Temporary Construction Power in Spring Hill, FL
Site Power for Every Crew on a New Build|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
A slab crew and a drywall crew ask different things of the same temporary pole. Kennedy Electric sets up temporary construction power for single-lot builds in Spring Hill, from the pole and its meter base to the receptacles the trades plug into.
Which crew is due on the lot first, and in what week?
Call (352) 251-2795, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or send a request online. Calls after hours are returned the next business day.
At a glance
From a Bare Spring Hill Lot to Released Power
An estimated 906 Spring Hill homes were built in 2020 or later, on top of an estimated 3,598 built from 2010 to 2019. A house built on an empty lot has no power of its own at first, so the crews building it need a source before the house's own service is ready.
Work under a Hernando County permit can't begin until the permit card is posted in a conspicuous place near the front of the premises, or in an easily identifiable central location, and protected from the weather. On a bare lot, the temporary pole can be the one fixed thing standing near the front, so the card's weatherproof box may end up mounted on it.
Hernando also lists an Early Power Release, and with it a house's permanent service can sometimes be energized before every final has passed. Whether a particular house qualifies is the county's decision, and until the house's own service is live, the crews stay on the temporary one.
How it runs
Getting the Pole Live Before the First Crew Arrives
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Start from the tool list
Name each crew due on the lot, in the order they arrive, and the tools on its truck that draw the most power. The pole is sized for the times when one crew's big tools overlap, or two crews share the lot, since those set its heaviest load.
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Choose a spot the whole build can live with
The pole has to stand where the power company's line can reach it, and it stays in place for most of the build. That puts it clear of the slab's footprint, the driveway, and any planned septic tank or drain field, with room for a delivery truck to pass.
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Move the last loads before the pole comes down
Near the end of the job, whatever still draws from the pole, such as the work lights for a punch list or a charger the trim crew keeps using, moves to the house's own service. Only then do we take the pole down, so nothing on the lot loses power by surprise.
What we cover
What Each Crew Needs From the Temporary Pole
Settling the whole sequence before the pole goes up keeps it from being rebuilt halfway through the build.
Power for the slab and block crews
Before any wall stands, the work is concrete and masonry: a vibrator during the pour, rotary hammers for anchors, and cut-off saws for block. Those saws are often run wet, which puts water close to cords and plugs. The receptacles mount on the pole at a height the crew can reach without laying connections on wet ground, and the ground-fault protection on them is there for exactly this kind of work.
Framers, roofers, and their compressors
Once the walls are up, the trusses, sheathing, and roofing go on, and the tool list changes to air compressors for nail guns, circular and miter saws, and racks of battery chargers. A compressor and a saw that start at the same moment can trip a shared breaker, so they belong on separate receptacles fed by separate circuits. Cords that climb a ladder or cross a door opening are best kept where they won't be pinched or walked flat.
The inside trades under temporary lights
Drywall hangers, tile setters, trim carpenters, and painters work indoors before the house has lighting of its own. Lighting strings fed from the pole run through the rooms and stairways, and a cord that enters through a door or window opening is routed so the opening can close without crushing it. A tile wet saw is the second wet tool on the job, and like the block saws it runs from a ground-fault-protected receptacle.
An owner's RV on a Spring Hill build lot
Some owners live on the lot in an RV while the house goes up. If the county allows the RV to draw from the temporary service, its outlet is one more load on the pole, counted in with the crews' saws and compressors when the pole is sized.
Pricing
Temporary Pole Pricing for a New Build
Custom homes and large or multi-phase projects are estimated as soon as we can, or on the timeline your project sets.
Repair and troubleshooting visits are billed by the hour from arrival: $100 residential, $150 commercial, one-hour minimum, then half-hour increments, plus materials. No trip charge and no service fee. No hidden fees: the 3.5% surcharge on card and ACH payments is listed in our terms.
We don't do upfront pricing. No job has a standard price with us: each one is tailored to the property and the work you've asked for, and priced once we've seen it.
We offer free estimates on installs, upgrades, and replacements in our service area. Estimates aren't free when the job needs troubleshooting or testing to price, falls after hours or outside our service area, needs several meetings to gather information, or is new construction or a custom remodel with multi-party walk-throughs. For most jobs, estimates arrive by email by the end of the next business day, and quotes are good for 30 days.
Our warranty
04If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
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Line Up Power for Your Spring Hill Lot
Give us the lot's address, the permit holder for the build, and the week the first crew starts. Our office will reach you during business hours.