b'ECAO Member Ramco Electric LTD. to design and develop an award-winning solution to a key clients need. ECAO extends hearty congratulations Ramco Electricto Ramco on its recognition as the National Electrical Contractors Associations (NECAs) NorthAmerica-wideProjectExcellence Award winner for 2023. POWERS UP WITH AWARD-WINNINGLetstakeastepbacktolookatRamco EV INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION A electricalcontractor,youveNow,morethanever,itistheelectricalElectricsbeginnings.Established30years ago in 1994 and an ECAO member since AsanOntarioits early days, Ramco started as a building undoubtedly heard, read about and probablycontractorwiththecourageandforesightautomation systems (BAS) installer. Over the said to yourself many times that we are intoadoptnewtechnologiesandlearnnewyears, the small team established a reputation a period of remarkable change in Ontariosskills that will be best positioned to seize thefor expertise, quality and on-time delivery. As constructionsector.Theevolutiontolimitlessopportunitiesaheadandachievetime went on, to meet its customers evolving electrification,theshiftfromfossilfuel- sustainedgrowthandsuccessinOntariosneeds,Ramcoexpandedtomechanical poweredenergytocleanerenergysources,new market.wiring,powerfactorcorrectionandsolar theeconomicgrowthitsoverwhelming,installations to complement its offerings. yet it is a most exciting time to be in theItisthisagileandprogressiveapproachIn 2013, as the electric vehicle (EV) industry electricity business.thatledRobertMorvilloandtheteamatwas beginning to take off (literally!), Ramco recognized the potential in the market and adoptedtheexpertiserequiredtoenter theEVinfrastructurebusiness.Customers soonfollowed,includingCanadaslargest publictransitsystem,theTorontoTransit Commission (TTC).TheTTChasasignificantroletoplay inkeepingCanadasbiggestcitymoving reliablyandsafely,whileworkingtomeet itsambitioustargetof100-per-centzero emissions by 2040. As part of its transition to full electrification, the TTC has adopted battery electric buses that require innovative, weather-hardyandreliablecharging infrastructure. Enter Ramco Electric. In 2018, Ramco partnered on a design-build RFPfortheinstallationofbuscharging infrastructureatthreeTTCbusgarages. Onceawardedtheproject,wequickly realized that the TTCs existing plans would not work with the hardware available in the www.ecao.org8'