Highrise Electrical Wiring

It's unlike anything you've encountered in stick frame residential work. It's heavy work, very very detailed (deck-layouts) and if you screw up, it's hard to just drill another hole.

Check out the video below about a residential highrise electrical layout. It can be an eye opener for those who have never seen how it's done.

The deck is going to be poured with concrete but before this happens the electricians must must layout the deck for the installation of the conduits (within the slab pour) and boxes.

After this is done, bottom bar (rebar) is layed on the deck, the electrical conduits are installed and then top bar is installed.

The electrical conduits must be placed typically around the center of the slab pour, and any screw up can result in the box or conduit sticking outside of a wall, and / or the conduit in the way of a mechanical boxout.

Also keep in mind that this is high dollar fast pace work. Typically a residential highrise concrete pour can be one floor every two days.

This usually means that the electrician is still dropping coinduit (and maybe even laying out) on one side of the building while concrete is being poured at the other side.

Needless to say, this work is not for the faint hearted "take my time & do it right" electricians.

Large work like this is typically union, so the wage rate is prevailing wage with benefits. In other words "Big Money".

If you like this kind of work and you don't mind the intense pace and dizzying heights, then you should check into your local union shop & look for openings.

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