When should an electrical contractor be involved in a new construction project?

The electrical contractor should join at the drawing stage, before permits are filed. Bringing the electrician in early with the architect means the load calculation, lighting design, keypad locations, structured wiring, and head end location are planned into the design instead of improvised during rough-in.

Do I need a 400A service for my custom home in Calabasas?

Whether you need 400A depends on your specific load calculation, not a general rule. Larger homes with EV charging, standby generators, electric appliances, and full AV systems often require 400A, while others operate comfortably on 200A with a smart panel managing circuit-level loads.

Can one electrical contractor handle both power and automation systems?

Yes, Buzo Electric Co holds both a C-10 electrical license and programs Control4 or Josh AI automation systems, designs Lutron lighting control, and builds the head end rack. This unified approach means one set of drawings, one rough-in, and one firm responsible for the entire system.

What is included in a low-voltage rough-in for new construction?

Low-voltage rough-in includes structured wiring for data, AV, motorized shades, keypads, and touch panels, all pulled during the same rough-in phase as line-voltage wiring and documented on the same plans. Everything is home-run to a planned rack location for a serviceable, organized head end.

Why is it important to have one firm handle electrical and low-voltage systems?

When one licensed C-10 contractor manages both electrical and low-voltage work, the line between these trades—where problems typically occur—is eliminated. A single load calculation documents the entire system, and one firm is accountable when you press a keypad and expect the scene to work correctly.

New Construction Electrical Calabasas CA

Buzo Electric Co handles new construction electrical in Calabasas, CA as a design-build partner to the architect, GC, and homeowner. We are a C-10 electrical contractor and integrator for high-end homes: the same licensed firm that runs the service, wires the rough-in, and programs the Lutron, Control4, or Josh AI system at trim-out. If you are building or fully renovating in Calabasas, contact us early and you get one accountable firm for power, lighting control, standby power, EV charging, and AV, engineered from a single load calculation. Owner Aaron Buzo leads every project under CSLB C-10 #1048529.

Our New Construction Electrical Services in Calabasas, CA

Our scope for new construction electrical in Calabasas, CA covers the full electrical and low-voltage package from plan review through programming:

Design-build new construction and custom-home electrical. We work directly with the architect and GC from the drawing stage: load calculations, circuit layout, panel schedules, rough-in, and trim-out, coordinated with the lighting and automation design instead of bolted on afterward.
200A and 400A service, smart panels, and subpanels. A 400A service sized from the actual load calculation gives a custom home headroom for EV charging, standby power, and future expansion. We install Span smart panels where circuit-level monitoring and control fit the design.
Lutron lighting control and motorized shades. Engineered keypads and scenes, not banks of toggle switches. We design the keypad layout room by room so one button does what the room needs.
Whole-home automation with Control4 and Josh AI. We design, program, and support the system ourselves. The structured wiring, the rack, and the head end are planned into the rough-in, so the automation is built into the house rather than retrofitted.
Home theater, media rooms, and whole-home audio and video. Low voltage and AV from the same firm that holds the C-10, which means one set of drawings and no finger-pointing between trades.
Generac standby power and EV charging. Whole-house automatic standby generators with an automatic transfer switch, plus Level 2 chargers and Tesla Wall Connector installation, all sized into the service from day one.

Why Calabasas, CA Homeowners Choose Us

We are the integrator-electrician: the only firm on your project that holds the C-10 license and programs the Control4 or Josh AI system. On a typical new build, the line between electrical and low voltage is where problems live. We erase that line. The same company that calculates the 400A service also terminates the rack and writes the scenes.

We sell whole systems and whole projects: new builds, full renovations, estate upgrades, and commercial build-outs. We do not run service calls. That focus means your architect, interior designer, GC, or AV consultant gets a counterpart who speaks in amperage, model lines, and load calculations, and who can explain exactly how a scene is engineered and what a 400A service makes possible before drywall goes up.

The context for this work is specific. The typical Calabasas home was built around 1984, per U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates. New builds and full renovations here replace infrastructure designed for a different era of loads. We plan for the loads the house will carry: EV charging, standby power, lighting control, and a full AV package, documented in one load calculation.

Serving Calabasas, CA and Nearby Areas

Our shop is in West Adams, Los Angeles, and we build across the west side of Los Angeles County. Beyond Calabasas, we take on projects in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Bel Air, West Hollywood, Culver City, Marina del Rey, Venice, Hidden Hills, and Manhattan Beach. If your build sits in or around these areas, we can join the project team at the design stage.

New Construction Electrical Questions We Hear in Calabasas, CA

When should the electrical contractor join a new build?

At the drawing stage, before permits. The load calculation determines the service size, and the service size determines what the house can do for the next few decades. Bringing us in with the architect means the lighting design, keypad locations, structured wiring, and head end location are on the plans instead of improvised during rough-in.

Do I need a 400A service for a custom home?

It depends on the load calculation, not a rule of thumb. A larger Calabasas home with EV charging, a standby generator, electric appliances, and a full AV package often justifies 400A; others run comfortably on a 200A service with a Span smart panel managing circuit-level loads. We run the numbers and show you the math before anyone orders equipment.

Can one firm handle both the electrical and the automation?

That is the whole point of our model. We hold the C-10 and we program the Control4 or Josh AI system, design the Lutron lighting control, and build the rack at the head end. One set of drawings, one rough-in, one trim-out, and one firm responsible when you press a keypad and expect the scene to work.

What does the low-voltage rough-in include?

Structured wiring for data, AV, shades, keypads, and touch panels, pulled at the same time as the line-voltage rough-in and documented on the same plans. We home-run everything to a planned rack location so the head end is serviceable, not buried in a closet as an afterthought.

Get Started

If you are planning new construction electrical in Calabasas, CA, contact us with your plans or a description of the project. We will review the drawings, walk you through the load calculation and system design, and return a scoped proposal for the full electrical and integration package. The earlier we join the team, the more the design can do; request a consultation and we will take it from the plans forward.

Prefer to talk it through? Call (323) 252-7498 — a quick call is usually the fastest way to get a straight answer for your situation.

New Construction Electrical in Calabasas, CA