Quality Electric Contracting

What Quality Electric Contracting does

Quality Electric Contracting Inc. (QECI) is a privately held, family-owned electrical contracting firm founded by Hugh "Dyoll" Turner in 1972 and incorporated in Florida in 1978. Headquartered in Clewiston, FL with a secondary office in St. Petersburg, FL, the company employs a small team (under 25 staff) and operates two service trucks out of its Clewiston headquarters. QECI's business is built around two complementary service lines: a long-standing niche in the electrical integration and rehabilitation of bascule (movable) bridges — held since 1987 and spanning navigation lighting, roadway lighting, movable bridge rehabilitation, and emergency generator systems across the southeastern US — and a full-service commercial, industrial, and local electrical service offering including pump stations, plumbing systems, and recreational field lighting.

The company's revenue is generated almost entirely through professional-services contracts. Project-based electrical construction work is awarded through competitive bids to state Departments of Transportation (primarily FDOT, with documented projects including SR-7 US441 Miami River Bridge Replacement, SR-699 Over John's Pass Bridge, Belleair Beach Causeway Bridge Replacement, Spanish River Bridge Rehabilitation, SR-31 Wilson Pigott Bridge Repairs, and Treasure Island Bridge) and municipal bridge owners, supplemented by recurring but non-contracted service and repair work delivered to residential and small commercial customers in Hendry County via the two service trucks. Go-to-market is direct field sales with no third-party channels, resellers, or formal marketing; customer inquiries are handled by phone, fax, and email at the two offices.

QECI has documented thousands of jobs on hundreds of bridges since entering the bascule bridge niche in 1987, with geographic reach extending from Wappoo Creek, SC in the north to Biloxi and Gulfport, MS in the west, including emergency repair work in the New Orleans area. The company has retained all employees through a prior economic downturn and operates without any public-facing software, mobile applications, or AI/ML capabilities — its competitive position rests entirely on accumulated domain expertise, DOT relationship tenure, and southeastern US mobilization reach.

Name

Quality Electric Contracting

Legal name

Quality Electric Contracting Inc.

Website

https://qualityelectriccontracting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quality Electric Contracting Inc. is a family-owned Florida electrical contractor specializing in bascule (movable) bridge electrical integration and rehabilitation for state DOTs and municipalities across the southeastern US, with complementary commercial/industrial and local service work from offices in Clewiston and St. Petersburg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electrical Contracting Services

NAICS

Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors (23821), All Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (33599)

SIC

Electrical Work (1731), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Electrical Contracting & Wiring (IMAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electrical Contracting (Commercial/Industrial) (IMAIABAC), Grid Interconnection, Power Quality & Electrical Infrastructure Service (Transformers, Switchgear) (TLAKAMAM)

Keywords

• Electrical contracting services
• Movable bridge integration
• Roadway lighting installation
• Emergency generator systems
• Navigation lighting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Clewiston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Electrical Construction Contracts (Project-Based): One-time project-based revenue from electrical construction contracts awarded through competitive bid, primarily for state DOT, municipal, and commercial/industrial clients. Major projects include bridge electrical integrations, roadway lighting, navigation lighting, and emergency generator installations.
2. Local Service and Repair Work: Recurring but non-contracted electrical service, repair, and small jobs delivered via two service trucks out of the Clewiston HQ to residential and small commercial customers in the Hendry County region. Re-entered after 2004-2005 hurricane seasons following the return of Kenneth Turner.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Quality Electric Contracting Inc (QECI) is a Florida-based electrical contracting firm that delivers full-service commercial and industrial electrical work plus a specialized niche in movable (bascule) bridge electrical integration. The company installs navigation lighting, roadway lighting, emergency generator systems, pump station electrical and plumbing systems, and movable bridge rehabilitations for state DOT, municipal, and commercial/industrial clients across the southeastern United States, supplemented by local residential and small commercial service work in the Hendry County region.

Product overview

Quality Electric Contracting Inc (QECI) operates as a single integrated electrical contracting services firm — not a software platform with discrete modules — delivering a portfolio of related infrastructure electrical services out of offices in Clewiston, FL and St. Petersburg, FL. Its core offerings — Bridge Electrical Rehabs, Emergency Generators, Navigation Lighting, Roadway Lighting, Pump Stations, Plumbing Systems, and Recreational Field Lighting Systems — are delivered alongside a specialized subset of movable-bridge work (New Movable Bridge Electrical Installations and Movable Bridge Rehabilitations) that the company has focused on since 1987, with Service Truck Operations providing the responsive field support that ties the whole service portfolio together.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• New Movable Bridge Electrical Installations Complete electrical system installation for new movable (bascule, swing, lift) bridges, including controls, motors, lighting, and power distribution. A niche capability QECI has held since 1987 for state DOT and municipal bridge owners.
• Movable Bridge Rehabilitations

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of jobs completed on hundreds of bridges throughout the southeastern United States since 1987
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MYR Group: Public specialty electrical construction services provider focused on transmission, distribution, substation, and commercial/industrial markets. Comparable as a specialty electrical contractor with a strong niche focus and government/infrastructure customer mix, though operating at national scale.
• Quanta Services: Largest publicly traded specialty contractor in North America for utility and infrastructure construction, including electric power, pipeline, communications, and renewable energy. Comparable as a specialty electrical/infrastructure contractor with deep utility and government customer relationships, but at vastly greater scale.
• Mass. Electric Construction Co. A subsidiary of EMCOR Group that performs electrical and instrumentation work on major transportation and infrastructure projects including rail, transit, and bridge systems. Comparable as a specialty electrical contractor competing for large-scale transportation infrastructure work, though at substantially greater scale than QECI.
• EMCOR Group: Large publicly traded provider of electrical and mechanical construction, facilities services, and industrial solutions. Comparable as a leading electrical contracting platform serving commercial, industrial, and infrastructure end markets, with much broader geographic and service reach than QECI.
• IES Holdings: Public provider of electrical and mechanical design, installation, and service for commercial, industrial, and infrastructure customers. Comparable as a multi-region electrical contracting platform with similar commercial/industrial and infrastructure exposure, though broader in scope than QECI.
• Pike Electric: National provider of energy infrastructure services including electric distribution, transmission, and substation construction. Comparable as a specialty electrical contractor serving regulated infrastructure customers, though primarily focused on utility-scale rather than movable-bridge electrical work.

Regional players

• Hubbard Construction Company: Large Florida-based heavy civil and transportation infrastructure contractor that frequently partners with FDOT. Comparable as a Florida-anchored infrastructure contractor competing for state DOT work in the same geography as QECI, though focused on heavy civil rather than specialty electrical.
• American Bridge Company: Historic specialty bridge construction firm now part of the Fluor Corporation portfolio, focused on complex bridge and marine structures. Comparable as a long-tenured bridge specialty contractor addressing movable and complex bridge infrastructure, though primarily structural rather than electrical.
• Superior Construction Company: Heavy civil contractor operating across the Southeast and Midwest, including bridge and transportation infrastructure projects for state DOTs. Comparable as a Southeastern regional contractor with overlapping FDOT and movable-bridge project exposure, though focused on structural rather than electrical work.

Direct peers

• RailWorks: Specialty contractor focused on rail and movable bridge infrastructure, including electrical and mechanical systems on movable bridges. Directly comparable as a specialty electrical/mechanical contractor on movable bridge infrastructure, serving public-sector transportation owners in overlapping geographies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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