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Atlantic Electric Recognized in October 2018 Issue of Airport Improvement Magazine

Atlantic Electric was recently recognized in a major airfield lighting systems industry publication for the work we’ve done over the last three years at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. There were many airfield runway lighting systems replaced and updated over the last three years but they include – runway edge, centerline, threshold,… Read more »

NORFOLK AIRPORT PROJECT WRAPS UP

Atlantic Electric completed this challenging airfield lighting project which included the replacement of 118 centerline lights on the main runway at Norfolk International Airport. The contract team was only allowed to work five hours each night prior to reopening the runway to air traffic at 5:15am each day. This runway centerline pavement repair and airport… Read more »

Press Release

ATLANTIC ELECTRIC LLC PRESS RELEASEEFFECTIVE RELEASE 7/30/18 PRESS RELEASE: Atlantic Electric LLC has acquired the assets of the Greer Division of Hayes & Lunsford Electrical Contractors from Starr Electric Company, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina at the end of July. Atlantic Electric LLC will expand its presence into the South Carolina Upstate, and Hayes &… Read more »

Norfolk Airport’s Main Runway

Virginia Paving Company has awarded Atlantic Electric, LLC a 4.6 million dollar subcontract for the centerline light repair at Norfolk Airport’s main runway.  The project requires Atlantic Electric to core drill out the centerline lights, drill helical piles under each base, install centerline ductbank system, and pour concrete around the light base during a five-hour… Read more »

CHOATE, Belle Hall project

Atlantic Electric, LLC was awarded the Belle Hall job with CHOATE, CHOATE is a premier general contractor in the Southeast. This project is a “design-build” project; with the exterior walls, elevator shaft and stairwells being pre-made. The electrical portion of construction includes parking lot lighting, incoming secondary, data cabling and primary conduits. Atlantic Electric, LLC… Read more »

Ferry Wharf Building

Freese Johnson has awarded Atlantic Electric, LLC the electrical work for the Ferry Wharf Building project. This five-story building is located in Mt, Pleasant, SC. The project includes installing a new 80 KW diesel generator, 3000 amp service, bus ducts and a switchboard with voice data raceway and panel boards.

Oceana Team completes RW 5R-23L

Congratulations to the Naval Air Station Oceana Team for an outstanding job! Team Oceana completed work on the 12,000 FT Runway (RW) 5R-23L on May 19th.  This airfield project included installing runway Edge lights, runway centerline lights, and two threshold light bars (30 lights per threshold).  Additionally, the airfield needed the installation of two Wave-Off/OLS… Read more »

National Electric Code Section 250 Training

All of Atlantic Electric’s Project Managers, Estimators, and many apprentices participated in a 10 hour National Electrical Code training course on section 250. This section covers grounding and Bonding. The course was based on Mike Holts training and was taught by Scott Harding, who is a member of code panel that oversees section 250. The… Read more »

Langley AFB Complete!

Langley AFB Team completes Runway (RW) 8/26 Outage in April as scheduled. The work involved installing a Displaced Threshold for RW 08, also replaced the RW 08 (Bar of 49 Lights) Threshold. The RW 08 PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator), TW Lights, RW Edge Lights, Junction Plazas, and new Duct Bank system and wiring were… Read more »

Training of Airfield Electricians

Atlantic Electric conducts a special training course for all of its Airfield Electricians in Virginia. The course taught by the manufacturer Amerace included detailed instructions on the installation of their  5KV FAA-L823 Super Kits. All Employees who attended received their certification and 6 veteran Atlantic employees also received “Train the Trainer” certification.