800A Service Upgrade — Australian Super Tans, Lake Charles

Australian Super Tans was moving into a Nelson Road retail space previously occupied by a tenant whose 200A commercial service wasn't even close to what a tanning salon needs. The engineer's load calculations called for an 800A upgrade with multiple disconnects and panels inside the space, distributing the equipment loads safely and evenly. The catch: limited space, a high-end finish-out the salon wasn't going to compromise on, and an underground feeder route blocked by the building's main incoming water service. The general contractor didn't want concrete cut. We didn't want to wait. The job was on a clock.

We coordinated directly with the engineer on the load calc, panel placement, and disconnect arrangement, then pivoted on the routing. Rather than fight the underground constraint, we ran the feeder conduits overhead from the meter base to the building exterior, terminated cleanly at the disconnects, and ran them back up and into the building. Every run was sized, sleeved, and supported per code. The pipework reads as deliberate, not improvised — the kind of work where you can tell someone planned it instead of just making it fit.

800A service energized. Multiple inside panels and disconnects installed, labeled, and commissioned per the engineer's distribution plan. Equipment loads spread cleanly across the panels. Storefront opened on schedule. None of the pipework reads as compromise — the high-end finish-out the salon wanted is intact, and the electrical infrastructure behind it is sized to grow with them.