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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
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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
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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
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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
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Giacalone Design provides In-House Design and Consulting for all aspects of Dry Utility Design

Forward Planning | Joint Trench Composites | Gas & Electric Design Lighting Design | Utility Contract Review

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as of 12/1/20
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