Vision Electric was part of the team led by Contegra Construction modernizing the O’Fallon, Mo. wastewater treatment plant serving the city’s 93,000 residents.  The 14-month project entailed building a new two-story headworks building and discharge conveyer. At the front end of the process, the 2,000-square-foot concrete headworks facility houses new screen channels to filter raw biosolids before it is treated and readied for discharge. Improvements were also made to the back end with a new the discharge conveyer, the final wastewater processing before it is discharged.  Learn more.

Part of the charm of St. Louis is its older housing stock. But older homes can also have issues with aging and outdated electrical infrastructure. And that can be especially hazardous in winter as homes draw more power. NECA contractor J-Bathe Electric has an informative blog on what to look for and correct in older homes including outdated knob and tube wiring, aluminum wiring and fabric-insulated or rubber-coated wiring. As always contact a professional like J-Bathe to evaluate and modernize electrical infrastructure.  Learn more.

We pass them on our daily travels, never giving a thought to their importance to the electrical grid.  We’re talking about substations – one of the many specialties of NECA contractor MidStates Energy.  Substations “transform voltage from high to low or vice-versa, allowing electricity to be efficiently transported over long distances and then safely distributed to homes and businesses.” Design, installation and maintenance require specials skills. MidStates excels at “above-grade and drainage solutions, robust grounding and lightning protection, state-of-the-art control enclosures, integration of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, essential protection and control upgrades, thorough commissioning of substations to ensure optimal performance, and safe tear-down services for substations when they reach the end of their lifecycle.” Learn more.