Communications Towers & Vault, Colby Mountain
CHP2015
$2,089,000
A 120-foot communications tower for the CHP: foundations, tower erection, a generator building, a photovoltaic field, the propane system and the electrical, all in one contract.
The seventh capability is the reason the other six hold schedule.
The critical path is our own crews
The difference
On a typical Cal Electro contract the drilling, the civil, the mechanical and the piping are self-performed alongside the electrical.
For an owner or a general contractor, that is schedule certainty. Fewer tiers to chase, fewer coordination seams on the critical path, and one company answering for the scope it carries. When the foundation crew and the termination crew share a foreman, the schedule holds.
Self-performed scope
What stays in-house on a Cal Electro contract.
| Discipline | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Electrical | Medium and high voltage, controls, terminations and testing of what we install |
| Civil | Foundations, trenching, duct bank, site development, structures |
| Mechanical | Generator sets, fuel systems, cranes, pumps and plant equipment |
| Piping | Fuel, water and process piping alongside the electrical scope |
| Drilling | Foundation and utility drilling with our own equipment |
On energized substation work the same applies inside the yard: the crews working adjacent to live equipment are Cal Electro crews under one safety program, EMR 0.80. A specialty trade outside these five is subcontracted and managed by Cal Electro.
What that looks like
Three jobs where the whole scope was one contract.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Emergency Generator Replacement, South Lake Tahoe
City of South Lake Tahoe2019
$6,136,535
A new emergency generator, switchgear, fuel tank and building on a live treatment plant, with the civil, mechanical, piping and electrical all in scope.
Tracy 500kV Substation, Bay T10 Breaker & Switch Replacement
WAPA2024
$2,319,355
Breaker and ground switch replacement in the 500kV bays, with the surface trench and site development carried by the same crews.
For GCs
One sub can carry the electrical, civil and mechanical scope together. Send the plans.
info@calelectroinc.com or (530) 223-5937. License 390480, classifications A, B and C-10. Surety bonding capacity $30M.
Next capability
1.1 Substations