Case Studies Electrical

The year 1960 was an eventful one. America elected a very youthful John Fitzgerald Kennedy as President. Cassius Clay, who would go on to change his name to Mohammed Ali, won his first professional fight. Ford introduced its latest model, the Falcon. U.S. audiences were introduced to Barney, Fred, Wilma and Betty. And in Baton […]

No matter what Hawaiian island you are on, some things are consistent. For example, if you ask for a recommendation for an electrical contractor from someone in the construction industry, the chances are he’s going to recommend Wasa Electrical Services Inc. Wasa, the Aloha State’s largest electrical contractor, was founded in 1950 by two brothers […]

Leonard S. Fiore Inc. is a general contractor headquartered in Altoona, Penn., that believes what a company stands for is as important as what it produces. Founded in 1954 by its namesake, who began by performing small masonry, pipe-fitting, construction and repair jobs in Central Pennsylvania, Leonard S. Fiore Inc. entered the commercial sector in […]

People today tend to change employers frequently throughout the course of their careers. It’s perfectly normal to work for five or six different companies before settling down for good. At industrial design and construction company JESCO Inc. that’s the exception to the rules. According to Jerry Maxcy, the company’s senior vice president, the company has […]

Tim Emory grew up in his father’s electrical company, Emory Electric Inc. “My father started the company in 1978. Back in those days he did mostly residential.  I was wiring houses at a very young age. I was studying business administration in college, so I kept the company books. I came on full-time in 1984 […]

“When I started the company in 1983 it was me, a Toyota pick-up truck and a paint brush,” recounts Dennis Cummins, president of Texas-based D&C Contracting Inc., when asked the origins of his company. Nearly 30 years later the company has grown to 57 employees, generating average annual sales of $12 million, operating out of […]

Kevin and Darren McAndrew are master electricians and the two brains behind Advanced Electrical Systems Inc. (AES). They founded the firm in 1996 with Kevin at the helm as president and CEO and Darren directly overseeing much of the day-to-day business as general manager and estimator. Located just south of Killeen, in central Texas, AES […]

PPMI Construction Company (PPMI) was originally incorporated in 1986 as Precision Piping and Mechanical Inc., a union pipe trades and mechanical contractor. The company has since grown from providing a wide variety of mechanical contracting services to additionally offering electrical contracting and general construction services to serve automotive, heavy industrial, utility and institutional sectors across […]

Excel Electrical Technologies, Inc. (Excel) was founded in 2002 by Alan Green and Steve Fowler. A few months later Excel purchased the assets of Encompass Electrical Technologies of Georgia, Inc. (EET f/k/a Regency Electric Company Atlanta Office, Inc.). EET’s management team, support staff and field employees immediately transitioned to Excel. Fowler had been the President […]

In many ways Hawaii is the perfect microcosm of society. Innovative ideas that work in Hawaii have the propensity to work throughout the mainland of the United States. And Bob Dewitz, chairman of American Electric Company LLC, is making the most of Hawaii’s opportunities. Prior to purchasing American Electric in 2003, Dewitz had an electrical […]