Consultation Services

Giacalone Design Services, Inc is the leader in the industry in providing comprehensive Joint Trench Consulting services. It is the goal of Giacalone Design Services, Inc to provide our customers with the much-needed assistance to navigate through the complex and often confusing utility engineering process. We provide our customers with a team of experts whose goal is to help bring our customers’ projects to successful completion in a timely and efficient manner by providing the following services:

• Feasibility Studies (preliminary planning and consulting)
• Value Engineering
• Application for Service Process
• Preliminary Investigation
• Coordination with Utility Company Staff (gas, electric, telephone and CATV)
• Preliminary Intent Design and Form “A”
• Coordination with “Project Team” Members and City/County Staff
• Composite Plan Working Drawings and Form “B”
• Bid Documents and Material Summaries
• Pre-Construction Meeting
• PG&E Gas and Electric “Applicant Design” (Rule 15 & 16)
• PG&E Gas and Electric New Business Project “Applicant Design” (Rule 20b & 20c)
• Rule 20a Facility Undergrounding Districts (does not qualify for “Applicant Design”; PG&E design only)
• Streetlight Layout and Circuit Design
• Parking Lot Lighting Layout and Circuit Design
• Pathway Lighting Layout and Circuit Design
• Photometric Studies
• PG&E Contract Review and Analysis