Temporary builders power in Sydney — Level 2 ASP done fast

Temporary pole or wall-mount enclosure — installed at the required location for network connection and site accessibility.

Service line and metering — from the nearest Ausgrid pit or pole, through to the temporary meter box, ready for the metering coordinator to activate.

Compliant builders' board — RCD-protected 10A/15A/32A outlets to AS/NZS 3012 with the required RCD test regime, plus lockable enclosure.

Optional add-ons — site lighting circuits, site office feed with GPOs and lighting, tower crane three-phase feed, welder outlet, portable distribution boards for scaffold or basement.

Ausgrid paperwork lodged end-to-end and CCEW issued on completion — everything the principal contractor needs for site handover records.

Single-phase 63A — most residential KDRs, small extensions, single-house builds and small commercial fit-outs. Runs power tools, site lighting, one small crane or hoist, site office and portable heat.

Three-phase 63A/100A — required for tower cranes, large concrete pumps, batch cutting/coring, large compressors, elevator installers, or where the permanent supply will be three-phase anyway.

Rule of thumb — if the finished building is three-phase, spec temporary three-phase. The cost delta is minor compared to the disruption of upgrading mid-build.

Day 1 — site inspection and quote. We attend, confirm the point of attachment, spec the board and pole, quote and confirm.

Day 1–2 — Level 2 Notification lodged with Ausgrid, metering coordinator submission lodged, contestable/non-contestable classification confirmed.

Day 5–10 — Ausgrid confirms outage/energisation window. Metering coordinator schedules meter activation.

Energisation day — service line run, temporary board mounted, meter installed and commissioned, everything tested and CCEW issued. Site has power that afternoon.

Programme risk — the only real delay risk is Ausgrid needing to augment the local network (uncommon for single-phase in metro Sydney; occasional for three-phase in older streets). We flag this at the site inspection stage.

Toward the end of the build we return to swap temporary for permanent — remove the temp pole/board, install the permanent point of attachment on the finished structure, run permanent consumer mains, install permanent metering, and lodge the change with Ausgrid.

Usually one day on site, with an Ausgrid outage of 4–6 hours for single-phase or a full day for three-phase.

The permanent switchboard is coordinated with the site's electrical contractor if that's a different company — we handle only the network-side and metering, they do the internals.