Safety Record & Prequalification at WIL-Surge Electric.
A safety-first program built on NFPA 70E standards, and the credentials general contractors need to prequalify us.
Our Safety Culture
Electrical safety in Wisconsin starts with the crews doing the work. At WIL-Surge Electric, those crews work under a safety-first program built on NFPA 70E standards and led by our safety director.
Because in-house crews self-perform our trades instead of handing work to subcontractors, one set of safety expectations follows every job, from underground utilities to final terminations. Our DSPS-credentialed master electricians and journeymen hold each other to it, and we have remained licensed, bonded, and insured since 1993.
NFPA 70E Training & Toolbox Talks
NFPA 70E is the national standard for electrical safety in the workplace. Our crews train to it, and the same expertise goes into the NFPA 70E arc flash studies, labeling, and mitigation planning we perform for owners' facilities.
Weekly safety talks keep safety in front of every crew, monthly safety training goes deeper on the hazards they face, and safety is part of the paid electrical safety training our apprentices and journeymen receive on the way to a Wisconsin license.
Planning Safety Into the Work
The safest jobsite is one where hazards are identified before anyone picks up a tool. On commercial electrical, mechanical, and civil work, that planning starts in preconstruction: knowing where existing energized equipment sits, how heavy equipment will be rigged and set, where excavation will cross buried utilities, and how each task will be sequenced around the other trades on site.
Our own trades give us ways to reduce those risks at the source. Hydro excavation exposes buried utilities without the strike risk of mechanical digging. In-house BIM specialists model the electrical scope in 3D before crews mobilize, so conflicts get resolved on screen instead of in the field. And on the electrical side, NFPA 70E asks that arc flash hazards be assessed before anyone works on energized equipment, so the protection and procedures for a task are settled before the work begins.
Planning doesn't stop once work is underway. Conditions on a commercial site change daily as trades move in and out, equipment arrives, and new areas are energized, so the plan gets revisited as the job progresses, in weekly safety talks and whenever the scope or sequence of the work changes.
Working Safely in Occupied Buildings
Much commercial work happens while a building stays in use, in courthouses, county health facilities, schools, and plants that can't simply close for construction. In those settings, a safety program protects more than the crew. Work areas have to be separated from occupants and the public, shutdowns planned and communicated with facility staff, and exits and temporary power kept in order so daily operations continue safely around the work.
The occupied renovation of the Waukesha County Courthouse, underway since 2023, is the kind of project where that discipline matters. Phased electrical, lighting, fire alarm, and low voltage work in occupied spaces depends on crews who plan each step with the people still using the building.
Owners can help by sharing what the drawings don't show: which areas stay open and when, who needs notice before a shutdown, and which equipment can't lose power. That information shapes how the work is phased and when shutdowns are scheduled, and it keeps the facility's own staff and visitors clear of the work.
Prequalification Documents
- License
WI Electrical Contractor #1103087-EC
- Crews
Master electricians & journeymen
- In Business
Since 1993
- Coverage
Licensed, bonded & insured
General contractors and owners can request our prequalification packet, which includes Wisconsin licenses, bonding capacity, and insurance certificates, from the estimating team at estimating@wilsurge.com. Questions about prequalification? Start with our contractor FAQ. Ready to bid a project? Request a quote.
Evaluating a Subcontractor's Safety Program
Paperwork tells part of the story. When general contractors and owners review a subcontractor, it also helps to look at how the safety program works day to day: whether crews train to recognized standards like NFPA 70E, how often hazards are reviewed with the people doing the work, who leads the program, and whether the same expectations apply to every crew on the job or change from one subcontractor to the next.
The program should also be visible in the field. A walk through an active jobsite says a lot about housekeeping, how work areas and open equipment are protected, and whether crews treat safety as part of the routine or as paperwork to fill out after the fact.
Qualifications are part of it too. On electrical work, trained and licensed tradespeople are the first line of safety, so it is worth confirming who will be on site and how they are credentialed. At WIL-Surge Electric, crews are led by master electricians and DSPS-credentialed journeymen, train to NFPA 70E, review safety in regular toolbox talks, and work under a program led by our safety director, the same program on every trade we self-perform.
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