Licensed & Insured
Registered FSR contractors with Technical Safety BC and full WorkSafeBC compliance — your project is signed off cleanly.
Tenant Improvement
Electricians in BC
Code-compliant electrical fit-outs for landlords and tenants — delivered on schedule, with minimal disruption to your business and your building.
Permit-ready drawings
Load calculations, single-line diagrams and BC Safety filings, all handled in-house.
Fit-out on schedule
Sequenced around your trades and tenants. Most retail and office TIs delivered in 2–6 weeks.
24/7 support after handoff
Service contracts and emergency response keep your space operating after move-in.
Tenant Improvement Services
Build out spaces that
work harder for the lease.
A great tenant improvement isn't just about meeting code — it's about reducing the operating cost of the space, accelerating the tenant's open-for-business date, and protecting the value of the building long after the build-out is done.
TDR Electric delivers commercial TI projects across the Lower Mainland for property owners, asset managers, general contractors, and tenants taking possession of their first or fiftieth space. From a single-suite refresh to a full-floor reconfiguration, we deliver licensed, permit-stamped electrical scope on time and on budget.
- Licensed electrical contractors registered with Technical Safety BC
- One trusted partner across design assist, permit, install and commissioning
- Coordinated with your GC, mechanical, low-voltage and life-safety trades
- Minimal disruption — phased and after-hours work available
Commercial Property Types We Serve
Tenant improvement electrical scope for every kind of commercial space.
Different uses bring different power, lighting and life-safety requirements. We've delivered fit-outs across every commercial building class in the Lower Mainland — and we know what your insurer, inspector and end-user will be looking for.
Retail & Storefronts
Display lighting, POS infrastructure, signage circuits and storefront power.
Offices
Open-plan lighting, structured cabling and meeting-room AV power.
Restaurants
Hood circuits, kitchen panel sizing, and front-of-house ambience lighting.
Medical & Dental Clinics
Dedicated equipment circuits, isolated grounds and emergency lighting.
Warehouses & Industrial
High-bay lighting, three-phase distribution and equipment hook-ups.
Fitness, Wellness & Salons
High-load equipment circuits, accent lighting and dimming controls.
Strata & Multi-Family Common Areas
Lobby refreshes, amenity rooms, parkade lighting and shared electrical.
Tenant Improvement Electrical Scope
Everything the electrical scope of a commercial fit-out needs — under one contract.
Most TI projects bring two or three of these line items together. We're set up to deliver any combination — and to coordinate with your existing low-voltage, mechanical, sprinkler and security trades so nothing falls between scopes.
Power & Distribution
- Service & sub-panel upgrades and re-feeds
- Power distribution & receptacle layouts
- Updating and replacing aged or non-compliant wiring
- Equipment hook-ups for kitchen, medical, retail and fitness
Lighting & Life Safety
- Lighting design & installation — LED, dimming, occupancy
- Emergency & exit lighting to BC Building Code
- Fire alarm device tie-ins and life-safety coordination
- Smart-building controls and metering integration
Code, Cabling & Service
- Structured cabling, data, voice & AV rough-in
- Demolition, disconnects and safe make-safe of existing scope
- Code corrections, deficiency closeouts and final permits
- Post-occupancy service contracts & preventative maintenance
Our Tenant Improvement Process
A predictable process for unpredictable buildings.
Tenant improvements live or die on coordination. Here's how we keep your project moving — from the first walk-through to the day your tenant turns on the lights.
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Step 01
Site Walk & Scoping
We walk the space with you, review your design intent or floor plan, and pre-screen the existing service for capacity and condition.
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Step 02
Design, Permit & Quote
Single-line diagrams, load calculations, lighting layouts and a fixed-price quote. Permits filed with the local AHJ on your behalf.
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Step 03
Build & Coordination
Sequenced around your other trades, with after-hours options to keep adjacent tenants and operations running.
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Step 04
Commission & Handoff
Final inspections, deficiency closeouts, as-builts and a post-occupancy service plan to keep the space operating.
Why TDR for Tenant Improvements
Trusted by GCs, landlords and tenants across British Columbia.
Single-Point Accountability
One PM and one foreperson from quote to closeout. No subbed-out crews showing up on site you've never met.
Field-Strong Crews
100+ tradespeople, apprentices and journeymen, all developed in-house through our apprenticeship program.
Free Estimates & Site Walks
No-obligation site visits and complimentary fixed-price quotes — so you can budget your TI before signing the lease.
24/7 Post-Occupancy Support
After move-in, we stay on as your service contractor — emergency response and preventative maintenance, building-wide.
Energy-Efficient by Default
LED retrofits, smart controls and metering reduce operating costs and unlock BC Hydro and CleanBC rebates.
Recent Tenant Improvement Projects
Tenant improvement & commercial fit-outs we've delivered.
Planning a Tenant
Improvement?
Send us your floor plan, lease draft or RFP. We'll come back with a fixed-price electrical scope and a realistic schedule — usually within 3 business days.
Already on site?
Call our team directly for priority dispatch and emergency support.
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