Jerry Yarbrough joins Bay as company's new Safety/Quality Assurance Manager

 

        Newport News, Va., March 3, 2005 – Jerry M. Yarbrough, who has more than 40 years experience in construction, practical engineering, construction safety and quality control management, has joined Bay Electric Company as the company’s new Safety/Quality Assurance Manager. Bay Electric, Co., Inc., headquartered in Newport News, Va., is general contracting and electrical service company that’s listed as one of Virginia’s fastest growing small businesses.

 

At Bay, Yarbrough directs the company’s safety and quality assurance programs and also serves as a project manager, overseeing four major construction projects in the Virginia area. 

 

An expert in quality control management, Yarbrough has successfully managed quality control programs for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Resident Officer’s In Charge of Construction (ROICC) at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth and the Sewells’ Point Naval Complex in Norfolk, Virginia.

 

He has extensive training in safety and quality management and holds training certificates from the Corps of Engineers in almost every area of construction, including electrical, mechanical, concrete, roofing, painting, HVAC and fire protection. Yarbrough also holds Master Plumbing, Master HVAC and Master Gas Fitter’s licenses in Virginia.

 

Prior to joining Bay, he spent twenty years with NAVY ROICC offices, most recently as Head Supervisory Engineering Technician for the Sewells Point Naval Complex, where he provided engineering support services on construction contracts between the U.S. Navy, their contractors and clients. While there, he also administered a Construction Quality Management program on all projects assigned to this office.

 

Before going to work for the Navy, he was employed for 20 years as a project superintendent for E. K. Wilson and Sons Plumbing/Heating/and AC in Norfolk, Va.

 

About Bay Electric Co., Inc.

Founded over 40 years ago, Bay Electric specializes in general contracting, electrical services, technology/cabling, and security. Bay Electric, purchased in 1997 by John Biagas, is a minority-owned, privately-held company. Bay was certified as a HUB Zone contractor in 2002 and as an 8(a) SDB company in 1999. In 2004, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce named Bay Electric to its Fantastic Fifty list of the fastest growing small companies in Virginia.

 

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For more information about Bay Electric, call 757-595-2300 or go to www.bayelectricco.com.

 

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