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Electrical work in an office

Office electrics follow the desks. When teams grow, move or change how they work, power, lighting and cabinets have to move with them.

An office’s electrical layout is built around its furniture plan: power to desks through floor boxes, desk modules or perimeter trunking, supplies for printers and kitchenettes, dedicated circuits for the comms cabinet, and lighting suited to screen work. When the layout changes, desk positions, partitions and meeting rooms need new or moved supplies, and lighting may no longer line up with the rooms.

Property guides describe how electrical work changes with the type of building it happens in.

Offices sit inside buildings with landlord requirements. Changes to the tenant’s installation usually need landlord approval, drawings and sometimes the building’s nominated contractors for certain work. To avoid disrupting staff, anything that needs circuits switched off is normally planned for evenings or weekends.

01In short

The points that matter most

  • Layout drives wiring

    Desk plans decide where power goes.

  • Landlord approval

    Drawings and permissions come first.

  • Out-of-hours shutdowns

    Work that switches circuits off is scheduled around staff.

02Detail

Typical office jobs

  • Desk moves

    Relocating floor boxes or desk modules and tidying cable management under desks.

  • New meeting rooms

    Sockets at the table and screen wall, lighting suited to video calls and presence sensors.

  • Comms cabinet supplies

    Dedicated circuits for network equipment, kept separate from general sockets.

  • Kitchenette power

    Supplies for fridges, coffee machines and water dispensers, which often share circuits that were not planned for them.

03Checklist

Before planning

  • Get the furniture plan

    Desk positions decide everything else.

  • Ask the landlord

    About approvals, drawings and contractor rules.

  • Agree shutdown windows

    When circuits can be switched off.

04Questions

Questions people ask

Why does the kitchenette keep tripping?
Kettles, coffee machines and microwaves running together can overload a circuit sized for less.
Can floor boxes be moved?
Often, depending on the raised floor or screed and where the supply cables run.
Should the server cabinet have its own circuit?
Yes. A dedicated circuit stops a fault elsewhere switching off the network.
Do small changes need landlord approval?
Many leases require it for any change to the electrical installation; check yours.

05Related

Related guides

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