The Marathon Electrical Contractors safety department celebrated safety excellence this past week on two of our north Alabama jobsites, Project Titan and Project NHA. Since both jobs have taken such initiative to improve safety across the entire jobsite, the safety department knew that they to reward all of the hard work from these men and women. Marathon employee Tarry Soles is known for cooking some of the best barbeque around and has cooked for the company several times. W

Bradley Brock, Chief Estimator here at Marathon, has been recognized by AGC and Business Magazine as a top 40 under 40 scholar throughout the state of Alabama! Bradley has over 7 years construction experience. Since starting at Marathon in 2013, he has gained vast experience in the electrical industry combined with diversity of project experience and an elevated understanding of the electrical construction process. Bradley demonstrates an incredibly high level of leadership

Blake Wood is one of our Birmingham Service Technicians here at Marathon Electrical Contractors and has been here since 2011. He is in the process of completing his first “dirt to finished product” job at Atlas Tube in Birmingham, Alabama. Atlas Tube manufactures a range of steel hollow structural sections (HSS), tubing and piling products, and has been around since 1984. Atlas Tube called on Marathon several years ago to start this project of expanding their Birmingham locat

This past Friday, we celebrated our third graduating class through our in-house apprenticeship program. We had the pleasure of spending the evening with our 7 hardworking graduates and their families to celebrate their accomplishments. The graduates are Ted Green, Kyle McCormick, Austin Melvin, Grant Murphy, Chris Scott, Will Smith, and Andrew Teeter. Each graduate received a graduation present courtesy of our vendors which included a monogrammed high visibility jacket, a 202

Marathon Electrical Contractor Apprenticeship Program (MECAP) started in 2015. A modified version of the electrical curriculum from the National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) is used to guide the program. Since the inception of the program, Marathon graduated two classes and has expanded the program to include classes at all office locations as well as internationally. Graduates from the program have secured positions as project managers, job runners,

The Superintendent of the Year (Category III)- Larry Helms, with Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC. Presented by Marathon Electrical Contractors, Inc. — at The Club, Inc. #marathonelectrical #subala

Marathon Electrical Contractors participated in the World of Works last week! This was our 2nd year to participate and we had a huge turnout! The kids really enjoyed this hands on activity demonstrated by two of our Project Managers. It was a marvelous day of exploring. We can't wait to go back next year! See the video demonstration on our Facebook Page. #marathonelectrical #projectmanager #worldofworks

Community leaders and hospital staff gathered for the announcement of closing the doors to ECM Hospital, and opening North Alabama Medical Center. On December 6, 2018, better healthcare is coming to the Shoals. Marathon Electrical Contractors provided electrical expertise in building North Alabama Medical Center using prefabricated electrical equipment. #marathonelectrical #northalabamamedical #healthcare #construction