On Thursday, April 13, Irby Construction rolled out the fourth video in its series featuring the “People of Irby.” In this clip, Juan Carlos del Toro, an apprentice lineman for Irby Construction Company shares what makes working at Irby great, from his point of view.

In addition to working outdoors and visiting a variety of new places (he has traveled to job sites in four different states so far), Juan Carlos has a lot of nice things to say about the guys he works within the field and the opportunities he sees ahead of him in his career at Irby. Get the full story straight from Juan Carlos. Take a look at the clip here.

Film crews visited Irby job sites from Texas to Florida, and a couple spots in between, to interview team members and gather footage of crews at work. Juan Carlos is the fourth in a series of employees who will be spotlighted in this video series rolling out throughout 2018. Follow Irby on Facebook for updates and watch our website for more to come.

Irby Construction Company is most known for building long line electric transmission projects, substations, and distribution systems. What many in the industry might not be aware of is that Irby’s scope of services also includes outdoor lighting.

“Lighting is a natural extension of our primary electric power services because the process of installing poles for lighting systems is not entirely unlike installing electric power infrastructure. Some of the equipment is the same for example, bucket trucks. And of course, we know our way around electricity.” Said, Tim Henry, Vice President of Operations.

Since the company began building transmission lines in 1917, Irby has intentionally expanded its services based on natural extensions like lighting as well as industry innovations for example wind power.

“Innovation is an important part of growing business and something we’ve always been good at in the field and the corporate office. We work to innovate and adopt early. Being on that leading edge is how we become experts,” Explains, Andre Foster, Executive Director of Business Development.

Irby crews not only maintain but also install outdoor lighting in an efficient and timely manner. Irby crews repair, install and upgrade lighting systems. Providing labor, materials, equipment, and supervision, Irby is prepared to answer the call and exceed client expectations for cost-effective, efficient, and safe service. Irby lighting projects include stadiums, roadways, large manufacturing facilities,

Northwest Lineman’s College Lineman Channel is an extensive library of online training videos which means Irby crews can access this valuable information any time and virtually any place. Topics include CDL training, Conductors, ELP Training, Rigging, Safety, Transformers and Protective Equipment to name just a few. The list is long and the content is most certainly a valuable asset to everyone in the field at Irby Construction Company.

“This is just another example of a reason why we’re excited to be associated with Northwest Lineman’s College.” said, Director of Safety and Training, Tony Honaker.

In January, Irby’s parent company, Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE:PWR) completed the acquisition of Northwest Lineman College (NLC). NLC is the electric power industry’s largest educational and training institution. Read more on the Quanta Services website and visit Northwest Lineman College for details on the program or becoming a lineman. To read the full press release about the acquisition, click here.