Vanalt Electrical Construction, Inc.

Markets: Vanalt’s primary focus is to provide electrical construction services for the transit industry. Vanalt has sales of up to $30 million yearly in this market and a bonding capacity of over $100 million. Current and recent customers include SEPTA, the Delaware River Port Authority, New Jersey Transit, AMTRAK, PennDOT, DDOT (Washington DC), the Maryland MTA and the Toronto Transit Commission. Geographically, the majority of Vanalt’s work has been in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; however, Vanalt has done projects in several other states and DC. History: Vanalt Electrical Construction, Inc. was formed in April of 1997. Functionally however, the company is the continuation, under new name and ownership, of an organization that had performed electrical construction in the transit market from 1980 to 1997, previously as both Vanalt Co., Inc. and Vanalt Construction. Personnel: As a union electrical contractor, Vanalt has agreements with I.B.E.W. chapters that are in the areas where the company operates. Vanalt has linemen and electricians who are assigned work based on union jurisdictions. Each project is managed by a collaborative team consisting of a project manager and a field superintendent or general foreman. The project manager is responsible for the engineering, procurement, quality assurance, administrative and financial aspects of the project and the superintendent or general foreman is responsible for field personnel, safety, tooling and equipment. Planning, scheduling and other duties are shared. Vanalt’s five project managers and key field personnel all have many years of experience in the type of work that Vanalt performs. The company also has an engineering and office staff and mechanics to support the project management and field operations.