Company History of J. B. Moore Electrical Contractor Inc.

Serving Virginia and Beyond Since 1946

For complete commercial and industrial energy infrastructure services, choose J. B. Moore Electrical Contractor. Our company's roots date back to 1946, and in the past decades, we've delivered some of the largest substation projects in the region.

J. B. Moore Electrical Contractor is a forerunner in electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and facilities services. We provide an extraordinary array of critical services for commercial construction services and facilities services.

You can rely on us for planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated systems that create facility environments.

Electrical
Utilities
Lighting
Signals, Controls & Alarms

J. B. Moore Electrical Contractor has a broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with over 70 years of experience.

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JB and Evelyn Moore with son "Jimmy" with the first company truck.

Shop at 102 Hood St., Circa 1950

The Early Days

Since its founding in 1946, J.B. Moore has grown to become one of the largest and better known electrical contracting firms serving the central Virginia area. Along the way we have had the opportunity to perform some of the most diversified and unusual types of installations. We have always enjoyed the challenge to perform the unusual for our clients, after all, it's the pride in our workmanship that keeps our juices flowing, and the satisfaction of our customers that keep us in business.

1950 — Wired hundreds of new homes
1956 — Electrical for water & waste water
1957 — Military installations
1960 — Moved to Allegheny Shops

Edgewood Ave. Shop - 1954

First Hydraulic Line Trucks 1967 for setting poles

Growing Through the 1970s and 1980s

During the 1960s, Mr. Moore's sons, J.B. Moore Jr. and Gene H. Moore, joined the family business. They learned the trade and helped us achieve several important milestones.

1969 — The company was changed from a partnership to a stock C corporation
1970 — We became a pre-qualified contractor with the Virginia Department of Highways (later to become VDOT)
1972 — We installed traffic signals in Williamsburg
1976 — We obtained an unlimited electrical license for North Carolina
1976 — J.B. Moore Sr. retired. Gene was elected president of the company, and his father continued to advise us as a consultant well into the 1990s
1977 — We completed the Lynchburg Wastewater Plant, our first million-dollar project.
1980 — We completed several jobs at Ft. Bragg and the new 14-story control tower and radar facility at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. We also installed and linked over 35 new traffic signals for the Central Business District in Lynchburg, VA

Into the 90's and Onwards

As technology evolves, J. B. Moore Electrical Contractor has helped area businesses and industries get access to it. The computer age has created an incredible demand for our services, including increased electrical wiring for workstations and a need for fiber-optic cable. During the 1990s, we installed over 44 miles of fiber-optic cable for the City of Lynchburg. We are still expanding that system today.

J. B. Moore Electrical Contractor is one of the oldest electrical contracting firms in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic states. Our company is still locally and family owned, and we continue to provide exceptional resources and services across a wide range of users and applications.