PDE Total Energy Solutions in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., with a satellite office in San Leandro, is a full-service electrical contracting company. The company started 24 years ago under the name Pacific Data Electric, focused...
Karal Turbes, president and owner of Data Kable Technology, San Ramon, Calif., launched her company with the sole purpose of doing low-voltage work, and that’s all she does. “I have been in the low-voltage business for about...
Beci Electric, Oakland, Calif., was established in 1985 by Beci Anderson (president and CEO); her father, Robert Waggener (estimator); and her brother, Rex Waggener (vice president and project supervisor). The company...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Each May, the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI)—a nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to promoting electrical safety—creates a theme for National Electrical Safety Month. This year's theme is...
