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EA University Graduation, 2014 Class 2!

Alex Coker and Neil Nguyen are EA’s third graduating class form EA University. This was EA’s smallest class to date, which did not change the University’s dedication to complete the full curriculum. The team was notable for their work efficiency, straightforward operator interface design, and lack of a team nickname.

J.R. Simplot Engages EA for SCADA Platform Replacement

J.R. Simplot (JRS) has authorized EA to perform a substantial upgrade to their nitric acid plant SCADA infrastructure, extending the life of their SCADA computing foundation by 10 years. The project consists of six major areas of improvement, aligned together to achieve a cohesive, robust, redundant, and secure SCADA platform for the long term: server […]

City of Santa Ana Engages EA to Establish SCADA Standards for Pump Stations

The City of Santa Ana has hired EA to oversee the controls retrofit for the East Pump Station upgrade project. This is the seed project for which EA is establishing new standards for control strategy, PLC programming, and new software quality control methods to lay the initial foundational requirements for Santa Ana’s future pump station […]

RCWD Awards EA with Disinfection Control Strategy Upgrade Project

The Rancho California Water District (RCWD) expanded EA’s scope of services at the Santa Rosa Water Reclamation Facility to include implementation of new control strategies for their mission critical wastewater chlorine disinfection system. The modifications include revised remote control and PID strategies for RCWD’s chlorinators that will substantially reduce the frequency of manual adjustments that […]

EA Wins Sweetwater Authority Distribution Control System Retrofit Project

Enterprise Automation work with Sweetwater Authority during a phased 3-year project to modernize the SCADA and networking infrastructure for their water distribution system, extending its life and performance for the next 20+ years. Upgrades of significance include: High speed (380 MBPS) fault tolerant Microwave ring wide area network (WAN) Fully capable SCADA emergency operations center […]

Adam Ekstrand becomes EA’s Newest Vijeo Citect Certified Engineer!

Adam Ekstrand is now EA’s fourth Vijeo Citect Certified Engineers (VCCE), Schneider Electric’s highest Citect certification. Over the past several years Adam has spent significant time in the trenches designing, architecting, and implementing Citect for large water distribution systems (134+ remote sites). Adam passed all exams which include: Configuration, Programming with Cicode, Vijeo Citect Architecture […]

EA University Graduation, 2014 Class 1! – Announcing Team “SCANS”

Scott Hoops, Carlos Penner, Adrian Leon, Nathaniel Hansen, and Stephen Chu (“SCANS”) completed EA University with flying colors. EA University is a 4-week internal training program. The team builds an automation platform for a functioning mock-scale water reservoir with pumping and PID control strategies. EA University is focused on our unique quality-based company culture and […]

2013 Holiday Party at Il Fornaio

This year’s annual company holiday party was hosted at Il Fornaio in Irvine, where the room was packed with team members and their partners! The annual award winners were: Chris Schleich most total hours worked (owners excluded), Bill Brown most billable hours worked, and James Parsons received the Innovation award.

7th Successful Turnaround in a Row at J.R. Simplot

Enterprise Automation was onsite at one of J.R. Simplot’s facilities for the plant turnaround maintenance period, which is the 7th in a row EA has attended. As part of several projects and maintenance contracts, EA successfully implemented multiple control system revisions with complete system readiness ahead of the scheduled startup. Revisions included the integration of […]