95 years of experience building NYC

  • 1926

    Sol & Hyman Gilston start G&G Electric
  • 1952

    Marvin Gilston joins G&G
  • 1963

    Marvin becomes President and renames the company Gilston Electric
  • 1970

    Barbara Gilston Joins Gilston Electric and becomes a pioneering woman in construction
  • 1985

    Craig Gilston joins the company with 20 employees
  • 1990

    Rick Gilston joins the company, helping double the size of the field operation
  • 2000

    Gilston Electric, with 70 employees, becomes signatory to Local Union # 3 IBEW
  • 2007

    Craig Gilston becomes President and Rick Gilston becomes Executive VP with 100 employees
  • 2011

    Steve Konkowski joins Gilston Electric as VP of Operations to expand its healthcare division
  • 2016

    John Keane joins Gilston as Senior VP of Special Projects
  • 2017

    Gilston surpasses 220 employees
  • 2019

    Electra USA makes a strategic investment in Gilston Electric

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