What “Full Turnkey” Actually Means: How Eagle 1 Handles Your Project From Purchase to Completion

“Full turnkey” means Eagle 1 Solutions handles your entire EV charging project, from the first site visit through the day your chargers are live, so you’re never the one coordinating separate vendors. The process runs in five steps: a free site assessment and electrical inspection, equipment purchase at distribution pricing, permitting and coordination with your local jurisdiction, installation and construction through our subcontracted installer partners, and ongoing maintenance, warranty support, and monitoring after installation.

You get one point of contact for all five steps, not five separate relationships to manage yourself. This matters because most EV charging projects fail or stall not because of the equipment, but because of the coordination between the electrician, the permitting office, and the installer. The short version: turnkey means we own the whole process, you just tell us what you need, and this guide walks through what that actually looks like step by step.

Step 1: Free Site Assessment & Electrical Inspection

Every project starts here, before any equipment is purchased or any commitment is made. We look at your property’s actual electrical capacity, parking layout, and how vehicles use the space, so the recommendation that follows is based on your property, not a generic estimate. This is also where we identify whether your electrical panel has enough existing capacity or needs an upgrade, which is one of the biggest cost variables in any project.

Step 2: Equipment Purchase at Distribution Pricing

Once we know what your property needs, you buy Level 2 or Level 3 chargers direct from Eagle 1 Solutions at distribution pricing, not retail markup. We’ll walk you through manufacturer options and help you choose equipment that fits your budget and timeline.

Step 3: Permitting & Jurisdiction Coordination

Permitting requirements vary by county and by the scope of your project. We coordinate with your local jurisdiction as part of the turnkey process, so you’re not the one tracking down permit requirements or submitting paperwork yourself. This step alone is where a lot of self-managed EV charging projects lose weeks or months, permitting offices move at their own pace, and having someone who does this regularly manage the submission and follow-up tends to move things along faster than a first-time applicant navigating it alone.

Step 4: Installation & Construction

Installation and any necessary construction is handled by our subcontracted installer partners, coordinated by us from start to finish. You get updates on progress without having to manage the installer relationship directly.

Why Subcontracted Installers, Not an In-House Crew

We’re upfront about this rather than glossing over it: installation is performed by subcontracted installer partners, not an Eagle 1 Solutions crew. That’s a common, standard structure in this industry, and it lets us work with qualified electrical contractors across our full service area instead of being limited to wherever our own crew happens to be based. What matters to you isn’t who technically employs the person doing the work, it’s who’s accountable if something goes wrong. That accountability stays with Eagle 1 Solutions throughout the project, the subcontracting arrangement doesn’t change who you call if there’s an issue.

Step 5: Ongoing Maintenance, Warranties & Monitoring

This is the step most competitors skip. Once your chargers are installed, we don’t disappear. Ongoing maintenance, warranty support, and monitoring are part of the same relationship, not a separate contract you have to negotiate later. If something needs attention, you already know who to call.

What You’re Responsible For vs. What We Handle

One of the biggest reasons properties hesitate on EV charging projects is not knowing what’s actually expected of them. On a turnkey project, your responsibilities are limited to giving us access to the property for the site assessment and installation, making the equipment purchase decision, and approving permit applications where your signature is legally required. Everything else, the electrical planning, the paperwork, the coordination between the installer and the permitting office, the actual construction work, is on us. That division of labor is the entire point of calling it turnkey rather than just “installation services.”

Why This Sequence Matters

Skipping steps, or handling them out of order, is how projects go over budget or get delayed. Buying equipment before a site assessment means you might buy the wrong charger type or size. Skipping permitting coordination means construction delays later. Treating maintenance as an afterthought means small issues turn into bigger ones. The turnkey process exists specifically to prevent these problems, not just to bundle services together for convenience.

How Long Does the Full Process Take?

Timelines vary by property, by how many chargers you’re installing, and by how quickly your local jurisdiction processes permits, which is exactly why we won’t give you a generic number that doesn’t apply to your project. What we can tell you is the order of operations doesn’t change: site assessment first, then purchase, then permitting, then installation, then ongoing support. Your free site assessment is also when we give you a realistic timeline specific to your property, not a industry-average guess.

Questions Worth Asking Before You Commit

• Who do I contact if something comes up during installation, one person or a different contact for each step?
• Does the quote include permitting fees, or are those billed separately?
• What exactly is covered under the maintenance and monitoring step, and for how long?
• Is the installer directly employed, or subcontracted, and who’s accountable if there’s an issue with their work?

With Eagle 1 Solutions, the answer to that last one is simple: we are, even though installation runs through subcontracted partners, the accountability doesn’t get handed off along with the work. Asking these questions of any vendor, not just us, is a reasonable way to tell a genuinely turnkey provider apart from one that’s only using the word as marketing.

What This Looks Like Across Different Property Types

The five-step process stays the same whether you’re a fleet operator installing Level 3 chargers at a depot, a multi-family property installing Level 2 chargers across a parking structure, or a workplace adding a handful of chargers as an employee amenity. What changes is the scale and specifics within each step, more chargers usually means more electrical planning at the assessment stage and more coordination during installation, but the underlying sequence and the single point of contact stay consistent no matter what type of property you’re running.

Get Started With a Free Site Assessment

Every turnkey project starts the same way: a free site assessment and electrical inspection, with no commitment required. Contact us to schedule yours and see exactly how the process works for your property.