This afternoon I had an interesting and informative meeting with Mr. C.W. Abhayaratne, Managing Director of Fentons. Fentons and Tri-M are practically mirror images of each other ... full service electrical contractors ... electrical, security, telecom, fire alarm ... for commercial and industrial clients. Like Tri-M, Fentons works on both design-build and plan-and-spec projects. We also share similar woes - the slumping economy, cancelled projects, frustrations with getting paid, customers shopping our numbers, and the like. There is quite a bit more emphasis on renewable energy here, especially with regard to small system hydro power.
Mr. Abhayaratne gave me a full tour of the facility and pointed out to me the onsite apartment in which he lived for many years ... I'll think twice before complaining again about taking my work home with me!
The photo above is of the electrical division. At Fentons one person is responsible for a project from start to finish - estimating, managing, purchasing, as-built drawings, and everything else. Interesting to know they do all of their estimating by hand.
www.fentons.com
A separate point of interest - each of Mr. Abhayaratne's three sons attended Washington College in Chestertown, MD - small world isn't it?
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