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About E-J Electric Installation Co.
E-J Electric Installation Co. is active in all facets of electrical contracting in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut area as well as nationally. Projects vary in size from service and maintenance calls to projects over $100 million. Typical installations include transit facilities, office buildings, power plants, hospitals, financial services, mission critical, data centers, co-generation facilities, airports, universities, theaters, sports stadiums, roadway and outdoor specialties, and high-voltage distribution and substations.
At E-J Electric Installation Co., three family generations of practical expertise have created an organization keyed to the most modern technological advances in providing rapid and efficient solutions to today’s lighting, power, energy and communication needs. E-J has a 113-year reputation for unparalleled integrity, quality and service in the electrical field, with over 800 employees and an annual sales volume exceeding $200,000,000.
E-J Expanded Operations and Cogeneration
As a leader in cogeneration E-J completed turnkey projects for Sealcap Manufacturing in Long Island City, a major 42nd Street office building and Rockefeller University.
In order to keep pace with spiraling growth and changes in the market during the 80's, management at E-J decided to structure new operations that would concentrate on emerging industry trends: owners' representation on the complete construction package and data/communication networking.
E-J Technical Services, Inc. was created in 1984 to focus on the first trend, owners' representation. On projects of $500,000 to $20 million, E-J Technical Services provides overall project management, job-site supervision, and value engineering for the entire construction program as Owners' Representative. Additionally, E-J Technical Services serves real estate investors, owners, and lenders with a wide variety of inspection, evaluation, and engineering reports.
Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities
E-J is also highly qualified in the design and installation of electrical systems for the specialized needs of hospitals and other health care facilities. The firm has successfully completed a wide array of projects including an assignment as trade manager on a new construction and renovation job for Bronx-Lebanon Hospital (which resulted in a $2.5 million cost reduction and under-budget completion) and switchgear replacement for Beth Israel Hospital performed without interrupting electrical service. Additionally, turn-key installations of x-ray facilities, CAT Scan equipment, and power distribution at Mt. Sinai Hospital, and design and installation of a centralized Class E fire alarm system in the fifteen building Montefiore Hospital complex (where E-J was also responsible for electrical maintenance on a day-to-day basis and providing electrical systems for laboratories, operating rooms, laundry facilities and cooling towers) compliment the scope of E-J's hospital expertise. The new C.V. Starr Pavilion and extensive renovation of other areas at New York Hospital has also been major electrical projects.
Other hospital/health care facility clients include: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Cornell University Medical College, Deepdale General Hospital, Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lenox Hill Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center, Manhattan Ear, Eye, and Throat Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, St. Barnabas Hospital, St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center of NY, and Victory Memorial Hospital.
AT&T Corporate Headquarters & Rhiga Royal Hotel
E-J Electric was selected as the electrical contractor for the construction of the AT&T World Headquarters which was designed by architects John Burgee and Philip Johnson. Upon completion, the AT&T Building was one of the most lavish and noteworthy corporate headquarters in the United States. E-J was also contracted to complete another impressive project, the Rihga Royal Hotel, New York City's tallest hotel. E-J finished the electrical facilities on a fast track basis.
Tony Mann, Third Generation in E-J
Of the many noteworthy jobs recently completed by E-J and its affiliates, a number have been directed and coordinated by Anthony E. Mann, a third generation family member who continues the tradition of hands-on leadership at E-J Electric. Tony Mann joined E-J in 1986 after receiving an Electrical Engineering degree from Tufts University and an MBA from the Kellogg Business School of Northwestern University. He had overall responsibility for the $22 million dollar expansion of the Long Island Railroad's new Car Repair Facility. Spread over a 15 acre site, the scope of this job included a great deal of signal work, a train-motion detection system, rail lighting, high-bay industrial lighting, public address system, and complete DC power system, in addition to AC power distribution and utilization equipment. One of the more interesting facets of this project was the automated storage and retrieval system, which consists of robot guided vehicles, 72 terminals, five miles of cable, bar-coding inventory control, conveyors and a certified broadband communications system. This Car Repair Facility is one of the most advanced robotic systems in the world.
