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Collins Electric, California Specialty Contractor of the Year, has rebounded from the pandemic downturn and has plans for a bigger future By Greg Aragon For almost a century, Collins Electric Co. has been a stalwart presence in the Golden State. The Stockton-based company built a reputation working on banks, dams and power plants in the 1920s and today makes its mark with multimillion-dollar water treatment plants and solar projects. testament to the company’s resilience and dedication has been the way it has battled through the recent pandemic and economic slowdown. The turmoil that roiled the industry in 2020 battered the company’s...Read More

Published On September 27, 2022 – 2:53 PMWritten By Frank Lopez A San Joaquin Valley-based electrical construction and engineering firm with a location in Fresno is being recognized as one of the top performers in Northern California. Collins Electrical Company, headquartered in Stockton with locations in Fresno and Sacramento, has been named California’s 2022 Top Specialty Contractor of the Year by engineering trade publication Engineering News-Record (ENR) California. Even with the challenges of the pandemic, the more-than-90-year-old company saw a 2021 regional revenue surge of 40% over the prior year, getting business back to pre-pandemic levels. Because of Collins Electrical turnaround...Read More

By Heather Bailey, Times Editor, heather@sonomawest.com The town of Windsor announced on Nov. 17 that its floating solar array system had “successfully completed the testing phase and is now fully energized and online. Operation of this new floating solar array, the largest in California, will reduce Town GHG emissions by 350 metric tons of CO2 per year and save approximately $5 million dollars in energy costs over the next 25 years.” Construction on the array started in May of 2019, and represented a partnership with Ciel & Terre, a French solar company, working with local union contractor, Collins Electrical Company,...Read More

Northern California Chapter, NECA Presents Project Excellence Awards UC Merced Dining Hall | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certified Platinum Project Designed to recognize excellence in electrical / technology installations and the Bay Area electrical contractors responsible for their outstanding achievements, NECA’s Project Excellence Awards program has been embraced by project owners, general contractors, architects, engineers, NECA electrical contractors, and other project team members who have had the honor of receiving an award for their submitted project. In October 2020, electrical contractors and their project team members received Project Excellence Awards. Among those honored was Collins Electrical Company,...Read More

Northern California Chapter, NECA Presents Project Excellence Awards Designed to recognize excellence in electrical / technology installations and the Bay Area electrical contractors responsible for their outstanding achievements, NECA’s Project Excellence Awards program has been embraced by project owners, general contractors, architects, engineers, NECA electrical contractors, and other project team members who have had the honor of receiving an award for their submitted project. In October 2020, electrical contractors and their project team members received Project Excellence Awards. Among those honored was Collins Electrical Company, Inc. for the Modesto Water Corporation Yard project. Collins Electrical helped to consolidate the City...Read More

Northern California Chapter, NECA Presents Project Excellence Awards Designed to recognize excellence in electrical / technology installations and the Bay Area electrical contractors responsible for their outstanding achievements, NECA’s Project Excellence Awards program has been embraced by project owners, general contractors, architects, engineers, NECA electrical contractors, and other project team members who have had the honor of receiving an award for their submitted project. In October 2020, electrical contractors and their project team members received Project Excellence Awards. Among those honored was Collins Electrical Company, Inc. for the Collins Electrical Stockton Photovoltaic project. This project included the installation of solar...Read More

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is the immediate crisis unfolding at present, mitigating climate change is also an urgent issue. Solar PV installation is one way to help reduce greenhouse gases from fossil fuels. Solar Power World has recognized the efforts of solar contractors across the United States in its 2020 Top Solar Contractors list, where local solar installer Collins Electrical Company, Inc. (CECI) achieved a rank of 90 out of 407 companies. The Top Solar Contractors list is developed each year by Solar Power World to recognize the work of solar installers big and small. Solar firms in the utility,...Read More

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STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific Athletics Department is proud to announce the completion of multiple renovations within the Alex G. Spanos Center. These projects were possible with a generous donation from the Spanos family. The 6,150-seat arena was revamped from floor to ceiling, with the refurbishment and redesign of the basketball and volleyball courts, upgraded West Coast Conference logo and opponent signage, installation of LED lighting, and various other additions. “These upgrades to the Alex G. Spanos Center demonstrate the commitment that Pacific Athletics and the Spanos family have to our men’s and women’s basketball teams and volleyball program, expressed...Read More

By Bob Highfill, Record Staff Writer STOCKTON — The massive solar array at Collins Electrical Company’s headquarters in Stockton looks like something from a sci-fi movie. The firm’s president and chief executive officer, Gene Gini, and his family definitely had their eyes on the future when they installed the Mechatron M18KD gearless dual-axis tracker on the south side of their plant east of Highway 99 on Metro Drive. “When we built this building, Gene said ‘I want this building to be sustainable for the next 90 years,’ ” said Craig Gini, one of Dianne and Gene Gini’s sons, and vice president and renewables general manager...Read More

May 23rd, 2019 by Charles W. Thurston French floating solar specialist Ciel et Terre has begun installation of 1.78 megawatt floatovoltaic technology system at what it calls the largest floating solar system in California. To finance this project, the company has utilized a 25-year power purchase agreement for the first time, providing a lifetime savings of $4 million for the Town of Windsor. The company turned to a private investor to monetize the tax credit the facility will earn, since the town can not utilize the credit. Under the contract, while the investor and Ciel et Terre could disassemble and move the...Read More

When providing site lighting for a 2.5-million-square-foot (233,000-square-meter) Amazon Fulfillment Center, the solution needs to fit the scale. It needs to be reliable and install quickly to keep the entire project on track. Southwest Concrete products provided the perfect solution with Pole Base precast site lighting foundations. The versatility of the Pole Base forming system allows for uniform looking bases with built to spec internal conduit placements and bolt patterns. The entire project called for 135 bases, which meant it wasn’t only a massive first project for Southwest Concrete Products, but also one of the biggest Pole Base projects ever....Read More

By Kelly Pickerel | December 21, 2018 Dual-axis tracking manufacturer Mechatron-Solar is pleased to announce a new partnership with Collins Electrical Company for the installation of a dual-axis tracker M18KD on the south side of Collins’ corporate headquarters in Stockton, California. This is the first installation of tracking equipment by Collins which demonstrates the company’s commitment to the gearless dual-axis technology offered by Mechatron for over 10 years in Europe and the United States. The particular tracker will produce 34 kW from 90 Yingli solar modules and a  Canadian Solar inverter. The tracker is remotely monitored by Mechatron’s management platform utilizing enhanced software...Read More