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From high rises to hospitals, factories to financial centers, laboratories to convention centers, retail malls and tenant spaces, from a single receptacle, telephone or data location to an entire mission critical data center, the Continental Electrical Construction Company is energy personified \u2013 powering up the City of Chicago.<\/p>\n
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Continental finishes construction on the Sears Tower in 1972.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Gene Witz becomes president in 1973.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Continental continues to expand as William Witz becomes president in 1975.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
In 1985, Continental surpasses 50 million square feet of project space.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Telecom Division, now Continental Technologies, formed in 1988.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”THE NINETIES” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n
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Founded in 1912, Continental Electrical Construction Company is the number one electrical construction company in Chicago and it\u2019s suburbs, as well as one of the largest in the Midwest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Our HistoryFrom high rises to hospitals, factories to financial centers, laboratories to convention centers, retail malls and tenant spaces, from a single receptacle, telephone or data location to an entire mission critical data center, the Continental Electrical Construction Company is energy personified \u2013 powering up the City of Chicago. Harry Witz starts Continental Lighting Fixture […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":88,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n