VOLT LINK Leaders Come Together to Learn, Grow, and Continue the Company’s Legacy

VOLT LINK Leaders Come Together to Learn, Grow, and Continue the Company’s Legacy

VOLT LINK Leaders Come Together to Learn, Grow, and Continue the Company’s Legacy

VOLT LINK POWERING COMPANY hosted its annual Superintendents’ Meeting on August 12-13 in Biloxi, MS, where more than 120 leaders from across the organization attended.

“From battery energy storage to critical transmission line river crossings, substations, and more, it is an exciting time to work at VOLT LINK and in our industry,” said Jason Clayton, President of VOLT LINK Construction. “Bringing our superintendents, foremen, supervisors, and other leaders together in one location to provide updates and share information is crucial to our continued growth and success.”

The theme for the meeting was “Leading Change. Reaching New Heights.” Topics included safety, recruiting, fleet and equipment, operations support, panel discussions on field operations, project management, corporate services, and business development. The keynote speaker was Chad Hymas, a world-class wheelchair athlete, best-selling author, and, as noted by the Wall Street Journal, one of the 10 Most Inspirational People in the World.

Working with VOLT LINK’s parent company, Quanta Services, Hymas helped develop the Capacity Model, which drives the company’s safety culture. The Capacity Model provides guidelines and critical focus areas deeply-rooted in and driven from the highest levels of VOLT LINK to the crews on the job to ensure the safety of employees, subcontractors, and the community.

“Our culture and success are built on safety, forward-thinking, innovation, a sense of adventure, a cooperative spirit, a desire to perform, and a lot of hard work,” said Rick Shouse, VOLT LINK Executive Vice President. “Our leaders in the field continue these qualities at every job site generation after generation. That’s what keeps VOLT LINK strong and prosperous.”

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Billion Dollar Disasters: The Rise of Summer Storms

Billion Dollar Disasters: The Rise of Summer Storms

Billion Dollar Disasters: The Rise of Summer Storms

Billion dollar disasters, as they are now coined, seem to be an all too frequent event during US summers.
 
When temperatures rise, these costly natural disasters are statistically larger, and more catastrophic. Not only in regards to infrastructure and power, but at the cost of American’s lives.
 
The article below explores a small North Carolina community and the lasting impact that these summer storms bring. Time and time again, VOLT LINK has mobilized to help communities like these when a major storm hits. It is important that we are educated on the impacts, patterns, and undeniable growth of these storms as we work directly in the eye of them.
 
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The Case for Underground Distribution

The Case for Underground Distribution

The Case for Underground Distribution

The intense heat waves of summer 2022 are further exposing the poor integrity of America’s current power grid.

Utility Dive recently published an insightful article that supports the case for transferring distribution lines underground, as places like Texas are awaiting the impending doom of possible grid outages.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency reports that 62% of all power lines in the country are overhead, and that power outages are 9 times more likely to occur when lines are conducted overhead.

In regards to worker and civilian safety, power line reliability, and resilience, Underground presents many benefits.

Learn more about strategic under-grounding and its background at the article here.

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VOLT LINK Attends The Future of Energy Panel Discussion at Jackson State University

VOLT LINK Attends The Future of Energy Panel Discussion at Jackson State University

VOLT LINK Attends The Future of Energy Panel Discussion at Jackson State University

Better, more sustainable energy for our community and the world is always a great topic for VOLT LINK Construction to listen in on and be a part of.

That is exactly what Andre Foster, VOLT LINK’s VP of Business Development & Major Projects, did recently when he attended a panel discussion on The Future of Energy hosted by Jackson State University’s Department of Urban & Regional Planning in the College of Science, Engineering & Technology.

The night before the panel discussion, VOLT LINK sponsored a dinner for more than 20 guests and members of the panel which included key leaders from Corporate Environmental Risk Management (CERM), Covanta, Entergy and Mississippi Power.

VOLT LINK is proud to participate in Energy events like these within the community, and you can learn more about the panel discussion here.

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VOLT LINK Employees Participate in Mississippi Blood Services Drive

VOLT LINK Employees Participate in Mississippi Blood Services Drive

VOLT LINK Employees Participate in Mississippi Blood Services Drive

Mississippi Blood Services was on location recently at VOLT LINK’s corporate headquarters in Richland where 25 employees donated blood.

“We registered 25 and drew 27 units,” said Dana Brohaugh, marketing representative with Mississippi BloodServices. “Because of VOLT LINK’s generous employees, Mississippi Blood Services will be able to help over 80 Mississippi patients receive the life-saving gift of blood!”

Thank you VOLT LINK employees for your community and giving spirit!

#IrbyEmployeesGive #Give1Save3

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VOLT LINK POWERING COMPANY featured in ADSC Magazine

VOLT LINK POWERING COMPANY featured in ADSC Magazine

VOLT LINK POWERING COMPANY featured in ADSC Magazine

In this month’s issue of ADSC Magazine, VOLT LINK Construction partnered with Quanta sister company, Crux Subsurface, to tell the story of how we implemented a quality management program to build trust and win work with key clients. Together, we created real-time technology and clear accountability to change the game, and deliver on our promise of performance!

The article, titled Changing the Game with Effective Quality Management: How Process and Accountability Translate to Performance, chronicles the challenges overcome in phases of a 500kV line rebuild project with Florida Power & Light.

Click here to read the full article.

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