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Urban Electric is committed to providing the highest level of service to its customers.

Over the years, Urban Electric has established itself as one of the most distinguished electrical contracting firms in the area. Our success has allowed us to expand to serve the tri-state area from our home base in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. As a provider of electrical, maintenance and technology solutions, we have built a reputation of being responsive, providing quality installations and getting the job done on time and on budget. Our goal is simply to be the best and to continually improve.

We are client-driven. Committed to safety. And we are experts in our field.

  • Design, engineering, and installation
  • Maintenance and protection – we’re there
  • Project management, scheduling, estimating
  • Equipped to succeed – derricks, cranes, high lifts, thermal imaging – we’ve got it
OUR EXPERIENCE

our SERVICES

Electrical Construction

Urban Electric provides full electrical construction, project management, and maintenance services for a range of industries and project areas. From new construction to renovations, our team has everything it takes to deliver the highest standards of safety, quality and value.

Urban Electric provides full electrical construction, project management, and maintenance services for a range of industries and project areas. From new construction to renovations, our team offers the range of experience, training and dedication to construct projects according to the highest standards of safety, quality and value. We are your partner during the construction process, offering valuable input and cost-effective solutions in the design stage and providing excellent project management throughout the construction process. You can rely on the Urban Electric team to get the job done right, safely, on time and on budget.

  • Power Distribution Systems
  • Power Generating Systems
  • Lighting and Lighting Retrofits
  • High Voltage Systems
  • Low Voltage Systems
  • Building Integrated Systems
  • Automation
  • Instrumentation
  • Energy Management
  • Maintenance
  • Testing
  • Emergency Repairs

High Voltage

Urban Electric has constructed and maintained overhead and underground distribution systems for our customers, including electric-utility companies, municipalities, and cooperatives.

Urban Electric has constructed and maintained overhead and underground distribution systems for our customers, including electric-utility companies, municipalities, and cooperatives.

Our experience in Construction, Maintenance, and Storm Restoration allows us to maintain every aspect of distribution system while focusing on system reliability.

Our combination of experience, Installations, and Equipment allows Urban Electric to offer a wide range of services to any High Voltage System.

  • New Overhead & Underground Construction
  • Pole and Pad Transformers
  • Pole Sets/Replacements/Transfers
  • Make-Ready Work for Communication Infrastructure
  • Metering Upgrades and Replacements
  • Line Upgrades, Reconductoring, and Other Modifications
  • Maintenance Services
  • Emergency Response Repairs
  • Testing – HI pot, IR, Power Quality
  • Radio and Antenna Installations and Upgrades for Network Communications Systems

Telecommunications

Your business depends on effective communications. Your operations depend on system controls that work together for maximum efficiency. Urban Electric provides the range of services and expertise required to maximize building performance and keep your business communicating flawlessly.

Your business depends on effective communications. Your operations depend on system controls that work together for maximum efficiency.Urban Electric provides the range of services and expertise required to maximize building performance and keep your business communicating flawlessly.You can count on Urban Electric for expert installation of all your building integrated systems, from telecommunications and phone systems to climate controls and security and fire alarm systems. Our professional team has completed extensive training by various manufacturers and can provide specialized cable certification testing and documentation to meet manufacturer warranty requirements, including a 25-year warranty for most structured cabling systems.

  • Fiber-Optic Cabling
  • Structured Cabling
  • Cable TV Distribution
  • Utility Cabling and Infrastructure
  • Testing & Certification
  • Indoor & Outdoor Plant Cabling
  • Underground & Overhead Distribution
  • Audio/Video Systems
  • Temperature Control Systems
  • Sound, Clock & Intercom Systems
  • Fire Alarm & Mass Notification Systems
  • Nurse Call / Patient Watch Systems
  • Card Access, Surveillance & Security Systems

Renewable Energy

Urban Electric offers sustainable energy services for new construction, renovations and retrofits, ranging from energy audits to energy efficient installations and renewable energy technologies. By incorporating these services, we can greatly reduce your energy consumption, resulting in significant cost savings.

