Mission
"To be known as a strong, reputable contractor, respected for our ability to meet commitments and deliver a quality product on time and on budget. To be flexible and creative enough to meet the unique requirements of each project and to provide a positive work environment with genuine concern for our clients and employees”
About Us
Established in 2003, Wilhite Electric, Inc. is a contractor who is based on a firm belief that our “clients are our top priority”. We are a relationship oriented company dedicated to honesty and integrity along with providing outstanding quality in workmanship and project management. These services are delivered by utilizing a highly flexible, responsive, and team-oriented staff. A staff that participates in training and development programs to enhance personal growth and the ability to serve our clients. Our company’s resources and financial strength combined with ongoing investments in our staff have allowed WEI to provide a high level of expertise and professionalism, making Wilhite Electric Inc. a proven partner to our clients.”
At a Glance
Why Wilhite Electric
Wilhite Electric Inc. promotes and shares the following values in all that we do. Our commitment to our customers is to provide trained and skilled electricians, quality workmanship and installation, electrical safety, customer satisfaction, and competitive rates.
We utilize value engineering options, sustainability and lean construction practices. We streamline our construction process to eliminate costly rework, provide real-time value engineering options, reduce energy consumption, eliminate construction waste, and offer multiple solutions to maintain aesthetics and cost effectiveness.
QUALITY WORKFORCE
All of our journeymen wiremen are State Certified and participate in continuing education courses and all of our apprentices are enrolled in state certified apprentice training programs because we believe that the highest trained electricians will provide the highest quality products.
LEAN CONSTRUCTION
Wilhite Electric Inc. is constantly looking for ways to improve our sustainable building practices. We strive to eliminate anything that doesn’t add value to a project and set goals to meet our customer’s needs while using less material in the process.
VALUE ENGINEERING
We use our experience and constantly look for value engineering options to potentially reduce costs, eliminate challenges, and reduce the schedule duration. Once the options are evaluated and solutions identified, we coordinate with the electrical engineer. The last thing Wilhite Electric Inc. wants to do is reduce cost in the electrical division and drive up another division, (i.e. mechanical).
SAFETY
Wilhite Electric Inc. cares about our employees and wants everyone to go home every night safe and sound. We encourage everyone to take responsibility for their actions and the actions of their fellow employees to create a safe, healthy, secure, and environmentally responsible workplace.
We require a safe and drug-free environment employment drug testing as part of our full company safety program.
SCHEDULING
At Wilhite Electric Inc., we pride ourselves on our ability to stay ahead of schedule. We work with the general contractor to solve problems before they arise, keeping the job on schedule. We also work with the other trades on the job to assure a smooth flow of work. Wilhite Electric Inc. strives to identifies conflicts and problems ahead of time to solve the problems proactively.
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT – ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET
Wilhite Electric Inc’s approach to contract management requires project ownership and involvement on every team. Once awarded a project, we move quickly to ensure the final scope of work is clarified and contracted so the planning, lay-out and buy-out process can initiate. From this meeting we generate follow-up items, to-do items, material lists (identifying long-lead items), prefabrication, a submittal log, and a timeline for layouts. We review the general contractor’s schedule and perform a complete manpower forecast. We then generate three week schedules weekly to ensure we are meeting the overall schedule. This process allows us to proactively solve problems before they arise, identify when materials are needed on-site for projects with limited storage, and identify activities for manpower.
QUALITY CONTROL
Quality is a main focus at Wilhite Electric Inc. We pride ourselves with zero punch lists, low warranty requests, and a quality far above other contractors. In order to obtain this high quality we have multiple checks and balances. We start with a detailed quality control program used to check every aspect of the project. Depending on the project we may also include a commissioning plan identifying proper installation.
Quality Control
Wilhite Electric Inc. infuses quality control into every facet of the project. We thoroughly understand the client’s appreciation will persist long after the project is complete. We insist on excellence throughout the process beginning with preconstruction. Our preconstruction team strives to provide excellent service for all projects in any method of delivery. From design-build to hard bid we will provide our clients with complete electrical preconstruction services.
Our project managers pick up where Preconstruction left off. The project manager will examine the construction documents and perform their own take off, double checking the efforts of the preconstruction team. The project managers perform the buyout and schedule the timely delivery of all materials. Any long lead items are identified and scheduled to be delivered to the jobsite on time. Any problems are identified early and solved through the RFI process. The submittal process is expedited with utmost attention to detail. A project to-do list is created for every project, which we label as the master list. This list assigns responsibilities to the admin, project manager and field personnel for materials, submittals, RFI’s, change requests, and miscellaneous open items with date listed, date due, and completion dates. The master list guarantees a top quality and timely project. At Wilhite Electric Inc. we take quality seriously.
The following is a list of forms that we use during quality control checks and commissioning:
Safety
Protection of people and the environment, while delivering quality products and services, is a Wilhite Electric Inc. core value. Our employees are empowered to drive this value into all operations. Through the culture this creates, we are able to achieve excellence in safety performance. Wilhite Electric Inc. deploys an integrated, company-wide, behavior-based safety management system to fulfill our mission and the expectations of our clients, staff, and communities based on the following principles:
We require all management and supervisory personnel to provide leadership and resources to inspire and empower our employees. We encourage everyone to take responsibility for their actions and the actions of their fellow employees to create a safe, healthy, secure, and environmentally responsible workplace.
We provide value to our clients by tailoring the safety process to customer needs. We require Wilhite Electric Inc. personnel and subcontractors to deliver projects with agility, personal service, and responsiveness. Every employee must comply with safety requirements and company standards to achieve safety excellence. Our performance will aspire to influence others and continually redefine safety excellence.
We systematically evaluate our physical work environment to verify safe, secure work conditions and practices are established, consistently followed, and timely corrected.
We care about the safety of every Wilhite Electric Inc. employee. We expect all employees to embrace our culture, share our core values for the protection of people and the environment, actively participate, and take responsibility.