H&S Electric Inc., Valencia, Calif., has been in business since 1990. Its services include construction, commissioning, consulting, energy analysis, engineering safety, green building/sustainability, maintenance and operations, systems management, systems design, and technology evaluation. It works directly on projects or as part of a subcontracting team.
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William Atkinson
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William Atkinson has been a full-time business magazine writer since 1976. Contact him at w.atkinson@mchsi.com.
Articles by William Atkinson
March 2013
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Valerie Chan, president of Electricwork Solutions Inc., Oakland, Calif., began her business in 2005. She is a one-person operation, with 30 to 40 percent of her business being low-voltage work.
Prior to starting her own company, Chan worked for the Oakland Federal Building for about six years, beginning as the facility electrician.
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December 2012
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While some contractors start out doing traditional work and then expand into low-voltage, others actually begin in low-voltage work and stick with it.
Advent Systems
Advent Systems, Elmhurst, Ill., employs more than 100 people in Chicago, Dallas, and Little Rock, Ark. READ MORE
October 2012
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Classic Electric & Consulting, Oceano, Calif., devotes about 20 to 30 percent of its time and resources to low-voltage work. The company has an office manager and three full-time electricians, including owner Toby Mitchell. READ MORE
August 2012
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Parsons Technologies, which provides low-voltage services, is a division of Parsons Electric LLC, Minneapolis. A little more than a decade ago, Parsons Electric did very little low-voltage work, and it delegated what low-voltage work it secured to subcontractors. However, over time, demand increased. READ MORE
June 2012
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Cannon & Wendt Electric Co., Phoenix, has been in business since 1945. It launched the Cannon & Wendt Technologies division about a decade ago, according to Kerry Engmark, operations manager for the division.
The vast majority of the division’s low-voltage work these days focuses on voice and data cabling, specifically copper, fiber and coaxial. READ MORE
April 2012
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For contractors who want to get into or expand their presence in low-voltage work, who better to learn from than contractors who have decades of experience in these kinds of projects? Two such contractors are Robert Ford, Ph.D., P.E., president of Robert Ford Electric Co. and Coulter Engineers, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Paul Guarracino, president of J.M. Electrical Co. Inc., Lynnfield, Mass. READ MORE
February 2012
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These days, electrical contractors are moving downstream, getting more involved in low-voltage systems work. The trend makes sense, especially as such systems become more integrated with higher voltage systems. Businesses that specialize in low-voltage work cannot make the same transition because they cannot work with those higher voltage systems. READ MORE