Commercial Generator Installation & Removal
Proterra Builders, Inc. furnishes and installs generators that are powered by diesel, natural gas or liquid propane gas. Sometime this entails removing the existing generator. Sometimes this requires a new concrete pad, sometimes a gas line, or a tank with a pad. It always requires modification to the existing switchgear and installation of an automatic transfer switch or manual transfer switch. Nearly always the generator will be protected with concrete filled bollards and a fence (chain link or wrought iron). We’ve even installed engines that provide backup for a water pump through the use of a drive axle and clutch. Supervising multiple trades is where our general engineering or general building expertise surpasses that of a specialty contractor.
Increasingly, the electric grid, whether PG&E or SoCal Edison experiences brown outs or blackouts and our clients find it necessary to provide some kind of backup emergency power to compensate for loss of primary power. Even natural disasters like fire or weather can cause primary power to fail at any moment. Our clients are mostly state, county, municipal or water districts. We are a federally certified veteran enterprise (CVE) so we can work also on federal projects.
Proterra Builders, Inc. is licensed to supervise multiple trades; whereas the Contractors State License Board does not allow Specialty Contractors to do this.
Proterra Builders, Inc. is superlative at project management including submittals, requests for information, scheduling, tracking progress, and conceptual estimating.
Since Proterra Builders, Inc. is a microbusiness, we are agile and we quickly respond to client requests.
What Our Clients Says
In a design-build scenario we will analyze power usage to properly size an emergency generator. We then review the submittal for approval, design the electrical modifications and provide calculations for a concrete pad. We then furnish and install the concrete pad, allow it to cure, then install the generator and transfer switch and make the electrical modifications. In a design-bid-build scenario the engineer has already designed the project. We use subcontractors that are prequalified to perform the work. We pay them quickly and build a lasting relationship in order to get the most competitive pricing. We install the concrete pad, allow it to cure, and then furnish and install the generator and make the electrical modifications.
We are a certified disabled veteran business enterprise (DVBE) by the State of California and we are a certified service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) by the Veterans Administration. Major (retired) Richardson has 27 years experience in the construction industry both civilian and military construction. My experience spans commercial, industrial, marine, pile driving, railway, air base runways, and forward operating base construction.