Electrical contractor realizes improved organization, accuracy, efficiency, and profit

Founded in 2005, C&R Electric LLC, has forged a reputation for outstanding commercial electrical contracting work in central Michigan and beyond. Based in Shepherd, a small town located “in the palm” of the Michigan “mitten,” the company specializes in residential, commercial, agricultural, institutional, hospitality, renewable energy, medical, and higher education projects.

With a staff of 88, C&R also has a suburban Chicago branch focusing on multi-family residential work, but central Michigan and Grand Rapids are its biggest markets, and the company has leaned into the forefront of technology. In 2019, C&R formed a designbuild company, KTS Engineering Group, to handle all the company’s engineering.

An essential and recent component in the success of both companies is prefabricating as much as possible for any given project, and KTS’ staff of six engineers oversees the design and engineering. Kyle Sponseller, P.E., owner of KTS Engineering Group, and Vice President of C&R, explained that creating fabrication models using Revit and sending them to the build group for off-site fabrication in the shop has delivered amazing efficiencies – with expectations of even greater ones to come. They started with prefabbing in-wall, rough-in box assemblies and expanded from there.

Using Allied BIM, C&R now provides the entire design and installation team with a 3-D plan that can be updated on the fly