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COURSE 15

Coordinating Electrical, Lighting Control, and Low-Voltage

On a luxury residential project, the electrical contractor, lighting control integrator, and low-voltage integrator each carry portions of an interconnected system. and the seams between their scopes are where projects fail.

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Audience
Builders and General Contractors
Credit
General CEU
Length
60 min
Format
In-person, virtual, or on-site

About This Course

On a luxury residential project, the electrical contractor, lighting control integrator, and low-voltage integrator each carry portions of an interconnected system. and the seams between their scopes are where projects fail. This course maps the coordination touchpoints between all three trades, giving GCs and builders a shared framework for managing scope, schedule, and documentation across the electrical and low-voltage site work.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe the distinct scopes of the electrical contractor, lighting control integrator, and low-voltage integrator, and identify the coordination documents required to manage their interfaces.
  2. Specify the electrical prerequisites. dedicated circuits, home-run circuit labeling, neutral wire requirements, and load calculations. that must be in place before lighting control commissioning can begin.
  3. Establish a pre-rough-in coordination meeting agenda that aligns all three trades on box locations, conduit routing, and panel scheduling.
  4. Identify the most common scope gaps between trades. conduit termination ownership, device trim installation, and network power (PoE) provisioning. and assign clear responsibility in the project scope documents.

60-Minute Outline

0:00–0:05 Welcome and learning objectives
0:05–0:18 Scope map: what the electrician owns, what the low-voltage integrator owns, and where they overlap
0:18–0:32 Electrical prerequisites for lighting control: load wire, neutrals, panel labeling, and dedicated circuits
0:32–0:45 The pre-rough-in coordination meeting: agenda, attendees, and the drawings that must be in the room
0:45–0:55 Case study: scope gap at the wall switch. who installs the keypad and who terminates the wire
0:55–1:00 Q&A and certificate distribution
Instructor
Mike Restrepo
Owner. Restrepo Innovations · Elite Pro Crestron Dealer · HTA Luxury Certified · OSHA Certified · Ubiquiti UISP/Pro Partner
Why This Matters

A lighting control system that cannot be commissioned because the neutral wires were omitted from the switch legs. a common electrical rough-in error on older-practice projects. requires a panel change and re-pull of switch circuits throughout the home. The cost is borne by the GC, and the delay pushes commissioning past the owner’s move-in date.

Schedule

Request This Session

Available in-person at your firm, virtually via Zoom, or at our Franklin Lakes showroom. No speaking fee. Lunch provided for in-person sessions.

Or email directly: office@restrepoinnovations.com