Posts Tagged ‘Egan Electrical’

EGAN PRESIDENT & CEO RECEIVES AWARD

Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 13, 2018) – The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) has awarded the 7th District Electrical Industry Award to Duane Hendricks, Egan Company President & CEO, for his distinguished service to the electrical industry and his continued leadership, commitment, and contributions to the NECA Minneapolis Chapter and region.

Hendricks is a longtime member of the NECA Minneapolis Chapter and a St. Paul Chapter delegate, and has held many positions within NECA since 2007 including Chapter Board Member, Treasurer, President and is currently the Minneapolis Chapter Governor. He has also served on negotiating committees, the Labor Management Cooperation Committee, the Future Leaders Group, and the Innovation and Technology Task Force. Hendricks joined Egan in 2002 with the merger of Comm Tech Electrical and served as Chief Operating Officer before becoming President & CEO in 2018. He began his 30 year construction career as an electrician, reaching Master Electrician before moving into executive leadership roles.

About Egan Company
Egan Company is a privately-owned, specialty contractor providing building trades to general contractors, engineers, building owners, property managers, and facility engineers. Specialties include: electrical, mechanical, curtainwall/glazing/metal panels (InterClad), millwrights, building technology, controls and system integration, and 24/7 service. Egan serves every stage of a building and provides in-house expertise in planning, design and engineering, construction, and maintenance.

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A Fifty Year Partnership

Monday, February 5th, 2018

What started as a simple electrical upgrade by Egan Company in the early 1970s, has formed into a 50-year partnership with Westminster Presbyterian Church in Downtown Minneapolis. Over the last two decades, Westminster has completed four major projects with Egan that has transformed the building into a more modern-looking church while maintaining its historical culture.

Egan’s partnership with Westminster was formed through Industrial Electric Company, a company Egan acquired in 2011.

“We’ve had great partnerships with Westminster throughout all of its big projects,” said Gary Setala, Egan Company Account Executive. “They know how we work, they know we’ll get the job done, and they know we care – no matter what the project is.”

“Our most recent project, the Open Doors Open Futures project, was one of my favorites,” said Setala. “We were involved in the upgrading of electrical fixtures, an extensive exterior lighting addition, and the Grand Staircase light fixture…a beautiful, 55 foot chandelier with glass hand-blown in New York and assembled in Paris.”

As with previous projects at Westminster, the completion date was December 22 – just in time for Christmas services.

“The project schedule was very tight,” said John Kolb, Egan Company Field Leader. “As well as extremely fast-paced, but Westminster is always wonderful to work with. The projects are unique and unlike other projects we typically work on.”

The Christmas service attendees had the opportunity to view the completed Open Doors Open Futures project that includes new gardens and green spaces, improved underground parking and entries, and a new wing and plaza that opens up to Marquette and Nicollet Avenues.

“It has been a wonderful experience working with Egan Company throughout this project. The attitude is always positive, and we’re looking forward to continuing a long relationship.”

– Dennis Alfton, Westminster Presbyterian Church Director of Operations

Core Project Team: M.A. Mortenson Construction, Westminster Presbyterian Church, James Dayton Design

Services Provided: exterior and interior LED lighting, lighting control and distribution system, mechanical equipment wiring, general purpose power wiring, audiovisual conduit system

Shining Some Light on Super Bowl LII

Friday, February 2nd, 2018

All eyes are on Minneapolis this winter as U.S. Bank Stadium hosts Super Bowl LII. More than a million visitors are expected across the Twin Cities – and Egan has played a subtle role in improving the safety of downtown for the influx of pedestrians.

While most of us see the larger construction projects occurring around the metro with the new hotels and restaurants, Egan has been busy improving the lighting across the city and local airports to make it brighter, more aesthetically appealing, and of course, safer.

Downtown Minneapolis pedestrian improvements

Renovating and replacing light poles, fixtures, and luminaries throughout downtown Minneapolis and the blocks surrounding the stadium was just a start. More than 30 light poles and fixtures and 60 luminaries were replaced with more modern LED lighting, which not only looks sharper, but is also more energy efficient.

In addition to the lighting upgrades, Egan installed more than 30 Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS) push button stations. These APS stations improve the safety of pedestrians at busy intersections.

MSP runways upgraded for heavy Super Bowl traffic

While downtown Minneapolis is the final destination for the big game, many visitors will be flying into Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in the days prior to kickoff. In conjunction, Egan constructed extensive airside lighting repairs to upgrade MSP runways.

The team provided the removal and replacement for over 150 elevated and more than 100 in-pavement runway guard lightings. Additionally, 334 taxi way airfield signs were upgraded with LED kits.

Super Bowl private-jet hub at Holman Field

Down the road from MSP is Holman Field Airport in downtown St. Paul, which is gearing up to be the private-jet hub for the Super Bowl. In preparation, Egan provided the installation of all new light poles, fixtures, taxiway lights, and flag poles to get ready for the VIP flyers.

The Twin Cities and its local airports are now safer, brighter, and ready for some football.

Services Provided: Light poles, LED fixtures, APS push button stations, runway guard lights, taxiway lights, elevated RGLs, in-pavement RGLs, airfield signs, flag poles

Helping Grow Green Initiatives

Friday, August 11th, 2017

A growing commitment to green initiatives has solar farms cropping up around the state. Most recently, in St. Joseph, Minn., Egan’s Electrical team is performing installation and prefabrication work on two state-of-the-art, energy-producing farms.

Nearly 100 inverter racks (single, double, and triple) and PVC conduit racks were prefabricated in Egan’s shop. Once installed, energy absorbed through the solar panels passes through Photovoltaic cables in the racks and inverters, converting the power to transmission voltage.