Two brothers, Frank and John Block founded Block Electric Company in Chicago in 1920. The company was started as an electrical contracting company serving Northern Illinois. Our small family business grew steadily though its first three decades and was incorporated in 1948.

Today, we continue to be owned and operated by the Block family. The company has two offices, one in Shorewood to service the Joliet area and the main office in Niles. In 1995, the company celebrated our 75th year in business and we are proud to say that we have grown to 200 employees with over 150 professional electricians. Because of our size and our distinguished customer base, the company has been recognized as one of the largest electrical contractors in the Chicagoland area and is, in fact, in the top ten percent in the country.

Initially, we specialized in commercial and institutional (hospital) projects in the Chicago area. In recent years we have recognized a large part of our dramatic growth was from industrial accounts. We made a strategic decision to pursue this rapidly growing industrial market while still maintaining our valued commercial and institutional clients.

Letter from Pepper Construction

I am writing to extend my personal gratitude to you and your staff for the exceptional work performed at the US Cellular Call Center project in Bolingbrook. This project presented a very demanding schedule. We were successful in meeting this schedule, in large part, due to your efforts.

Your team was a pleasure to work with on this challenging project. I truly appreciate your efforts to keep this project moving. Everyone stepped up to the plate and we were able to hit a "home run" together. You will be pleased to know that US Cellular is pleased with the space. I was told that we "exceeded their expectations."

Thank you for the exceptional work that made this project a success and one we can all be proud of. I look forward to working with you again soon.

Thank you to Steve Holtz-Project Manager, Tom Kale-General Foreman, and the crew for a job well done.

Bill Enz
Brent Burnetti
Chad Fowler
Alexander Giese
Gary Crutchfield
Charles Houston Jr.
Gerald Kambic
Gregg Vershay
Jason Valkovic
John Montague
John Thatcher
John D'arcy
Joseph Stariha
Kim Smith
Joseph Venegoni
Joseph Parthun
Kevin Quigley
Larry McCormick
Michael Gagliardo
Thomas Dunbar
Steve Vandyke
Scott Kuchel, Sr.
Thomas Kale
Timothy Carr

Jennifer King
Project Manager,
Pepper Construction