Hexar Solutions

Commercial Electrical Brisbane CBD | Office, Retail, Fit-Out

Hexar Solutions provides commercial electrical contracting across the Brisbane CBD — office fit-outs, retail, hospitality, switchboard upgrades, EV charging and maintenance contracts. We’re based in Wynnum, 20–30 minutes from our Wynnum base, and we run most of our CBD work out-of-hours to keep trading uninterrupted.

This page covers what we do in the Brisbane CBD, what we charge, and how we handle the access and compliance constraints that CBD work brings.

Quoting a CBD fit-out or maintenance contract? Call 1300 365 700 or request a site visit.

Commercial electrical work in the Brisbane CBD

The Brisbane CBD covers everything from Queen Street Mall retail and the high-rise office towers through to the hospitality strips along Eagle Street, the Valley fringe and South Brisbane. Most of our CBD work is office fit-outs in mid-rise commercial towers, retail fit-outs in the laneways, switchboard upgrades on older heritage buildings, and EV charger installations into car park levels of commercial buildings.

Services we run in the CBD

Office fit-outs — power, data, lighting design and install across mid-rise commercial towers.
Retail and hospitality fit-outs — Queen Street Mall, the laneways, Eagle Street and the Valley fringe. Out-of-hours installs to avoid impacting trading.
Switchboard upgrades — bringing older CBD buildings (heritage, 1970s towers) up to AS/NZS 3000:2018.
EV charger installation — car park levels of commercial buildings, body corporate towers, workplace charging. See our EV pillar page.
Data and comms cabling — Cat6A, fibre, server rooms, comms cabinets.
Emergency and exit lighting — install and AS 1851 testing for commercial tenancies and base buildings.
Maintenance contracts — scheduled visits, priority breakdown, single account manager.

What it costs in the Brisbane CBD

CBD work prices slightly above suburban commercial because of access, parking, after-hours fees and lift co-ordination. Indicative pricing:

Office fit-out (per workstation, power and data): $550–$1,000.
Retail fit-out (per sqm electrical only): $110–$220.
LED office panel upgrade (per panel installed): $220–$340.
Switchboard upgrade (CBD office tenancy 100A): $5,500–$11,000.
EV workplace bay (AC 7–22kW supplied and installed in commercial car park): $3,500–$6,500 per bay.
Maintenance contract: quoted per tenancy after a walk-through.
After-hours breakdown: $245 callout + $165/hr CBD rate.

How CBD work actually runs

Site walkthrough with building management. Access permits, loading dock bookings, after-hours arrangements, base building rules. We meet your property manager on site for new buildings.
Itemised quote within 5 business days. Separated line items: labour, materials, after-hours premium, lift-out, permits, Form 17. No lump-sum surprises.
Programme. Most CBD fit-outs run overnight or weekend. We schedule around trading hours.
Install + Form 17. Job done, certificate lodged, training handed over.
Aftercare. 12-month workmanship guarantee. Same-day breakdown response for maintenance contract customers.

Compliance and standards

AS/NZS 3000 — Wiring Rules.
AS/NZS 3008 — cable sizing for high-rise commercial cable runs.
AS 2293 and AS 1851 — emergency and exit lighting design and maintenance.
AS/NZS 3080 — structured data cabling.
AS/NZS 61851 — EV supply equipment.
NCC compliance — for fit-outs requiring building certification.

Commercial electrical Brisbane CBD — frequently asked questions

Do you do after-hours commercial fit-outs in the Brisbane CBD?

Yes — most retail and office fit-outs in the CBD run overnight or weekends to avoid impacting trading. We schedule around your hours, lodge the Form 17 the next business day, and clean up before staff arrive Monday.

How do you handle access and loading restrictions in CBD towers?

We work with building management on permits, after-hours access, loading dock bookings and lift access. For high-rise jobs we factor lift-out costs and after-hours fees into the quote up front.

Do you install EV chargers in CBD car park levels?

Yes. EV charger banks in commercial car park levels, body corporate towers, and workplace charging on tenancy floors. We design for dynamic load management because most CBD buildings can’t expand their supply easily.

Can you upgrade a switchboard in an occupied CBD office without shutting it down?

Usually yes. Most CBD switchboard work runs overnight or on weekends with a temporary supply or a parallel new board. We’ve done major board work over a single 8-hour Saturday window by pre-building the new board off-site.

What standards do you work to for CBD commercial fit-outs?

AS/NZS 3000 for wiring, AS 2293 and AS 1851 for emergency and exit lighting, AS/NZS 3080 for structured cabling, NCC compliance for any work needing building certification, plus base building requirements from the building owner or property manager.

Do you handle base building electrical, tenant fit-outs, or both?

Both. We do base building work for property managers and developers (main switchboards, riser cabling, common areas, EV charging) and tenant fit-outs for the businesses moving into those buildings. Often the same job, different stakeholders.

Get a Brisbane CBD commercial electrical quote

Call 1300 365 700, email [email protected], or book a site visit. We’ll come out, look at the job, work out the access constraints, and give you a written number within five business days.