Virginia
Electrical & fire alarm contractors in Northern Virginia
We hold a Virginia master electrician licence and work across the inner Northern Virginia jurisdictions. Virginia runs a single statewide building code, so the code itself does not change as you cross a county line — but the permit office, the fee schedule and the inspection scheduling all do.
Working in Northern Virginia
What is different about Northern Virginia
Same code book, different front desk. These are the local specifics that decide how long a job takes here.
- Building code
- Every Virginia locality enforces the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC), which adopts the International Codes and the National Electrical Code with Virginia amendments. Localities may not adopt stricter local building codes of their own.Source
- Permitting authority
- Permits are issued locally: Arlington County Inspection Services, the City of Alexandria Department of Code Administration, Fairfax County Land Development Services, and the City of Falls Church each run their own intake and inspection scheduling.Source
- Electric utility
- Dominion Energy Virginia serves the region. New services and service upgrades are coordinated with Dominion, whose lead times are separate from the county's inspection schedule.Source
- Licensing
- Virginia tradesman licences are issued by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) and can be checked against the public licence lookup.Source
Where in Northern Virginia
- Arlington
- Alexandria
- Falls Church
- McLean
- Fairfax
- Annandale
- Vienna
- Springfield
Not seeing your neighbourhood? Call the office — we almost certainly cover it.
Why C & A, Inc.
We are a family-run, woman-owned electrical and fire alarm contractor that has worked in this region since 1977. We hold master electrician licences in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia, we are a Certified Business Enterprise in the District, and our clients include the National Institutes of Health, the National Park Service, the Department of Commerce and DC Water alongside general contractors, property managers and homeowners.
Whichever jurisdiction the work is in, the same licensed crews do it — we do not sub the electrical out.
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Working in Northern Virginia?
Send the address and what needs doing. We will come back with a scope, a permit path and a price.
Office hours Mon–Fri, 8am–4pm