The Electric Current Blog

Innovation, Quality | November 26, 2018

2018 Project Highlight: Power Solutions Completes Work for New S.T.E.M. School

This spring, a project two years in the making was completed, allowing a new S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program near Leesburg, VA to open its doors to students for the 2018-19 school year. Electrical Alliance contractor, Power Solutions, installed all electrical services and metering; the power distribution system; all interior, emergency, exterior, and building facade lighting; and the fire alarm, grounding and lightening protection systems at The Academies of Loudoun.

Quality | November 16, 2018

Singleton Electric Powers Water Treatment Facility in Virginia

Singleton Electric, an Electrical Alliance contractor, ran 100 miles of wire as part of its effort to power the new Trap Rock Water Treatment Facility in Loudoun County, VA. To meet the current and future demands of the region’s growing population, the state-of-the-art facility was designed to be expandable and the processes scalable. Achieving this goal required the contractor to install 650,000 feet of conduit, 9 motor control centers and 200,000 feet of fiber.

Quality | November 1, 2018

Electrical Alliance Contractors Top WBJ’s Annual List of Largest Electrical Contractors

The Washington Business Journal recently ranked the top 17 electrical contractors in the D.C. metropolitan area, 14 of which are Electrical Alliance contractors.

Quality, Training | October 2, 2018

Kyle Cochran Named 2018 Craftsperson of the Year

IBEW Local 26 Member and JATC graduate, Kyle Cochran, received the 2018 James J. Willis Craftsperson of the Year Award, a national honor, from The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC).

Innovation, Quality | November 20, 2017

Heller Electric Brings the Duke Ellington School Up to New Standards

The Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts located in Washington, D.C. is a world-renowned training center for aspiring artists and performers in the theatrical arts. The school alumni, in addition to “Sir Duke”, include comedian Dave Chapelle and many other nationally known performers.

Innovation, Outreach, Quality, Training | October 7, 2017

IBEW Local 26 Celebrates 125 Years

Near the end of 19^th century a group of skilled electricians chartered the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26 in Washington, D.C. Since 1892, thousands of journeyman electricians have been trained by the union and have worked on countless projects around our region—from remodeling the White House in 1902 to rebuilding the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Innovation, Quality, Sustainability | July 17, 2017

PerLectric Employs Wide Variety of Skills to Power Bowie State’s Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Nursing

Students and faculty working in Bowie State University’s new Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Nursing spend their days in sunny, glass-walled labs and flexible classrooms with movable walls and furnishings that support interactive, collaborative learning.

Innovation, Quality | July 7, 2017

450 IBEW, Local 26 Journeymen Help Transform Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal

A project years in the making is nearing completion and members of IBEW, Local 26 have been a part of it from day one. In 2011, Dominion Energy began construction on a natural gas liquefaction project at its Cove Point LNG Terminal, located in Calvert County, MD. The facility, which has been serving as an import terminal for liquefied natural gas, will become bi-directional and able to both import and export LNG. Local 26 leaders aided its efforts in gaining approvals. After securing the required permits, construction officially got underway in October 2014. The project is on schedule for completion in the fourth quarter of this year.

Quality, Safety, Sustainability | June 8, 2017

Aarow Electrical Solutions Upgrades Telecom Systems for Federal Building

When the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C., was slated for first-floor renovations, an upgrade of the building’s telecom systems was part of the project. A new 1G infrastructure was planned, to support new users, as well as a new sound masking system.

Quality | May 17, 2017

Cabling Systems, Inc. Low-Voltage Projects Earn Trust of National Bank

Trust is important in any project, but especially for a major financial institution. That’s why a national bank turned to Electrical Alliance contractor, Cabling Systems, Inc. of Beltsville, Md., to rewire existing bank branches and perform complete renovation projects, including placing desktop computers and phones and installing new network switches, servers, routers, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and wireless controllers.