New Commercial Warehouses for Houston Area Buildings
New warehouse construction lives or dies on two things — the electrical being on the GC schedule, and the high-bay lighting being right the first time. Solivance Electric handles the complete electrical scope for new tilt-wall and metal-building warehouse construction across Greater Houston: service-entrance sizing, main switchgear selection and bus setup, feeder distribution to distribution panels, high-bay LED layout with daylight-harvesting controls, dock leveler and overhead-door power, office-fit-out rough-in and trim, data and fire-alarm coordination with the other trades, and the final inspection walk. One foreman from ground-breaking to the final inspection — not a new face every week.
Service entrance through high-bay LED, dock leveler power, and office build-out. One foreman from the pad to the final inspection.
What's included
- Design-build electrical for tilt-wall and metal-building warehouses
- Service entrance, switchgear, and feeder distribution
- High-bay LED lighting with occupancy and daylight controls
- Dock leveler power, office fit-out, data and fire-alarm coordination
“I definitely recommend Solivance Electric to anyone looking for a great, honest electrician. I cannot say enough good things about this company. After being without power for two days after Hurricane Beryl, we reached out wanting a generator interlock installed. Solivance Electric came out that very same day — they had worked through the night to get to everyone else needing the same. They made it clear they were prioritizing homes with children and pets. Aside from the interlock, they found other issues in the panel that could have caused a fire. These are my go-to guys from here on.”
How it works
Single-line diagram, panel schedule, load calcs, fixture count, high-bay layout. Stamped where required. Coordinated with MEP before a hole is dug.
Service entrance conduits, site lighting feeders, dock-door stubs, future-expansion conduit — all in before the slab goes down.
Main switchgear set. Feeders run to sub-panels. High-bay LED layout installed after the roof deck is on, with daylight sensors and occupancy zones programmed.
Pricing
Ground-up commercial warehouse electrical typically runs $6–$12 per square foot for the full scope including service entrance, distribution, high-bay LED, dock power, and office fit-out. A 60,000 sq ft tilt-wall warehouse falls in the $360,000–$720,000 range. Heavier industrial loads (food-processing, cold-storage compressors, manufacturing machinery) push higher. Final pricing is a design-build conversation against the GC drawings.
Timeline
Typical 60–120k sq ft warehouse takes 4–10 weeks of on-site electrical, sequenced against the GC schedule — underground rough-in, service entrance, in-wall, tilt-wall-up electrical, high-bay layout after the deck is on, office build-out, dock and overhead-door power, trim, commissioning, final. We work the GC schedule, not our own.
Code & permits
Commercial warehouse electrical is designed under NEC Articles 200s (service and feeders) and 410 (lighting) with local amendments. High-bay LED layouts are photometric-designed to IES standards and often coordinated with an ASHRAE 90.1 energy review. Service-entrance equipment is selected for the AIC (available interrupting current) of the CenterPoint feeder at that address — not a guess from the spec sheet.