Success Stories

IBEW members working for Jno. Z. Barton Inc. are hard at work on the Manheim Elementary School Project. The Job is a renovation of the existing school plus additions. Barton's foreman Local 143 member Greg Smolenskey is excited to be running the project and is sure that it will be a success story. Local 229 members Dennis Egbert, Alan Smith, & Fred Olafsson are on site and hard at work with underground and distribution conduits.

Built by IBEW Members, Peach Bottom Unit 1 was an experimental helium-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor. It operated from 1966 to 1974.

Fuddruckers famous burger joint hired Buzynski Electrical Contractor to perform the electrical work on their new York location in 2006.

In 2006 - 2007 ,IBEW Local 229 members working for Pagoda Electrical Inc. Completed the Electrical Construction of the Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, PA. Local 229 is proud to have completed this home town project.

In 2002 Edwin L. Heim Electric Co. teamed up with IBEW 229 to install electrical systems during the construction of the 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.

Project consist of new truck receptacles and the new NEMA 3R distribution panel. At this installation, ground fault (GFI) protection is provided by breakers in the distribution panel. Each cord location is equipped with a heavy duty weatherproof ON/OFF switch. This concept was designed by and is unique to ProElectric.

 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.

In the past months, IBEW Local 229 has made numerous appearances at area high schools to talk about the exciting career opportunities in the IBEW and show support for the high schools and their leadership. The schools that Local 229 has attended so far are Dallastown area High School, Fairfield High School, Central York High School and York Area Technical School. Local 229 members Travis Brown, Josh Shultz, Fred Olafsson, Scott Moul, and Training Director Bruce Brown all participated.