Urban Electric offers sustainable energy services for new construction, renovations and retrofits, ranging from energy audits to energy efficient installations and renewable energy technologies. By incorporating these services, we can greatly reduce your energy consumption, resulting in significant cost savings.We can work with you to identify energy saving opportunities and to upgrade your existing electrical systems. In addition, we can provide you with a pay back analysis as well as information on maintenance and energy saving solutions.Urban Electric also offers our clients expert design and installation of renewable energy systems, including solar electricity (PV) and wind energy systems for industrial, commercial, and institutional properties.

  • Interior / Exterior Lighting Retrofit Systems
  • Occupancy Sensor & Time Control Systems
  • Daylight Harvesting
  • Automated Lighting Control Systems
  • LED Lighting
  • Variable Frequency Drives for Motors & Equipment
  • On-Site Renewable Energy Systems
  • Solar System Installations
  • Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
  • Ballast / Lamp Recycling

Service & Maintenance

At Urban Electric, we understand the importance of keeping clients’ systems and production up and running. Power outages are costly. That’s why our experienced team works around the clock to get our customers operating again.

At Urban Electric, we understand the importance of keeping our clients’ systems and production up and running. Power outages are costly. That is why our experienced electricians and technicians will work around the clock to get our customers operating again. Our Emergency Services Department stands ready to respond to client needs twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Call our 24-hour emergency number at any hour.
A real person will answer the call and make sure that an experienced response team and fully equipped service van are immediately dispatched to your location. Additional manpower and emergency supplies are available at all times if required.To keep your systems operating at optimal levels, Urban Electric’s Service and Maintenance Department focuses on preventative maintenance, providing facility support services for the commercial, industrial, institutional and residential markets. You can depend on Urban Electric to provide the expertise and resources to keep you going…and growing.

  • 24/7 Emergency Response
  • Bucket Truck Services
  • Equipment Relocation & Transportation
  • Expedited Manpower & Equipment Services
  • Trouble-Shooting & Repairs
  • Infrared Testing
  • Power Quality Analysis & Specialty Testing
  • Annual Maintenance Inspections, Testing & Cleaning

Design & Build

Our staff has extensive experience in developing and Managing a complete Electrical design. From conceptual ideas, through Installation and onsite Project coordination.

Our staff has extensive experience in developing and Managing a complete Electrical design. From conceptual ideas, through Installation and onsite Project coordination.

Our knowledge of the Industry allows us to partner with our Customers, Contractors, Architects, and our Vendors to fully develop a project and Generate a complete detailed scope of work, including detailed Pricing and Installation of any electrical system. With our one stop concept we can help create, Install, and manage your project within your budget.
Urban Electric offers Designers and Project Managers experienced in Auto CAD, BIM, and Revit systems, that not only allow us to offer a more detailed knowledge and complete solution, but provides our staff the capability of efficient project controls, onsite project coordination capabilities, and efficiencies for a better project.

Services:

  • Electrical Design and Layout for Electrical,Telecommunication, Solar
  • Drawing’s and Permit Drawings
  • Scope Development, Product selection
  • As-Build and Document Management
  • Coordination, Development, and Installation
We are client-driven. Committed to safety.
And we are experts in our field.

Locations

With more than 180 years of combined industry experience, our management team has what it takes to make sure your experience is best in class.

BILL D’ANDREA
UGL CORP.
General Manager - Manufacturing & Plant Operations

We are a manufacturing plant. If we experience a problem, we need someone right away. Urban can handle just about anything, from hooking up equipment and reprogramming computers to dealing with high voltage electrical lines. For us, safety is important, we want things done right and they do things correctly.

STEPHEN DAIUTE
GREENMAN-PEDERSEN, INC.
Vice President

The Urban team is very good to work with. They are team oriented, very responsive, and very interested in solving problems. They provide high quality work in a timely fashion and are very professional.

