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invite them to all our events, celebrations and Christmas parties so that they feel like a part of our family. When it comes to buying, we also go out of our way to spread the wealth and make sure we’ re treating them fairly. They’ re always bringing in new ideas and products to help keep our business competitive. We have several factory reps that actually call on us specifically to make sure we’ re up to date on the latest tools and materials and, a lot of the time, they’ ll go the extra mile, go back to the factories and get special pricing for us.“
Looking to the future, Russ is optimistic for the opportunities the electrical construction industry will continue to offer. Building upon its existing legacy and success, Sargent is eyeing further expansion, both geographically and into new emerging markets, all whilst maintaining the stellar reputation it’ s renowned for.
“ In five years’ time, we’ re probably going to be doubling or tripling our revenues, but then again, we are subject to economic downturns and things of a similar nature. Given the current climate however, I can’ t see
any significant downturns forecasted for the near term, so we’ re going to keep building the business at a robust pace. We’ ve got solid people working here and we have a great atmosphere and culture,” Russ concludes.“ We’ ve built all kinds of power plants across the country already, so we’ re going to keep our eyes open on the new technologies. Nuclear fusion will hopefully come into fruition here in the next few years and new flow battery technology is starting to gain ground. We do quite a bit of work with battery storage systems already; in fact, we have built the largest one in place right now in California. We’ re also heavily involved with data centers; our Pittsburgh group is building several of those right now and that business is going to be pretty robust for the next few years. Along with that, the power generation market is going to stay strong because data centers consume large amounts of electricity. I see the whole electrical contracting business being very strong moving forward.” ■
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