Creatum

Company

Creatum Energy

A specialized electrical contractor. Engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, testing, and service for power generation, mission-critical facilities, oil and gas, substations, utility-scale solar and wind, and battery storage.

Creatum Energy is a specialized electrical contractor. We take the electrical scope from engineering and procurement through fabrication, construction, testing, and service. The work is power generation and behind-the-meter generation, mission-critical campuses, oil and gas, substations, utility-scale solar and wind, and battery storage.

Prefabricated electrical buildings, E-houses, RIEs, and integrated power skids are engineered to the customer’s specification, built and integrated in the shop, and released after factory acceptance testing. Traveler control stays with the building in the factory. In the field we install and integrate the same systems: equipment setting, cable, grounding, fiber, and interconnection.

Construction covers HVAC, mechanical, structural, electrical, and civil, with HV, MV, and LV electrical through 345 kV. Testing is NETA standard, from the factory through energization. Creatum Energy is an ISO 9001:2015 compliant Texas electrical contractor, TDLR TECL #39972, and works to OSHA and NFPA 70E.

Andres Illarramendi

Andres Illarramendi, PMP

President and Founder

Electrical and electronics engineer with 30+ years in the energy business, including a decade at ABB and leadership of fabrication and electrification work. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical and electronics engineering from DeVry University and a finance and accounting certificate from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business. Project Management Professional and IEEE member. Co-founder of Creatum Solar.

David A. Billings II

David A. Billings II, MBA

Senior Vice President

More than 26 years in electrical contracting, manufacturing, and industrial construction, from field technician and project manager through general manager, managing director, and vice president with Jelec Energies, Eaton Corp, and ABB. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management with a minor in psychology and a Master of Business Administration with a business finance concentration.

Foundation

Our foundation of experience

Creatum is an integrated electrical contractor built on technical execution. Backed by more than 75 years of combined experience and 4.7 GW of energy experience, the team covers renewable energy, electrical engineering, construction, manufacturing, and project management. The work is commercial, industrial, and utility.

Professionals on the team have led and supported projects exceeding $100 million, including work with ABB, Eaton, Shell, Chevron, and Tesla. Backgrounds span engineering, operations, project controls, and business management, so scopes are designed and executed with a complete record for safety and quality.

A multicultural organization

  • United States
  • Venezuela
  • Mexico
  • Lebanon
  • Türkiye
  • Spain

The team holds degrees in electrical and electronics engineering, computer science, management information systems, and business administration, with advanced study in finance, technology management, and Lean Six Sigma. Qualifications also include master electrician license, journeyman electrician license, professional project manager certification, Master of Business Administration, and construction and fabrication experience.

Expertise

Core expertise and project execution

Core expertise

  • Electrical and instrumentation for LV, MV, and HV systems
  • Safety, communications, and security systems
  • QA/QC, design, and interface management
  • Power system integration and testing
  • DCS and PLC automation and control
  • Site preparation, fencing, trenching, and material supply

Project execution

  • Owner’s engineer representation
  • Turnkey EPC delivery
  • Management, procurement, and factory acceptance testing
  • Installation, commissioning, testing
  • Cost and schedule control

Renewable and electrical

  • Utility-scale and commercial solar
  • Battery storage, inverters, transformers, and grid interconnections
  • Custom E-houses and skids with HVAC, fire, and security
  • Electrical integration for power distribution and automation

Technical capabilities

Education, credentials, and equipment

Team education

  • B.S. electrical engineering
  • B.S. electronics engineering
  • B.B.A. management information systems
  • B.A. professional studies, management
  • B.S. nuclear engineering
  • B.A. mathematics
  • MBA, accounting
  • MBA, finance
  • MBA, technology management
  • Lean Six Sigma

Certifications

  • OSHA 30 — site execution leads
  • OSHA 10 — all personnel
  • NFPA 70E electrical safety
  • Prysmian MV splice
  • OCC fiber, MDIS certificate
  • ABB electrical safety for 230 kV
  • Bureau Veritas advanced electrical safety
  • ABB electrical safety up to 34.5 kV
  • ABB electrical safety below 1 kV

In progress

  • PVH auxiliary systems
  • Sungrow regional service partner
  • Power Electronics regional service partner
  • Harger grounding certificate
  • LS Electric regional service partner
  • Burndy grounding certificate
  • Hubbell termination and splicing
  • TE termination and splicing
  • 3M termination and splicing
  • AVO cable testing and diagnostics

Power systems experience

  • Schneider Electric
  • GE
  • Siemens Energy
  • Hitachi
  • Powell
  • Tesla
  • Power Electronics
  • Sungrow
  • Honeywell
  • Eaton
  • Hewlett Packard
  • LG
  • Vertiv
  • ABB
  • Canadian Solar
  • OCC

Systems and solutions

Buildings, power, and field installation

Buildings, skids, and equipment

  • E-house buildings and skids — blast rated, A60 / H60, classified, interlocking panels
  • HVAC design and supply, including air-to-air heat exchangers
  • Fire alarm and suppression, security and access control, perimeter control
  • LV / MV switchgear, MCCs, VFDs, UPS, batteries, transformers, and SCADA / relay panels
  • Fiber optic panels, terminations, and testing
  • Data centers, motors, and relay programming

Installation and renewables

  • Turnkey projects with MV, LV, and HV interconnections
  • Roof-mounted and ground-mounted racking, and single- or dual-axis tracking
  • Battery storage, inverter and transformer skids, and utility hookups
  • Substation installation, MV inverter installation, and LV / MV / HV testing
  • Trenching, cable installation and termination, grounding, and fencing
  • Operations, maintenance, and service

Quality and HSE

Quality is in-process, not a closeout event

Factory before field

E-houses, RIEs, and power skids are fabricated and integrated under strict QA/QC of the electrical scope, and factory-acceptance tested before they ship to site. Traveler control applies to buildings in the factory.

Work in progress

Work-in-progress inspections and site visits run through fabrication, integration, and construction. The same approach applies to skids and to E-houses and RIEs, and to QA/QC of other contractors’ installation when that is in scope.

HSE as a condition of work

OSHA, NFPA 70E, NETA testing, and written stop-work authority. Texas electrical contractor license TDLR TECL #39972. ISO 9001:2015 compliant.

  • TDLR TECL #39972
  • ISO 9001:2015 compliant
  • NETA testing
  • NFPA 70E
  • OSHA
  • HV through 345 kV