Cat and Diane with Bob Garoutte from Neal Electric

Every year, Neal Electric organizes an annual golf tournament. This year was particularly special because they are celebrating their 30th year in business! It was our first invite to attend, so how could we resist? Cat and Diane packed up a car full of necessities and headed down to North County San Diego to support the Neal Electric 21st Annual Golf Tournament.

The Performance Utility Supply tent was located at hole #6 at the San Marcos Twin Oaks Golf Course, where Cat and Diane were armed and ready with shots, cigars, and of course, P.U.S. energy drinks!

Cat said, "This was our first time attending and we hope we get invited every year! Everyone was having a blast playing and laughing!"

For Diane, it was an chance to catch up with old friends and form new relationships. “I had a great time seeing former co-workers and old friends, plus getting to meet a lot of Neal Electric employees. I also met some of their general contractors and sub contractors - it was a fun networking opportunity.”

For over 30 years, Neal Electric has been providing electrical services to customers throughout Southern California. Their union shop has grown from a family business to a larger corporation and they continue to provide value through innovative technologies and reliable performance. Neal’s reputation of high quality work product and unparalleled customer service is built from training and growing their best employees from within and keeping all aspects of their work in house.

Performance Utility Supply is proud of the working relationship we have with Neal Electric. The golf tournament was an excellent day and we appreciated the invite. We hope to see everyone again next year!

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To better meet today’s growing traffic volumes, the Port of Long Beach has begun a project to replace the Gerald Desmond Bridge. The project is a joint effort of Caltrans and the Port, with funding contributions from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

The new bridge will be built with a cable-stayed design. With 200 feet of clearance over the water, the new bridge will be high enough to accommodate the newest generation of the most efficient cargo ships. And with three lanes in each direction plus safety lanes, it will be wider and better able to serve the 68,000 vehicle trips a day and about 18 million trips a year.

The route is an important one. The Gerald Desmond Bridge has been designated as a National Highway System Intermodal Connector Route and part of the Federal Strategic Highway Network. It is a critical structure serving the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the City of Long Beach, Los Angeles and Orange counties and the nation.

Construction of the new bridge and removal of the existing bridge is expected to take five years starting in early 2013. During construction, the current bridge will remain in use for drivers and will be taken down once the new bridge is completed and open. The bridge project will generate, on average, about 3,000 jobs for the five years of building the new bridge and taking down the existing structure.

PROJECT BENEFITS:

Three lanes in each direction for improved traffic flow
Emergency lanes on both sides to reduce traffic delays and safety hazards from accidents and vehicle breakdowns
A 200-foot vertical clearance to accommodate the world’s largest, “greener” vessels
A reduction in the bridge’s steep grades, for further improvements to traffic flow
A planned bike/pedestrian path with scenic overlooks
Additional improvements include reconstruction of the Terminal Island East Interchange and the I-710/Gerald Desmond Bridge Interchange

PERFORMANCE UTILITY SUPPLY ON THE JOB

Performance Utility Supply started delivering materials to the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project in August 2013. Some of the materials include:

Various sizes on SCH40 conduit, fittings, bends, segments
Various sizes on SCH80 conduit
EMT (Electrical Metallic Tubing) conduit
Fiberglass risers
Yellow poly rope, purple primer, glue, ground rods & clamps, copper wire, expandable plugs, duct spacers
Custom made 20" Full Complement Bore Spacer with 4 ea. 5" & 1ea. 2" Sch40 PVC Conduits made of 3/4" HDPE

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT

WEBSITE: www.newgdbridge.com

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/newgdbridge

TWITTER: @newgdbridge

YOUTUBE: LBBridgeProject

All Photos courtesy of the Port of Long Beach
Information Provided by the Port of Long Beach Fact Sheet