OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION

Service Above and Beyond

    You can count on the skilled employees of Sumter Utilities for all types of overhead construction projects. Our employees will always provide you with a project completed on time and "by the spec." In addition, we take our responsibility as your representative very seriously. 

    We arrive on site with employees and equipment that are polished, professional, experienced, and have the highest regard for overall safety in mind. You can count on the skilled employees of Sumter Utilities for all types of overhead construction projects.

MAIN TYPES OF OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION INCLUDE:

POLE CHANGE OUT:

Managing your pole change-out cost and meeting your budget is the key to your success and ours!  Our crews efficiently replace decayed poles, rotten cross arms, and rusted hardware by monitoring crew productivity on a daily basis. We also manage your consumer relationships by minimizing property damage, outages, and construction inconvenience.

RECONDUCTORING:

·    The on-time, safe replacement of existing conductors  with new larger conductors is critical in meeting the rising consumer electrical needs in high growth-rate urban areas.  Our crews are completely equipped with all of the necessary protective equipment and tooling for all types of re-conductor projects.

·    Safety is a primary concern when working a major reconductoring project.  Our crews take every precaution to ensure proper phasing minimizing the dangers of damaging sensitive consumer equipment.

·    Traffic control is also an important safety factor.  All crews are equipped with the necessary traffic control devices to safely manage the work zone.

RELIABILITY:

·    Our crews excel when managing a feeder reliability project!  Whether replacing lightning arresters, installing cutouts, or replacing damaged hardware, our crews can efficiently make these repairs while minimizing consumer impact.

CABLE TV MAKE READY PROJECTS:

·    The ability to manage multiple work locations is critical to the success of any cable make-ready project.  Our foremen effectively coordinate the multiple functions of their crews – setting poles, raising primary and secondary conductors, and ensuring that all construction meets the National Electrical Safety Code.  They also successfully coordinate the needs of the electric utility and cable and telephone companies. Our crews are also able to further reduce your pole cost and minimize construction hassles by providing turnkey service.  On several projects we have successfully installed new poles, transferred primary and seconday attachments, and, then, relocated cable and telephone cables.  Once completed, we promptly complete as-builts and notify you of our completion. Sumter Utilities can provide “one-stop” service for your entire cable make ready needs through working relationships with our Quanta sister companies.  These companies offer unsurpassed cable TV and telecommunication construction services.  Through our Quanta alliance, we can provide your complete make ready needs – eliminating the time-consuming coordination function between the electric utility, the telecommunication company, and the various contractors.

SETTING STANDARDS - SECOND TO NONE

PERSONNEL:

•   Our wages, benefits and company reputation allow us to attract and maintain the best employees in the business.

·    Our experienced employees arrive at your work site - a polished, polite, professional representative of the local utility.

·    Our team approach includes state-of-the-art, in-house accounting and productivity measurement systems that increase crew efficiency and reduce overhead and construction costs.

·    All challenges reviewed and scrutinized regularly by a project team which includes Superintendent, Estimator,  General Foreman and Safety Specialist.

·    We complete projects of all sizes and types!  No commercial, industrial or institutional job is too big or too small.

SAFETY:

·    No job is so important that we compromise safety.  At Sumter Utilities, Safety really is Job #1~We operate a full-time safety department consisting of a manager and two field safety specialists  All crews are inspected and graded on their safety performance every six weeks.

·    Our field employees are rewarded for their safety work methods though our Safety Incentive Program.

·    Sumter Utilities maintains one of the lowest Worker’s Comp Experience Modification Rates in the Southeast.

MODERN FLEET:

·    Our fleet is up-to-date and  meticulously maintained.

·    All trucks and equipment are standardized to project a professional graphic image to our customer, their consumers, and to the public.

·    Our complete, comprehensive equipment inventories include: hydraulic cranes; aerial bucket trucks; digger derricks and pressure diggers; all types conductor stringing equipment; excavation machinery including backhoes, dozers, loaders and trenchers.

·    All crews are completely tooled for the work they are performing.

OTHER CONSTRUCTIVE FACTS

•   Corporate Headquarters: 1151 North Pike West, Sumter, SC 29153

·    Satellite Office: 1890 Milford Street, Charleston , SC  29405

•   Owner of One Subsidiary Company:

    Line Equipment Sales Co., Inc. (a wholesale supplier and distributor of electrical construction tools and power line materials).

    •   Bonding Company: Linden Company a Hobbs Group Company.

•   Currently Licensed in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Vermont, Virginia and the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

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