dp

Last week, or maybe the week before, I posed the question to you about what you were doing or what you could be doing to diversify the type of work you are bidding/performing.  I assume that there are plenty of comments waiting to be moderated, so let me cut to the chase and suggest a type of retrofit that you may have never seen or heard of before.  In case you read the title of this post, you probably know what I’m referring to: Electric Car Charging Stations.  Now I’m not sure what the full scope of the work necessary to complete an electric car charging station is, but I imagine it would require a:

surveyor/architect

site contractor

electrician

plumber

and depending on whether these stations turn into multi-use facilities, they would also require drywall, HVAC, and cabinetry.  So for everyone thinking “we don’t know how to build a charging station”, leave that problem to the specialty electricians and get in touch ASAP with Northeast Utilities, to see what requirements you need to meet to get on their bid list.  I doubt there is a bid list yet, but judging from the article linked to above that this WILL happen, and WILL probably be a DOT type job.  So there isn’t a better time to make sure your experience MOD is below a 1.0 and your workers are current with their OSHA cards.  If you need help complying with either of these challenges, shoot me an email and I will be happy to point you in the right direction. dphelan@litchfieldins.com