Camtek Inc.

Camtek's public-works history goes back to 2004, with Spokane School District 81 the most frequent client and further work for Spokane County, the City of Spokane, Spokane Fire Department, Community Colleges of Spokane, Central Valley School District, Grant County PUD and Washington's Department of Enterprise Services. Camtek is often the prime contractor on these jobs. The state insures the business mainly under electrical alarm installation and repair. The company says it is locally owned and NICET certified, and it advertises Honeywell, Bosch, Silent Knight, Galaxy Control Systems and OnSSI equipment. Lorie Stephenson and Lance Huff are listed as principals. Camtek is built for schools, offices, clinics, warehouses and multi-site operators. Recent jobs include voice evacuation work at the Tri-Cities Airport terminal, camera installs across parks and warehouse yards in Spokane Valley, and access control on a patient entry door in Moses Lake. The company also advertises monitoring, annual testing and code compliance auditing, which suits a facility that wants one firm to install and then keep looking after the system. It isn't the shop for a residential fence or for general building work. Fire alarm work in Spokane, Spokane Valley and the surrounding counties is permitted and inspected, usually through the local fire marshal or building department, and L&I issues electrical permits for low-voltage alarm, camera and access wiring too. That applies to alterations as well as new systems, including swapping a panel communicator or adding devices. Expect the installer to pull these permits and schedule inspections, since an unpermitted change to a fire system can cause trouble with insurers and occupancy sign-off.