Enquirer Consulting Group
Sean Eklund | Electrolurgy Manufacturing | October 2026
As of 13 Oct 2026
Electrolurgy Manufacturing designs, fabricates and installs custom architectural and structural metal from Santa Ana, California. The work spans handrail and glass guardrail systems, steel stairs, entrance canopies and facades, gates and fences, doors, metal furniture and structural steel.
This map lays out the groups those buyers sit in, how large each group is where a clean public count exists, and who usually signs off inside each one.
The groups start from the builders Electrolurgy says it serves on its own site, and add the design firms and property owners who shape what those builders buy.
Counts are firms across the United States, not sites, and are banded on purpose. A group with no clean public count says so rather than showing a number.
| Group | Organizations in the US | Under 20 staff | 20 to 99 | 100 to 499 | 500 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial and institutional building contractors | about 37,000 | about 31,000 | about 5,400 | about 730 | about 230 |
| Apartment and multifamily builders | about 3,700 | about 3,100 | about 410 | about 100 | about 38 |
| Architecture firms that draw the railings, stairs and canopies | about 21,000 | about 20,000 | about 1,400 | about 230 | about 62 |
| Apartment and commercial property owners and developers with their own construction teams | no clean public count | ||||
| Fitness, retail and hospitality operators building out or refreshing locations | no clean public count |
US firm counts by industry code, banded deliberately.
Titles vary with size. At a smaller builder the owner or a senior project manager often holds most of these seats.
| Group | Who usually signs off | Who also weighs in |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial building contractors | Project manager or buyout manager awards the metals package, with the director of preconstruction on larger jobs | Chief estimator, superintendent, the owner's representative |
| Apartment and multifamily builders | VP of construction or senior project manager | Development manager, estimator, the architect of record |
| Architecture firms | Project architect or principal, who writes the railing, stair and canopy details into the drawings | Specification writer, interior designer for metal furniture and finishes |
| Property owners and developers | VP of construction or development manager at the owner | Director of facilities, asset manager, property manager for gates, fences and access |
| Fitness, retail and hospitality operators | Director of construction or VP of real estate and construction | Facilities manager, design and brand lead |
| Group | What moves the decision |
|---|---|
| Commercial building contractors | Schedule, a firm number at bid, shop drawings and engineering that clear review the first time, and one sub who installs what it builds |
| Apartment and multifamily builders | Railings, stairs and gates repeated across a building, held to budget and to the construction schedule |
| Architecture firms | A fabricator who can engineer the design intent, offer finishes from powder coat to plating, and detail glass guardrails and canopies that meet code |
| Property owners and developers | Entrances, canopies and gates that hold up and look right for years, and one contact from design to install on renovation work |
| Every group | Code compliance on guardrails and handrails, certified welding, finish quality, and who answers when something on site needs to change |
On most commercial and multifamily jobs the architect draws the railings, stairs and canopies, and the general contractor buys the metals package at bid. The project manager or buyout manager compares a short set of fabricators the firm already trusts, and price, schedule and past performance decide it.
Builders tend to bring back the subs who delivered on the last job, so the first project with a new contractor matters most. An owner or developer with its own construction team often names preferred subs too, so reaching the owner can put a fabricator in front of the contractor before the bid goes out.
The people who usually sign at the groups above, one a company. Work emails and phone numbers checked on Oct 13, 2026.
| Name | Role | Company | Where | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zane Knecht | Senior Project Manager | AMPCO Contracting, Inc. | Riverside, CA | zknecht@ampcocontracting.com | +1 909 276 0496 |
| Joshua Overcash | Senior Project Manager | Amrize | Broomfield, CO | joshua.overcash@amrize.com | +1 970 313 3865 |
| James Conlow | Senior Project Manager | XL Construction | San Francisco | jconlow@xlconstruction.com | +1 510 506 6164 |
| Eric Ramírez Barreto | Lead Estimator | American Construction Company | Seattle, WA | eric@americanconstco.com | +1 206 295 9113 |
| Bart Framski | Senior Project Manager | Gilbane Building | Chicago, IL | bframski@gilbaneco.com | +1 650 465 8450 |
| Joseph Pirrone | Senior Project Manager | Grunley Construction Company, Inc. | Washington DC | josephpirrone@grunley.com | +1 240 319 1502 |
| Gregory Arthur | Senior Project Manager | RWE Design Build | Sarasota, FL | greg@rwedesignbuild.com | +1 941 350 0343 |
| James Welkenbach | Senior Project Manager | RLF | Melbourne, FL | +1 321 961 7805 | |
| Eric Moores | Senior Project Manager | John Moriarty & Associates | Boston, MA | emoores@jm-a.com | +1 508 279 0012 |
| Thomas Turner | Senior Project Manager | Oline Construction | Des Moines | tturner@oline-construction.com | +1 641 431 1255 |
Built from public federal registries and the company's own website, counts banded deliberately.
If a walk-through is useful, pick a time at cal.com/ecg.
Prepared by Matthew, matthew@enquirerconsulting.com.