We Know Telcom Construction
Banner Utility Services serves a variety of core sectors within the telecommunications and broadband market throughout Texas and the southern United States.
Banner Utility Services became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Water Resources Group (WRG) in 2018. This enables us to leverage the wealth of knowledge, depth of experience, and financial resources of a family of companies focused on commercial construction.
Your Goals = Our Goals
Our number one priority is to make sure the customer is successful. We believe that when we are in your community, we serve your local subscribers and all of those who have a vested interest in the local telecommunications infrastructure.
Our Values
Safety for all employees
Integrity dealing with employees and clients
Quality and Value of work representative of our reputation
Learning to improve on what we know and finding ways to be better and add value
Relationships built through trust, respect, and collaboration
Employees are our greatest asset and we seek to provide rewarding careers that challenge them, help them grow, and make our business more successful
Loyalty to our employees, clients, subcontractors, and vendors
Leadership
TC Trawick
President
TC has over 30 years of OSP construction experience within the telecommunications industry. He continually estimates, bids, secures, and manages contracts with $5-10 million annual revenues.
He began his career working for his family in north Florida at Trawick Construction. While growing up in the business, TC gained valuable experience serving a variety of telecom customers -- from Master Service Agreements and long haul fiber projects to RUS 515 projects.
TC previously served as a Vice President at two construction firms prior to the beginning of Banner Utility Services.
Thomas Warnock
Vice President, Field Operations and Asset Management
Thomas began his OSP telecommunications construction career in the 1990s and has worked as a project manager and owner/operator. In the fall of 2018, he brought his extensive experience to Banner Utility Services, serving as Vice-President of Field Operations and Asset Management.
Luke T. Spalj
Chairman/CEO
Luke was born and raised in the construction business. He worked as a youth and into adulthood for the family-owned and operated Spalj Construction Company until its sale to Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) in 1997.
He worked for Quanta Services, eventually becoming the president of its telecommunication and specialty services division, until his departure in 2004. From 2004 to 2017, Luke was the chairman of Rice Lake Construction Group. Currently, Luke is the CEO of Water Resources Group, one of the nation's largest firms serving the Water Treatment and Utility markets.
Luke was also employed with S.J. Groves Construction and Austin P. Keller Construction after college. While at Groves, he was a field engineer on a $1 billion Melvin Price Lock and Dam construction project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Alton, IL.
Luke is a registered Professional Engineer with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Michigan Tech.