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Original Post Date: May 2017 The Victor Local Development Corporation honored O’Connell Electric Company as Business Of The Year for its 13th Annual Victor Business Awards, hosted May 4, 2017. A nominating committee reviewed and selected candidates from twenty-two categories for awards. O’Connell Electric was selected as Business of The Year based on factors including […]

Victor, NY – Rochester based, O’Connell Electric was recently ranked the 2013, 53rd largest U.S. electrical contractor by Engineering News-Record, a prominent news, analysis, commentary, and data publication for the construction industry. ENR ranks the largest companies across the nation by total revenue and publishes the results annually.

On June 23, aerial artist Nik Wallenda became the first man to traverse a tightrope across the Grand Canyon, some 1,500 dizzying feet above the Colorado River – without a safety tether. But not long before Wallenda sky-walked into history, a crew of eight riggers from O’Connell Electric personally made sure that his passage on the 2-inch wire rope would be safe.

When professional tightrope walker Nik Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls last June, his fans across the nation witnessed him striding fluidly from one side to the other. But Wallenda’s flawless feat wasn’t without its challenges. It was, in fact, largely due to committed companies working tirelessly behind the scenes for months prior to the international endeavor.

Walter Parkes is a man who keeps his promises. In 1968, after he purchased O’Connell Electric from founder John “Jack” O’Connell, Jack asked only one favor: to preserve the company’s name. Parkes has honored that request for 45 years, upholding a reputation of integrity that has stood the test of time.

WCNY’s new Broadcast and Education Center will include both a new building and a renovation of the former Case Supply Building, a 56,000 square foot multi story building located in Syracuse’s historic Near Westside.

O’Connell Electric was awarded the full electrical construction package for Rochester Institute of Technology’s new Golisano Institute for Sustainability which will include solar, wind, and fuel cell installations.

O’Connell Electric was recently awarded the substation construction portion of the Marble River Wind Park through Delaney Construction. Our role includes construction of both the New York Power Authority substation as well as the adjoining wind park substation.

O’Connell Electric presented its turnkey electrical solutions for wind farm construction, testing, commissioning, and maintenance at WindPower 2009 in Chicago this past May.

It was an unusual marriage between a field contractor and an accountant that propelled O’Connell Electric Co. Inc. into becoming one of the largest private employers in Rochester.