JOE DAVIDSON
PPL CORP.
Facility Manager

Safety is always first at PPL and communication is the key to doing anything safely. Urban Electric is very good at communication. Before a job starts, they attend our tailboards and communicate in a very professional way. They are OSHA certified; they use the correct personal protective equipment; and they do excellent work.

BRIAN DORAN
HEMMLER & CAMAYD ARCHITECTS
Project Manager & Designer

They are a great contractor to work with – very knowledgeable about their trade. They are problem solvers – a group we can call and get advice from, even before the project is out to bid. They meet the budget, deliver on time and are genuinely good people to work with.

DENNIS GALLAGHER
CITY OF SCRANTON
Director - DPW

We have worked with Urban Electric on a variety of transportation infrastructure projects including signalization, street lights and emergency situations. Their response is timely and their projects are professionally done. They are very efficient, neat, clean, and responsible. They are always concerned about their surroundings, making sure everything is safe. They are a contractor that provides quality work and very competitive pricing.

MIKE FERGUSON
S.B CONRAD, INC.
Project Manager Residential

They are very accommodating with manpower. When we need something done, they are able to bring in as many people as we need. They are always ahead of schedule and have demonstrated the ability to get the work done not only quickly, but right the first time.

MARTY KENEHAN
ALLIED SERVICES
Vice President - Facilities Services

Healthcare regulations are very stringent so it is very difficult to work in a fully occupied area in healthcare. They have done so excellently. From their office and support staff to their field staff, their operation is seamless.

JACK LENNOX
ROAMINGWOOD SEWER & WATER ASSOCIATION
Executive Director

They’re an outstanding group. Whether it’s high voltage or low voltage, no job is too big for them. They always make sure it’s right. You never have to worry about the workmanship. It’s about having people you can rely on and trust.

TOM MCDERMOTT
LOWER LACKAWANNA VALLEY SANITARY AUTHORITY
Executive Director

Their understanding of our business and their customer service is their driving force. As a Sewer Authority, we operate 24/7, 365 days a year. We cannot shut down; we have to stay in business. When we call on them, they respond in a very timely manner and they get us back in business as quickly as possible.

MATTHEW MICHALEK
L.R. COSTANZO CO., INC.
Vice President - Operations

The bar is excellence. The job has to be of the highest quality. The budget has to be maintained. When clients are ready to move, they need to move quickly. Urban is very responsive to the pricing of a project and in getting out the bid. They are very competitive with their numbers, and they contribute creative ideas in getting to the end result within a budget.

JOHN MURPHY
HSA ASSOCIATES
Electrical Engineer

Urban has a reputation for doing their job. They take care of any problems that arise in the field and are very easy to deal with. That’s really important in construction. They have also helped us out with value engineering. Sometimes, we develop documents and the price may be high. They come up with ideas for more cost-effective solutions.

MARK MURPHY
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
Assistant Director - Utilities & Engineering

They’re a quality contractor. They’ve been very respectful of our needs and how we are doing business, working around the University’s activities without disrupting our classes or offices. They can handle large projects as well as small ones. And they have consistently completed jobs on time and communicated effectively. We are very pleased with their work.

EDDIE ROSE
HITT CONTRACTING, INC.
Senior Superintendent

Urban Electric’s work was excellent. Their timing was excellent. In a pharmaceutical production environment there is tremendous pressure to get the job completed quickly – these facilities cannot afford to be off line. The Urban team was meticulous working in clean room environments. They were extremely responsive. And I would recommend them to anyone.

MIKE SHEA
COMMONWEALTH ENERGY GROUP, LLC
Senior Project Manager

Urban has become a dependable resource for us and our clients. Our business is based on energy savings and guaranteed performance. As we grow and expand our operation, Urban has always been reliable and the level of performance and quality installation has an added value not only for our customers but our staff as well.