Success Stories

In 2002 IBEW signatory electrical contractor Lombardo & Lipe Inc. was awarded the contract for electrical construction of the new prestigious Central York High School. For over 2 years Local 229 electricians worked to complete this project on time and under budget making it one of the most state of the art educational facilities in the York PA area.

In 2002 Edwin L. Heim Electric Co. teamed up with IBEW 229 to install the electrical systems during the construction of the York Hospitals Patient Care Tower. Construction lasted nearly 3 years with the final product being a 6 story state of the art patient facility for heart,orthopedic, and maternity patients. A state of the art Heart Cath Lab was installed as well.

This project is another showcase of the extreme professionalism of the IBEW Local 229 electricians and the NECA team. We are proud to have been a part of this York County landmark.

Fuddruckers famous burger joint hired Buzynski Electrical Contractor to perform the electrical work on their new York PA location in 2006. This project was a renovation of an existing building to suit the build of the incoming restaurant. This project is a key example that no matter what the job may be in York or Adams county. IBEW electricians and our partner contractors are here to perform! 

In early 2007 construction began on the immense FGD project at Brunner’s Island. Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) is a technology used to remove sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust flue gasses of fossil fuel power plants.
Fossil fuel power plants burn coal or oil to produce steam for steam turbines, which in turn drive electricity generators.

Sulfur dioxide is one of the elements forming acid rain. Tall flue gas stacks disperse emissions by diluting the pollutants in ambient air and transporting them to other regions.
For a typical coal-fired power station, FGD will remove 95 percent or more of the SO2 in the flue gases.

The York Haven hydroelectric plant generates 19-20 Megawatts of power.The plant has 13 horizontal generators that produce up to 1,000 kilowatts each. There are 7 vertical generators that generate between 1,200 and 1,600 kilowatts apiece. Four of the vertical units use Kaplan turbines. The plant uses one of the first Kaplan turbines installed in the United States, which is listed as a National Historic Engineering Landmark. Local 229 Electricians worked on this project for roughly 2 years around 1966 to 1968 for the former EBASCO Company. EBASCO was later merged with Raytheon.

In 2006 - 2007 ,York Pennsylvania Local 229 electricians working for Reading area contractor Pagoda Electrical Inc. Completed the Electrical Construction of the 5,200 seat Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, PA. Local 229 is proud to have completed this home town project. The first regular season game was played at the stadium on June 16th, 2007.

When construction began in 2001, The Susquehanna Commerce Center was the largest and most ambitious commercial development in the City of York Pa. York County electricians employed by IBEW partner contractor G.R. Sponaugle & Sons Inc. performed all the electrical systems work on the project which included, Commercial condominiums, Historic restoration of 20,000 sf former gas manufacturing facility, Two newly constructed 6 story office buildings, 205,000 total sf of office space and Illuminated boulevard entry with drop-off and pedestrian plaza.

The York Energy Center, which is expected to be completed in mid 2011, replicates a model currently in use at the Hay Road and Bethlehem energy centers. The York plant will use state-of-the-art, combined cycle, power generators capable of producing 565 megawatts of electricity. When Calpine acquired the facility in 2010 as part of its purchase of the Conectiv Energy assets, its construction was about 70 percent complete.

 Hunterstown plant is natural-gas fired, combined-cycle power plant with capacity rating of 839-megawatts. It is located on 89 acres in a brownfield industrial site in Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. The facility includes three state-of-the-art combustion turbines and three heat recovery steam generators with selective catalytic reduction. The plant utilizes a dry-cooled condenser to minimize groundwater usage from on-site wells. The facility began commercial operation in 2003, providing electric power to PJM Interconnection.

IBEW electricians performed all of the electrical construction on the project working for signatory contractors Battaglia Electric Inc. & Sargent Electric Company.

Local 229 Voice -  Data - Video Technicians employed by I.B. Abel Inc. successfully completed the installation of a security system at Arm & Hammer in Jackson Township York County. Techs were busy for months installing thousands of feet of Fiber optic and security cable. They also had countless hours terminating cable and mounting cameras.