In progress: Stanislaus County Courthouse - Modesto, CA

Project Executive: Mark Thompson

Superintendent: Josh Cullum

General Foreman: Antonio Samaniego & Brian Dow

General Superintendent: Kyle Ensminger

Project Manager: Cameron Crocker

Jr. Project Manager: Marissa Souza

CAD/BIM Designers: Elizabeth Anderson, Miguel Jimenez,

and Gerald Tinaza

Lead Estimator: Adam Jautaikis

General Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Estimated completion date: December 2024

General description: The New Modesto Courthouse project is the building construction and associated site development of a new trial court facility comprised of 27 courtrooms, accommodating approximately 350 judges and court support staff. The building will have 10 floors with basement parking and mechanical roof levels included. The building will be roughly 309,000 square feet and 135 feet high, being the second tallest building in Modesto.

Corporate VDC/BIM Manager Elizabeth Anderson was the lead designer that completed all of the modeling for coordination. The images below are of the basement overhead coordinated model and the installation drawings that were sent to the field. All the circles represent threaded rod that is inserted using blue bangers in the concrete deck above (Tower - Level 1 Deck). All the overhead conduit, lights, and strut racks were coordinated with all the other trades on the project using the cloud platform Revizto. Once fully coordinated, the Design department creates the Trimble installation drawings for the field to use. The Tower-Level 1 Deck has about 1200 points that will be laid out by the field team using the Trimble Total Station.

In progress: Orohealth Hospital New Hospital Wing - Oroville, CA

General Foreman: Patrick Smith

General Superintendent: Joe Ory

Sr. Project Manager: John Krost

Project Engineer: Jacob Diede II

Lead Estimator: Henry Ales

CAD/BIM Designer: Elizabeth Anderson

General Contractor: Modern/Sundt

Estimated completion date: March 2023

General description: The Orohealth new acute care

hospital wing will expand the existing 132-bed acute care facility to a total of 228 beds through the development of a new 5-story tower expansion to the existing hospital facilities on the south side of the existing hospital. The new facility will operate 24/7, providing needed health care to the surrounding community with a new outpatient surgery center, women’s and infants center, ICU, and two floors consisting of 70 new medical and surgical beds. The building will be a integral part of the existing overall health services provided by the hospital and will operate under the hospital license.

Overhead shot of the garden roof for postpartum patients.

VFD connection to rooftop equipment.

West Sacramento Apprentice Cade Passey.

Nearly 10,000 ft of cable tray lines the corridors of each level of the hospital. There is over 6,000 data drops in total for 8 different systems.

Southwest nurse station on Level 3 ICU. This is 1 or 27 nurse stations in the hospital.

Service and public elevator

lobby closing up.

Over New Year's weekend, a disaster happened at one of our rooftop solar projects. The stormy weather wreaked havoc on the solar installation. Solar panels were scattered along the rooftop and were heavily damaged. There are currently over 50 CECI employees at the site today removing the damaged solar panels.

We cannot fight against mother nature, but we can always fight against the circumstances we are surrounded with. Good luck to our TEAM out there doing the clean up. Be well and stay safe!

This week in Prefab, they are working on preparing temporary power skids for the Fresno branch and pipe kits for the Solidigm campus project. Prefab is looking forward to a year of progress, efficiency, and productivity for all departments and CECI employees.

Corporate CW David Arreola

Each year, Corporate Continuous Improvement Director Eric Horton takes the opportunity to sit down during the final week with an intentional reflection process designed to recognize what went well and what could have gone better over the past year, as well as develop an action plan for continuous improvement for the upcoming year. He wanted to share that process with you.  The simple format presented below guides him through the reflection process and helps to align his thoughts about the coming year.  

Feel free to use this format to conduct your own reflection. The path to personal growth is using what you've learned from your past

to prepare for your future!

Our Health and Wellness Committee is ready to start planning for the new year, but they want your input.

Around the nation, people are donating blood this month to help those in need. Collins Electrical Company, Inc. is passionate about promoting the well-being of others and helping those in need, which has led to the creation of Collins Cares Give Now! CECI is hosting a virtual blood drive and urging people to pledge that they will assist the American Red Cross by donating blood. The American Red Cross must collect 15,000 donations each day in order to help patients at 2,700 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. If you would like to pledge to donate blood, click the link below.



Let's reach our goal of 100 donor pledges!

It's the middle of winter and it's cold! Some new jackets and vests have been added to the CAP store to keep you warm and cozy

through the winter season!

What new items would you like to see on the CAP (Collins Appreciation Program) online store?

Let us know HERE!

Even though we work hard, we play hard too. Every week, we like to show off our most important resource: the Collins Electrical Company, Inc. TEAM. This week, we introduce you to some of our CECI TEAM celebrating Metro Branch Manager Ryan Erion's transition to his new role. The estimating department decided to throw Ryan, whose previous role was Corporate Estimating Manager, a secret celebration at the Corporate/Metro office. Ryan's family also attended the celebration and enjoyed the festivities. Ryan is a big fan of charcuterie boards, so they decided to make a charcuterie table!

Everyone had a wonderful time and it was a great send-off for Ryan to his next big step in his career.

Is the gloomy weather getting you down?

Need something to lift your spirits?

Check out these electricity jokes.

They will definitely SPARK some laughter!

Need something to do while you are stuck inside because of the rain? Check out these easy science experiments to do at home that are

fun and easy for the whole family!

Meet Corporate VDC/BIM Designer Gerald Tinaza's cat Star!

Star is 9 years old and will do anything to be petted. She's even learned to open Gerald's door when she wants attention. If you try to stop petting her, she will grab your hand and pet herself with it. However, she isn't a big fan of playing. She will run away from cat toys or pretend to be asleep.

Don't forget to turn in any selfies and incorporate the Collins Electrical logo in any way! Tag us and use the hashtag #collinselectric

Email Melissa at [email protected] or text to 209.601.4726 any pictures you would like to see in Sparky's. We are always looking for project photos, recent engagements, weddings, baby announcements, graduations, Flashback Friday photos...etc.