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TEGG SERVICES
Sarah Allan –
TEGG Administrative Assistant
Sarah Allan is the administrative assistant for Knights' Electric, Inc.'s TEGG Services. Sara replaces Liz Ragsdale, who has returned to her college studies. Sarah moved from San Francisco to Santa Rosa in 2000 and she has previous construction experience
having worked for a roofing contractor. She was also in the real estate business with a title and mortgage company. |
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Sarah Allan, Knights' Electric's
TEGG Services Administrative Assistant |
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Michael Ragsdale, General Manager for Knights' Electric's TEGG Services
has this to say about Sarah, "She's fantastic. I couldn't be happier. She's professional, patient and intelligent." When asked to describe herself Sarah said, "I'm responsible, organized and friendly". It sounds like a good match for the position she has taken on.
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Sarah Allan at work compiling TEGG job reports for TEGG customers.
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Sarah will be responsible for producing the job reports that detail the status of projects for TEGG customers. The job reports are generated from the TEGG software, which TEGG
technicians use to input the information and scope of each project they evaluate in the field. |
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Sarah will also be interfacing with TEGG customers with Care Calls. Care Calls are designed to review the TEGG
procedures that have been completed at the customer's facility to ensure that the job has been successfully completed to the customer's satisfaction.Sarah sees her
position with the company in a very positive light, "It's an opportunity to take on a lot of new challenges." |
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COMMERCIAL
Walden Studios by Oliver & Company
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The main building at Walden Studios in Geyserville has original walls
on both ends from when it was a fruit processing facility.
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Walden Studios, located in Geyserville, is nearing completion. Built by Oliver & Company, the structure was formerly a fruit processing building that was completely gutted except for the foundation, two end walls and one side
wall. Now it features huge frameless glass windows that face an adjacent vineyard and concrete walls with artful angles. |
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Knights' Electric, Inc. is once again working with Oliver & Company on this project and also on the Shomrei
Torah temple in Santa Rosa and the new fire station in Bolinas, both Oliver & Company projects. Knights' Electric has also done extensive work at Oliver Ranch. |
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These Lutron automated window shades along with the tinted window
glass block overhead u.v. rays.
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Art Knight, Vice President of Knights' Electric walks down the
corridor of the main building at Walden Studios.
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Knights' Electric wired Walden Studios and installed a Lutron HomeWorks lighting system to accommodate recessed lighting, track lighting, floor lighting, landscape lighting and automated window shades. |
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Jensen & Macy
of San Francisco are the architectural firm that designed what they describe as a mixed use project of art-related offices and retail lease spaces. The structure includes three art lofts with livable spaces in each section complete with kitchens, laundry hook-ups and full bathrooms.
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Retail lease space in main building.
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The ceiling was formed with waxed plywood to create smooth surface
with inset beveled recessed lighting.
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Because the building was constructed on an existing foundation there is a raised metal computer
floor that creates a sub floor area to house electrical, HVAC, plumbing and fire sprinkler lines. The concrete walls and ceilings have a glossy finish created by using waxed plywood
forms when they were poured.
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The large glass windows have a light green tint to deflect ultraviolet sun rays and a meeting room and the
loft area feature Lutron automated window shades, which are also manufactured by Lutron.
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This loft area with track lighting
overlooks the vineyard.
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This loft stairway has foot lights.
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The buildings exterior features garden areas that jut out into the vineyards.
Knights' Electric installed landscape lighting, wall lighting and driveway lighting, which is fastened to the grape stakes along the entry road. |
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Even before the building is a home to artists and artwork Walden Studios is an art exhibit in itself.
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The raised metal computer floor creates a sub floor area for utility wires, cables
and pipes.
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This artist retail building sits next to the main building with a bocce ball court
under construction in the foreground.
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THE COMPANY
Rob Knight –
Vice President & Operations Manager
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Knights' Electric's Journeyman Pete Buckner and Rob Knight confer at the end of the day back
at the shop. TEGG Technician Steve Sperbeck is in the background.
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Whether it's a commercial or industrial project Rob Knight, Vice President at Knights' Electric, Inc., is supporting company personnel on the job and making sure that things are running smoothly.
"I'm there for our guys and to make sure we're on schedule with the general contractor or owner of the project," says Knight. |
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"I try to save Tuesday and Thursday to drive out to our jobs," says Knight, "I like to check with our foreman
and our crews to see if things are going well. If there are any problems we can put our heads together and come up with a solution. It makes things easier to approach that way." |
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Rob Knight, Vice President and Operations Manager for Knights'
Electric, Inc. |
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Rob Knight is also in charge of scheduling commercial and industrial projects for Knights' Electric. "Once we
get the job I'll get a schedule from the job superintendent and I'll evaluate the time and people I need to complete it. It's important to get the right people for the right job on
each phase of the project." "We have people who are really good at underground work and that's important because once the slab is poured – that's it – it has to be done right,"
says Knight, "and we have motor control specialists
like Mike Rose, Scott Webb and Ed Herden who have a lot of experience in that area." Knight is very familiar with the strengths of each electrician having worked with many of them for a number of years and spending time on the job with all of them.
Knight finds that one of his biggest challenges in scheduling is taking care of the small jobs as well as the bigger projects, "We have to make sure we get to the small jobs in
between the big ones to make sure we keep all of our customers happy." |
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