Map Parking, Electrical Path and Building Decisions

Define charging use

Record vehicle and dwell-time goals without prescribing charger power.

Map stall and route

Document stall ownership or assignment, conduit path, fire separations, access, restoration and future shared infrastructure.

Locate distribution evidence

Record electrical-room, panel and transformer information available in approved building documents; do not enter restricted spaces.

Connect to load planning

Ask how building and unit capacity, diversity, load management and future stalls are evaluated.

Build the strata decision file

Track bylaws, alteration requests, cost allocation, metering, maintenance, insurance questions and approvals. Keep the electrical planning report (EPR), EV Ready Plan and installation assessment identifiable as different documents. The Province describes an EPR as a general overview of a strata corporation's electrical capacity and future demand, not the detailed basis for installing additional loads. An EV Ready Plan addresses building-wide charging readiness. For a particular charger, a qualified professional must still confirm the equipment and capacity. Ask which document the proposed fee covers and what further design, approvals or installation work remains separate.

Verify current City guidance

Use the current Burnaby guide and project facts; do not treat incentive or approval as guaranteed.

Map the stall-to-panel route

Draw stall assignment, conduit or cable path, electrical rooms, walls, fire separations, distance, access and restoration. Use authorized records and safe access only; do not enter restricted rooms to collect missing information.

• Show common-property crossings
• Identify future shared pathways
• Record route alternatives

Build the strata decision register

List approvals, bylaws, cost allocation, metering, insurance, maintenance, access and future-stall questions with their decision owner. Separate owner requests from council resolutions and keep accepted drawings attached to the authorization.

• Record meeting or consent dates
• Assign ongoing equipment responsibility
• Protect other residents’ access

Coordinate City and capacity evidence

Connect the current Burnaby EV infrastructure guidance, qualified load work, proposed charger or management equipment and permit path. State which building-level assumptions remain unresolved and who must confirm them before procurement.

• Check bulletin revision date
• Match equipment to distribution plan
• Preserve commissioning settings

Create the authorized stall-to-service package

Combine charging-use goals, stall assignment, route drawing, common-property crossings, fire-separation details, distribution and load evidence, charger and management models, metering approach and future shared-infrastructure context. Burnaby’s current EV infrastructure guide addresses new construction; identify whether it applies directly to the project or is only useful context for an existing-building retrofit. Technical Safety BC states that EV charger installations generally require an electrical installation permit, while its jurisdiction guidance identifies Burnaby as a municipality that issues its own electrical permits. Confirm the Burnaby route for the actual building and work. Attach the strata’s written decision, alteration conditions, accepted drawing, capacity evidence, electrical permit and inspection responsibilities and any BC Hydro dependency. Record stall rights, common-property access, fire stopping, billing or metering, shutdown, restoration, insurance questions and ongoing ownership. If an EV energy-management system is proposed, document the exact distribution assumptions, allocation logic, settings and future-stall plan. Include the user’s daily distance, dwell time and charging flexibility as planning inputs without guaranteeing a charge rate. Record how visitors, accessible stalls or reassigned parking would affect the accepted route. Revisions to route, equipment or stall should reopen affected approvals. Preserve the approved route revision and photographs of completed, safely visible labels for future maintenance decisions. This package coordinates a specific installation and must not imply guaranteed charge time, available capacity, council approval, incentive eligibility or universal suitability from a charger rating alone. At handover, reconcile the authorized route, installed models, breaker and management settings, labels, inspection record and strata conditions. Give the responsible owner or council the maintenance, access and commissioning information for the actual installation.

• Use the accepted stall identifier
• Attach strata authorization
• Reference capacity evidence
• Record fire-stopping closeout
• Keep commissioning configuration