant, an office off Church Street splits into two, a restaurant on Union Street changes hands, or a warehouse in the industrial parks off Poplar Tent adds equipment. Every one of those changes carries an electrical scope, and the wiring that fit the old use rarely fits the new one. That is the work Bobby Shaver does: taking a space that is changing and making sure the power, panels, circuits, and lighting change with it, on permit and on schedule.

The thing that separates 310 Construction on a commercial remodel is that Bobby is both the engineer and the licensed tradesman on the job. On a lot of build-outs the electrical drawings and the field install drift apart, because the person who drew it up is not the person landing the wire. Here they are the same person. The plan reflects what actually gets built, the load calculations are run against the real new use, and the coordination with the GC, the landlord, and the other trades holds together.

A remodel is also the natural moment to fix the panel. If the new layout adds kitchen loads, more circuits, HVAC, or EV charging, the service often needs a subpanel or an upgrade to carry it. Bobby runs that calculation up front so the panel is not the thing that trips a year after the space reopens. And because occupied Concord businesses can rarely go fully dark, the power-off and loud phases get scheduled after hours or on weekends, planned and communicated instead of sprung on the tenant.

Call (704) 575-9463 or reach out online to scope the project. See finished commercial work on the project gallery.

Walk-through and load calc

Bobby reviews the drawings and the new use, runs the load calculation, and flags whether the existing service can carry the remodel.

Permit and coordination

The permit is pulled through the City of Concord or Cabarrus County and the schedule coordinated with the GC, landlord, and other trades.

Rough-in and finish

Circuits, panels, and lighting are roughed in before drywall and finished on schedule, with power-off phases planned around business hours.

Inspection and CO

The inspections are scheduled and passed so the electrical scope is not the thing holding up the certificate of occupancy.

Remodel work we handle

Commercial reworks for Concord spaces

Tenant Build-Outs

A new tenant in a Concord suite needs the electrical scope built to their layout and use. Bobby wires the build-out from the drawings and coordinates the CO.

Retail and Restaurant Fit-Ups

Kitchen loads, display and sign circuits, and point-of-sale power add up fast. Bobby sizes and lands them so the space opens ready and inspected.

Office Reconfigurations

Splitting, combining, or reworking office suites means moving circuits, data-adjacent power, and lighting. Bobby reworks it cleanly on permit.

Panel and Service Reworks

When the new use outgrows the panel, Bobby adds a subpanel or upgrades the service so the remodel isn’t running against a maxed-out board.

Lighting Redesign

A remodel is the time to move to efficient LED layouts, add controls, and fix the dim or dated lighting the previous tenant left behind.

Medical and Salon Fit-Ups

Dental, medical, and salon spaces carry specific equipment loads and dedicated circuits. Bobby scopes them to the equipment list and to code.

Serving Cabarrus County

Concord’s commercial spaces turn over fast, and the wiring has to keep up

Between the retail draw of Concord Mills, the downtown restaurant and office scene, and the warehouse and flex space in the industrial parks, Cabarrus County has a steady flow of build-outs and fit-ups. The businesses that open on time are the ones whose electrical scope was planned, permitted, and coordinated, not improvised after the walls went up.

Bobby works Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Midland, and the surrounding Cabarrus County commercial market from the Norwood base. Bring the drawings early and the scope stays ahead of the schedule. Call (704) 575-9463 or contact us online to walk the space.

Concord’s mix is what makes the remodel work steady. A retail suite near Concord Mills turns over and the new tenant needs a completely different circuit layout than the last one. A restaurant on Union Street changes hands and the kitchen equipment schedule rewrites the whole electrical scope. An office off Church Street splits into two suites, and every receptacle, lighting circuit, and panel feed has to follow the new walls. A flex or warehouse bay in the Poplar Tent and I-85 corridors adds a piece of equipment and needs a dedicated circuit sized to its nameplate. Each of those is a different problem, and treating them as the same generic fit-up is how the electrical ends up being the thing that holds up the certificate of occupancy.

Bobby handles them differently because he scopes the actual use before touching a wire. The load calc runs against the new equipment and layout, the subpanel or service gets sized for what is really going in, and the coordination with the general contractor and the landlord keeps the rough-in landing before drywall and the finish landing on schedule. Because he is both the engineer who reads the drawings and the licensed tradesman who lands the install, the plan and the field work do not drift apart the way they do when those are two different people, and the space opens on permit and inspected instead of chasing corrections after the walls are closed.

Common questions

Concord commercial remodels, answered

Can you work around our business hours on a Concord remodel?

Yes. Occupied retail and office spaces in Concord often need the loud or power-off phases done after hours or on weekends so the business keeps running. Bobby scopes the sequence up front so shutdowns are planned, communicated, and short. A restaurant or shop staying open through a fit-up is a scheduling problem we solve at the walk-through, not a surprise.

Do you coordinate with the general contractor on a Concord tenant build-out?

Yes. On a tenant build-out Bobby works from the electrical drawings and coordinates with the GC, the landlord, and the other trades so the rough-in lands before drywall and the finish lands on schedule. Being both the engineer and the tradesman on the job means the plan and the install don’t drift apart in the field.

Does a commercial remodel in Concord need a permit?

Almost always. Adding or moving circuits, changing panels, and reworking lighting in a commercial space is permitted and inspected work in North Carolina. Bobby pulls the permit through the City of Concord or Cabarrus County and coordinates the inspections so the certificate of occupancy isn’t held up by an electrical flag.

Can you upgrade the panel and add capacity during a Concord fit-up?

Yes. A remodel is often the right time to add a subpanel or upgrade the service if the new layout adds equipment, kitchen loads, or EV charging. Bobby runs the load calculation against the new use so the panel isn’t the thing that fails a year after the space opens.

What kinds of Concord commercial spaces do you remodel?

Retail suites, restaurants and cafes, offices, medical and dental fit-ups, salons, warehouses and flex space, and multi-tenant buildings across Concord and Cabarrus County. If the space is changing use or layout and the wiring has to follow, that is the work.

We’re opening a restaurant in Concord. Can you wire the kitchen equipment?

Yes. A commercial kitchen carries some of the heaviest and most specific loads in any fit-up: refrigeration, cooking line, dishwashers, and exhaust systems all need dedicated circuits sized and protected to the equipment nameplate. Bobby works from your equipment schedule so the circuits match what is actually going in, adds a subpanel or service capacity where the loads call for it, and pulls the Cabarrus County permit so the space passes health and electrical inspection before you open. Getting this right up front keeps the panel from being the thing that trips on your first busy service.

Will you flag electrical problems in the existing Concord space before we remodel?

Yes, that is part of the walk-through. Older Concord commercial buildings often carry pre-code deficiencies like missing GFCI protection, undersized grounding, or a panel already at capacity. Bobby documents what he finds, prices the correction alongside the remodel scope so it is not a surprise change order, and brings the affected circuits up to current NEC standards while the walls are open. Fixing it during the remodel is far cheaper than discovering it at the final inspection or after the tenant moves in.

Bring the drawings, we’ll wire the Concord build-out

Load calc against the new use, permit, coordination, and inspection, handled around your business hours.

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