Rockefeller University Cogeneration, high tech laboratories and computer facilities were also his responsibility.
Data Communication, LAN and Fiber Optics
The explosion of distributed digital processing and the market demand for peer to peer and client server networking provided a unique opportunity for the company. E-J Communication Systems was established to promote practical solutions for today's advanced business communication requirements. This operation actually started many years previously when E-J was selected to provide the expertise to fashion the 911 Police Command Center in New York City.
E-J Communication Systems, a single source vendor, furnishes, installs, and maintains a full range of leading edge communication products and services. They provide structured communication cable and premises distribution systems, local and wide area data communication networks, as well as a host of PBX, keysystem and other telecommunication equipment. The E-J staff was expanded with dedicated engineers and highly skilled technicians, experts in all facets of design, implementation, and maintenance of the most complex voice, data, and video network.
Noteworthy communication installations have included the primary data center for Merrill Lynch at the World Financial Center, optical fiber and copper cable broadband systems at AT&T headquarters in Manhattan, and American Airlines, as well as installation and maintenance of all voice, data, audio video, satellite, security, and fire-safety systems for the United Nations buildings in New York.
Other E-J Communication Systems projects include Lebenthal, Cowen, First Albany, Sprint, Omnipoint, AIG International, the New York Public Library, Hyperion Software and over $10 Million of Telecommunication and Multi-Media systems for the U.S. Tennis Center.
Repowering of Rockefeller Center, Columbia, American Airlines, NBC & CBS
Noteworthy projects performed under the close management of Norman Coles, a E-J veteran of 44 years, have been the repowering with high voltage and complete new distribution of power to all Rockefeller Center Buildings east of the Avenue of the Americas. The electrical reconstruction of the Museum of Modern Art has been completed with 600V services, specialized lighting, card access system, security cameras, motion detectors, and backup power generation. Also, E-J has been involved in complete studio and infrastructure installations at both NBC and CBS. Extensive fiber optic and terminal renovation projects have been completed for American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Tower Airlines, and British Airways at JFK Airport.
The expansion of the British Air Terminal at JFK International Airport required installation of a 5kV substation and power, a broadband LAN, fire alarm and public address system, as well as decorative and functional lighting.
E-J was chosen by Columbia University to furnish emergency generators to feed all campus buildings. This design/build contract included general construction, mechanical installations and had to meet all Fire Department regulations. New construction and renovation was performed at Columbia's Butler Library similar to the Sterling Library project for Yale University.
Manhattan General Mail Facility
E-J Electric completed the largest automated mail facility in the country, 800,000 square foot and extending a full city block. This new, highly mechanized mail handling facility has computerized control of 25,000 feet of conveyors, a supervised control and data acquisition system (SCADA), programmable logic controllers (PLC's), and remote terminals, as well as the more common-place AC power distribution and utilization equipment.
Surety and Industrial Assignments
Another facet of E-J's expertise has been the completion, sometimes as the Electrical and other times the Turnkey Construction Contractor, for Surety Companies and Owners of various complicated infrastructure projects. These include the Manhattan Bridge, the Transit Authority's Nevin Street and Myrtle Avenue Stations, the College Point Bus Terminal, the Throg's Neck Bridge, and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey PATH Terminal at Ground Zero. The $60 million dollar completion of the Bowery Bay Pollution Plant for a Surety is a milestone of E-J's expertise.
The first major industrial operation to come into New York in 50 years is Visy Paper, a huge paper recycling operation in Staten Island. E-J was chosen as the fast track electrical contractor. The plant was opened on time and on budget
Design-Build
A $30 Million Design-Build Contract was awarded to E-J for the total Security system for the New York World Trade Center. E-J was responsible for all design, hardware, software, general construction and maintenance. Rockefeller Center chiller upgrades, General Mail Facility construction, several major United Nations programs and Columbia University generators were also addressed through E-J's Design-Build practice.
