Giacalone Design Services, Inc. takes pride in providing a wide range of joint trench and lighting design services on projects ranging from small single lot services to large multi-family, mixed-use or apartment projects and everything in between.
- 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
Composite Design
- Compilation of all utility information (electric, gas, phone & CATV) and assembling that information together in the form of trench sections and footages for constructability
- Coordinate all substructure and above mounted equipment
- Coordinate with the developer on service points
- Field check before any composite is complete
- The integration of all dry utilities to identify or reveal any potential conflicts prior to design
- Generate a bid package from a composite design
- Create relocation and or removal designs
- Identify all existing facilities that could impact the composite design
PG&E Gas and Electric Designs
- Coordinate box and pedestal locations
- Coordinate cabinet locations for fiber feeds
- Coordinate tie-in locations
- Generate finer plans for the city
- Power supply feeds service coordination
- Schedule and coordinate pole removal and/or relocation
- Timely, cost-effective, accurate designs that meet the developer’s design team requirements
- Easy to read Electrical Construction drawings
- Complete and accurate Materials Lists and Job Instructions
- Timely revisions and submittals, if needed.
- Applicant design by qualified experienced teams
- Flexibility of “in-house” designs
- Work closely with utility companies
Other Municipality Electric Designs
- Silicon Valley Power (SVP) Electric Designs
- San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) Electric Designs
- Sacramento Municipal Utility Distric (SMUD) Electric Plans
- Private Utility Systems
- UC Davis
lighting design
- Street lighting
- Site lighting (parking lots, walkways, parks)
- Latest in lighting technology and products
- “In-house photo metrics”
- Pedestrian safety
- Knowledgeable of City standards
- Fixture types, specifications, and applications
- Provide timely photometrics
- Knowledgeable of all competitive and state of the art lighting fixtures
- Electroliers, decorative, pedestrian, bollards, wall mounts
- High-Pressure Sodium, Metal Halide, LED, solar
- Provide accurate and timely streetlight construction drawings
Temp power
- Assist in preparation of the application for temp power service
- Determine a point connection for the temp power service
- Assist in the coordination of telephone service
- Create temp power exhibits for both the city and PG&E to review
- Assist in getting the temp power meter set in a timely manner
