Alliance Created To Offer New Home Charging Station Pre-Wire Systems For Electric Cars

The Contrado Group is proud to announce our alliance partnership with Leviton Manufacturing for their new evr-green™ Home Charging Station Pre-Wire System allowing for both companies to capitalize on the emerging market of electric powered autos.
By: Paul Salmonson
 
Jan. 31, 2011 - PRLog -- NEWS

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW HOME CHARGING STATION PRE-WIRE SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR BUILDERS TO BE READY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS THEY BEGIN TO ARRIVE TO MARKET.

•   New electric cars, such as Ford’s new Focus, are scheduled to arrive in selected markets around the U.S. in late 2011.
•   Aterra Designs, a division of The Contrado Group, will have in their virtual options tool for builders this exclusive specification that allows homeowners to select this feature as an option.
•   With this feature available to homeowners as an option, builders will be able to continue their “Green” initiatives while still competing in a foreclosure riddled market.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA, January 31, 2011- The combination of these two companies have long been in the waiting. Both companies have been known as innovators in their respective market segments. Now, with the advent of technologies that will reduce carbon output both The Contrado Group and Leviton will be able reach the homeowner’s through the Aterra Designs Virtual options design kiosks found in builders sales/design centers.

For years, the electrical manufacturers continued to innovate and create product offerings that relied upon a “push-through” strategy of marketing. This strategy allowed for some success, but many times the message of a new product was watered-downed by the logistics of the supply chain and never reached the consumer. With the Aterra Designs Virtual Options platform, Leviton can now have products go to market with immediate viewing by the consumer in a builder’s showroom. This “pull-through” strategy is relying upon the demand of the consumer rather than the supply chain for success.

“We are quite pleased to be partnering with such a world class organization as Leviton. When we first started to work with their people in early 2010, I realized that both companies had similar synergies. They too are in the process of implementing key initiatives that will allow them to take advantage of the turn-around in the housing market. We will both benefit from the services and products we offer that are targeted to not only serve the current needs of both builders and consumers, but are going to yield sustainable business practices. They make it, we sell it! It works well.” said C.E.O. Bill Gelbaugh.

The Contrado Group’s Strategy

The Contrado Group has three core business units: Drafting / Rendering, Marketing (digital & print), Option Sales. Each of these services are available to production builders on an outsourcing basis. As a builder begins a community, they will be able to use all or some of these service offerings. The more services the builder uses, the faster the cycle times become to go to market and the larger the savings can be attained due to economies of scale. This strategy is called “Integrated Process Management” or IPM. “We learned many years ago, that the more we refine the hand-off process of a project to each of our divisions the less errors occur and quicker cycle-times to market for our builders will happen”, says Stuart Platt, Executive V.P. of Operations. With such serious retrenchment in staff for the builders due to the recession, The Contrado Group is in a position to be a viable alternative for builders to ramp up or down due to market fluctuations and still maintain product consistencies.

About Leviton

Leviton (www.leviton.com) is the largest privately held global provider of electrical wiring devices, data center connectivity solutions, and lighting management systems. Founded at the turn of the 20th century in America, Leviton has grown to become a preeminent leader in the electrical industry. Today Leviton’s product portfolio consists of more than 25,000 devices and systems used in homes, businesses, and industry. Proven a smart choice, nine out of ten homes throughout North America have Leviton products installed in them. Builders, electrical contractors, and other industry professionals rank Leviton products #1 in brand preference. To request more information about Leviton Evr-Green portfolio, please visit http://www.leviton.com/evrgreen

About The Contrado Group

The Contrado Group represents the merger of two building industry support service firms:

Aterra Designs- In 1999, Aterra Lighting Design & Controls was founded as a division of Edson Electric Supply to meet the needs of home builders. The company steadily grew, expanded, and became independent in 2004. In 2008, a new division, Aterra Designs, was created that offered packaged based solutions in a virtual format for option sales. Today, they offer a new revenue generating arm for builders through interactive selection systems for technical options. This new process will enable both the homeowner and builder to take advantage of the new era of digital convergence.

Outhouse LLC- This outsourcing company was formed in 1997 through the union of three core companies offering complementary services to the homebuilding industry. The first company was Centeon Corporation that focused on graphics and printing for builders, then Nexus Multimedia specialized in 3D renderings, and finally Architectural Solutions which provided the AutoCAD drafting services. Because the three partners found, on many occasions, they were working in tandem with the same builders sharing files and information, they took advantage of the opportunity to integrate into one company forming Outhouse LLC.

With the merger of these two companies, the cycle is now complete. From architectural support and marketing services, to revenue generating option sales programs, builders can count on value in teaming with The Contrado Group. Integrated Process Management (IPM) techniques integrate people, technology, business structures and practices into a stream-lined system. This collaboration captures the visions and talents of all team members to optimize project results, increase value to the builder, accelerate project completion, improve accuracy, minimize waste, and maximize efficiencies through all stages of design, documentation, construction, marketing, and sales. For more information (http://thecontradogroup.com).

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Our Integrated Process Management techniques integrate people, technology, business structures and practices into a stream-lined system. This collaboration captures the visions / talents of all team members to optimize project results in home building.
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Source:Paul Salmonson
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