Go to page 30 in their pdf to see what a Ryco meter stack looks like.
Ryco philosophy is to route everything underground.
However, if you need to go over the top then they provide low cost wireways that mate to the meter sections. The conductors flow low under the meter stack and fuses and then straight up in the wireway.
From there you have options: elbows, LBs; or my favorite: a NEMA3R can that receives your MC feeders and directs them ( stripped of the MC 'tape' down to the load side taps in the Ryco.
IF the landlord is willing to provide suitable space, this vertical drop could happen inside the building and you could come up underneath the meter sections. I doubt this will happen in a re-hab.
NEVER forget that the cable guys will provide MC up to 750kCMIL !
MC run through demising walls may entail a sleeve and some fire stop. That is still way cheaper to install than EMT. MC can be woven into the trusses -- no bender, no tugger, no stress, no strut rack. Aluminum even loads the trusses much less!
The Pocos have universally rejected copper feeders in their systems -- take a clue. The ONLY time that copper is used is when the power to space requirement becomes dominant.
Otherwise, the Poco NEVER uses copper. Now think on that!
The only place that I would insist on copper is life safety systems that may have to run ultra hot: fire pumps, elevators, etc.
I also would go to copper if the local environment is hostile to aluminum: chloride ions -- think salt, animal barns, chemical plants.
I also insist on copper residential circuits: think of what the hacks will do!
Aluminum requires REAL electricians!