E-J completed one of the most outstanding architectural projects in the country, The Rose Center for Earth and Space, including the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Jazz @ Lincoln Center in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle is a visual spectacle of the Performing Arts.
Trading Floor and Data Centers are a specialty of the company. Installations include Sanford Bernstein, Sempra Energy, Hyperion Software, Lebenthal, Moody's Investors Service, New York Public Library, American Museum of Natural History and Merrill Lynch.
Heavy Power Division
E-J's in-house expertise has no equal in the electrical construction of major Power Plants, Cogeneration, High Voltage, Utility Systems, and Transmission and Distribution. Projects have included the 500MW Poletti Power Plant, the 500MW Astoria Power Plant, Consolidated Edison 345kV oil filled network cabling, Grasslands Substation, Bayswater Peaking Plant, Jamaica Bay Peaking Facilities, Waterside Generator facilities, and Generator installations for the United Nations, World Trade Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Global Center Mission Critical and many others.
Montefiore Hospital and Keyspan energy have relied on E-J to build their cogeneration facilities at the hospital. A Methane Recovery Plant at Staten Island is our showcase of a new and promising technology.
E-J is engaged in energy conservation and maintenance of commercial buildings such as the Colgate Building, the Empire State Building, the Toy Building and the Gift Building, a growing business for the company. Our skilled engineers analyze client's energy requirements and recommend methods to conserve and operate facilities more efficiently.
Major Projects
The new International Arrivals Building at John F. Kennedy International Airport, constructed by a triumvirate of LCOR, Lehman Brothers and Schipol has been the largest project in the New York area and was completed on an extremely tight construction schedule. E-J manned the project with over 160 electricians and completed it within the scheduled deadline.
The E-J John F. Kennedy office then directed the same staff to the new American Airlines billion dollar terminal. Demonstrating the breadth of E-J capabilities and responsibilities are the complete electrical installations for the St. George Ferry Terminal, modernization of the Holland Tunnel; Vent building in NY and NJ. Delta Airlines at the airports and Bear Stearn's office complex.
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel is the most sophisticated project of its type built in New York.
E-J is a major player in the Times Square area having completed Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Toys R' Us, Warner Brothers Studio Store and the 38-story 1.1 million square foot Ernst & Young office building for Boston Properties at 5 Times Square. The New York Times 44 story Headquarters backed by Forest City Ratner is another E-J high rise project.
Third Century of Excellence
Other projects include the Federal Reserve Bank expansion, Global Crossing Web Hosting Facilities with UPS and Power Generators, the Lakeside Cafe at the Bronx Zoo, the New York Post Printing Plant, The Central Synagogue complete renovation and the Austrian Cultural Center.
Health Care has always been an E-J specialty with projects such as Memorial Sloan Kettering, Mt. Sinai, Montefiore, Bronx Lebanon, Interfaith, St. Luke's Roosevelt and New York Hospitals. Many additional specialty assignments over the years have been serviced by E-J.
E-J has been extremely involved in educational facilities. Among those are Columbia University's Butler Library, Brooklyn Historical Society, Greenwich Country Day School, Riverdale Country Day School and the Columbia Law School.
The E-J Service and Maintenance Divisions are responsible for all communications, television and language interpretation operations at the United Nations, the complete maintenance of Shea Stadium and the United States Tennis Center, as well as the Colgate Palmolive building and many other office buildings in Manhattan.
Renovation and modernization of corporate offices are another specialty
Clients employing E-J's installation and engineering staff include Colliers ABR, Durst Organization, Helmsley Spear, Jack Resnick & Sons, S.L. Green and many others.
E-J Leader in Electrical Construction
Today, E-J Electric Installation Co. continues its tradition as a leader in the electrical construction industry. The company is committed to early identification of advanced trends in equipment and systems design, and industry ramifications. Development of the capability to provide related state-of-the-art service is the reason that E-J is considered one of the leading "full-service" electrical contracting firms in the United States and the world. |
