Wicks Electric Vancouver, BC

Mark: Hi, it’s Local Lead Generation, we’re here with Adam Wicks, Wicks Electric in Vancouver; they’re Vancouver’s highest rated electrical contractor and we’re going to talk a little bit about the history of the company and how perhaps even how Adam won the top ‘30 Under 30’ from BC Business magazine this year. How are you doing Adam?

Adam: Very well Mark, thank you.

Mark: So tell us a little bit about Wicks Electric, what kind of stuff do you guys specialize in?

Adam: For sure Mark, so one thing we take pride in as an electrical contractor as opposed to a lot of the competition is we tackle all sorts of electrical projects; we tackle residential, commercial, industrial. A lot of companies will just kind of pick one and they’ll just go with that. So we tackle all aspects, we tackle all sizes, we do service, small jobs, all light installs, all the way up to commercial projects. We’ve become, worked our way into Robinson Lighting as their, their go-to referral for all their clients so when you go into Robinson Lighting and purchase a fixture you’re going to get one of our business cards. We’re also Tesla’s Vancouver recommended installer so if you buy a Tesla you’re also going to get our contact. Recently we’ve complete a few LED retrofits so we’re a proud BC Hydro Power Smart contractor, we can offer some pretty decent rebates for large scale lighting projects. Some facilities have metal-halide and other non-energy-efficient lights and we can swap them out with more efficient LEDS and give an awesome deal. Another thing about our business, well I was going to go into . . . what’s that Mark?

Mark: Tell us the history of your company.

Adam: So I started this company about four years ago. I was operating out of the back of my Jeep Grand Cherokee, just doing service calls and handwriting invoices. We’ve grown steadily over the year doubling our staff and also revenues and gross, gross margins as well, so yeah we started out very small and just have through lots of hard work and lots of good honest work, we built a lot of relationships and four years later with 12 full time staff and full time electricians and two admin, one being my mom, another being my executive assistant who I hired recently so it’s, it’s been quite the journey, it’s been fantastic, yeah.

Mark: Is there any particular area that you guys like I know you do a lot of different broad ranges but is there any areas that you want to roll, move into more?

Adam: I think as we grow we’d also like to have larger projects and we do a lot of large projects right now, we just finished a 10,000 square foot TPI which is a Tenant Improvement Project in Gastown. We’re looking to move on to some low rise and invest in some high rise projects. We started small, myself, one guy, two guys, three guys, now were at 12 so we’ve got no plans in slowing down in the project size, we’re kind of go with that growth, so we’re looking to tackle you know, like I said high risers, there’s really no limit to the size of project, just kind of go along with our company growth. So I’ve recently bid a couple low rise, 16 unit apartments, those are the projects we’re really excited about, soon as we tackle those I’ve not doubt those are going to become the norm for us then as soon as that is the case we’re going to look to grow so that’s, that’s been our, that’s kind of been our mantra the whole time here is growth, so we want to continue to grow without ever sacrificing quality.

Mark: So there you go, if you’re looking for an electrical contractor who I might even say is obsessed with quality, producing amazing work with making sure your job site is not a mess, you are caring about talking to you and making sure you get what you want, these are the guys to call in Vancouver, Wicks Electric. You can call them at 604-765-8439 to discuss your upcoming project or check out their website wickselectric.ca. Thanks Adam.

Adam: That’s awesome, thanks a lot Mark.