HYPOWER INC

The family business ’ s humble origins and passion to provide quality services has seen it amass a diverse portfolio , grow to over 600 employees and overcome a number of challenges which many others have failed .

Hypower houses several divisions , ranging from commercial electrical , new construction , renovation , and service and repair ; to outside plant power and communications , telecom engineering , airfield lighting , ground mount solar and prime electrical infrastructure projects nationwide .

Established primarily to undertake infrastructure projects in the early 1990s , the company ’ s specialty niche in runway lighting and airfield lighting systems , and work at the new Denver International Airport Runways put it firmly on the map . Its subsequent growth enabled the company to not only spread out geographically but add a significant number of strings to its bow .

“ We added traffic signals , high mast lighting , street lighting . We got into the traffic signal business , which filtered into the intelligent transportation system business . This taught us about fiber optic cables and telecommunications ,” explains President and CEO of Hypower Inc , Bernard Paul-Hus .

“ In 1996 , Congress deregulated the telecommunication industry to open up markets to competition by removing regulatory barriers to entry into the telecommunication marketplace , which led to a tremendous amount of investment from the private sector . This created a huge boom in the installation of fiber , which we jumped into . We moved more into telecom , but never got away from our roots in airports .”

Despite the burst of the dot . com bubble , Hypower ’ s niche markets enabled it to remain afloat without concern , until 9 / 11 .

“ 9 / 11 was our first real big challenge because nobody saw

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