Powering San Diego’s Economic Engine

San Diego’s marketplace is fueled by economic engines as diverse as the region itself–including defense, manufacturing, tourism and international trade—and Bergelectric has contributed its talent and resources in support of each.  On the military and defense-related side Berg has delivered on massive endeavors at Camp Pendleton like the $453-million Naval Hospital and the $100-million infrastructure project spread across the Marine Corp Base’s 125,000 sprawling acres.  In addition to fostering international trade through the world’s busiest port of entry at San Ysidro, Berg has also served global communications powerhouse Qualcomm on numerous office and manufacturing projects across the region.  Tourists to the area can enjoy world-famous attractions from Sea World and LEGOLAND to a number of gaming and entertainment venues like the Viejas New Hotel and Casino upgrades, which Bergelectric professionals helped deliver.

San Diego’s emergence as a preeminent healthcare and biotechnology development center has also provided opportunities for Bergelectric to shine, under the direction of Senior Vice President Ron Wood—who is in charge of all San Diego-based operations-for such trailblazing clients as Pfizer and Dart NeuroScience.  Tapping into Wood’s nearly 30 years of inspiring leadership in the electrical industry, Bergelectric’s San Diego Region has been instrumental in the development of in-house departments, such as detailing and BIM, whose continuous technical advances offer clients the latest lean building capabilities.

Throughout more than 40 years of service in the area, Berg’s San Diego Region has grown to become the company’s largest region with 900 employees.  This magnitude of resources supports an additional layer of experienced electrical professionals to manage the depth of projects that contribute to the San Diego Region’s more than $150 million annual revenues.  With five distinct divisions focused on particular sectors, each under the direction of a long-tenured Division Manager, Berg can offer clients market-specific expertise:

• Major and Commercial Projects, headed by Robert Liles, focuses on facilitating electrical construction on educational, housing, correctional, multipurpose and healthcare facilities, including one of Berg’s most complex current undertakings—the $456-million Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, scheduled to open for patient care in 2015 at Scripps La Jolla campus.

• The San Diego Service Division, under the direction of Division Manager Jim McBroome, is the largest service group in the company. Innovators like Cymer—the leader in developing light sources used by global semiconductor chipmakers and the international sporting-event producers Indian Wells Tennis Garden, count on Berg’s expert 24/7 service.

• Tony Parra’s San Diego Special Projects Division provides service for clients with diverse needs ranging from commercial ground-up building and tenant improvements to casino gaming, hospitality, industrial manufacturing, R & D, medical and hospitality. General contractors and owners alike rely on Parra’s staff to maintain challenging schedules and develop creative solutions for such complex projects as the 13-story, 415,000-sf LPL Financial tenant improvements.

• As San Diego Special Projects Bio Division Manager, Steve Stroder has charted new territories with owners such as Abbott Labs, Pfizer, Qualcomm and Nokia. Recent clients have included the Craig Venter Institute—a not-for-profit genomics research institute and developer of California’s first true sustainable laboratory facility.  These clients are blazing their own trails in the life-sciences industry, a “major driver of the innovation economy in the San Diego region.”