About
With over $250 million in bonding capacity and nearly four decades of heavy industrial electrical contracting behind them, Olsson Industrial Electric brings serious large-project capability to the Bend, OR market and across the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1986 and operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of NAES Corporation, Olsson fields more than 300 employees across three specialized divisions — Olsson Industrial Electric, Olsson Controls, and OS Engineering — giving facility managers and general contractors a single source for electrical construction, engineering, and industrial automation. For property and facility managers overseeing complex industrial or institutional facilities in central Oregon, Olsson's depth is a meaningful differentiator. Their construction teams handle maintenance, troubleshooting, and new construction across heavy industrial electrical systems including power distribution, switchgear, panelboards, and backup generation infrastructure. The Olsson Controls division designs, builds, and maintains industrial control systems and SCADA platforms — critical for manufacturing plants, utilities, and process-intensive facilities where downtime is costly. OS Engineering provides power system design and analysis, ensuring that large-scale power distribution upgrades and capital projects are engineered for long-term reliability and NEC compliance. Olsson's project portfolio spans hydroelectric facilities, pulp and paper mills, sawmills, metal recycling operations, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam projects — demonstrating proven execution on technically demanding, high-stakes electrical scopes. For general contractors and facility managers managing industrial or institutional properties in Bend and the surrounding high desert region, Olsson offers the financial stability, bonding capacity, and multi-disciplinary expertise to handle projects that smaller regional contractors cannot. Their track record of on-time, on-budget delivery on projects like the McNary Lock & Dam and The Dalles Dam service improvements underscores a level of operational discipline that translates directly to reduced risk for owners and project managers.
