headquarters raleigh north carolina owner quanta services website www.quanta technology.com quanta technology llc is a utility infrastructure consulting company based in raleigh north carolina . it is a wholly owned subsidiary of quanta services . contents 1 overview 2 initial formation as infrasource technology 3 quanta acquisition and name change 4 references 5 external links overview edit quanta technology provides management and technical consulting for utilities heavy industry and related entities . the focus is on industry leadership rather than standardized project offerings . as such most quanta technology consultants have graduate degrees and are active in the publication of books technical papers and or patent applications . many have been elected to the ieee institute of electrical and electronics engineers membership grade of fellow . citation needed typical services relate to the following areas aging infrastructure ; smart grid ; energy efficiency ; post disaster system assessment ; distribution reliability ; distribution automation ; transmission reliability ; protection and automation ; system planning ; standards assessment ; engineering studies ; power quality ; arc flash studies ; maintenance management ; asset management ; risk management ; due diligence ; expert witness ; regulatory support ; benchmarking ; aging workforce ; seminars ; courses ; and training . initial formation as infrasource technology edit in 2006 infrasource services hired three senior consultants to start and grow a technology and consulting group . 1 up until this point infrasource was primarily a specialty contractor performing outsourced maintenance and construction for utilities and heavy industry . the vision of infrasource was to create complementary engineering and technology capabilities . design engineering was to be built primarily through acquisitions and technology consulting was to be grown organically . infrasource technology officially began operations in july 2006 . quanta acquisition and name change edit on august 30 2007 quanta services acquired infrasource services through an all stock deal . before the merger engineering news record ranked quanta services as the second largest specialty contractor in the united states and infrasource services as no. 8 . 2 this acquisition received popular attention after being given positive coverage on jim cramer s mad money show 3 and in the magazine smart money . 4 after the acquisition infrasource technology changed its legal name to quanta technology llc . in terms of the original infrasource strategy quanta services decided to 1 support the growth of quanta technology and 2 not aggressively increase its capability in design engineering . quanta technology is organizationally located in the electric & gas division of quanta services . references edit hotstocked.com infrasource services inc. announces formation of technology division june 16 2006 . forbes quanta bids 1.3 b for rival contractor infrasource march 19 2007 . mad money quanta power november 15 2007 . smart money fixing the power grid november 16 2007 . external links edit quanta services website quanta technology website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quanta technology & oldid 737798146 categories engineering companies of the united statescompanies based in north carolinahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 03 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view