All About Us                          

This page details our Mission Statement, Company History, Management Philosophy, and Office Staff.    Please scroll down or click the heading you wish to read. If you are looking for project history or information click here.

Gable Electric Company was incorporated in 1956 by Paul Gable. At that time Gable Electric was a small residential and service contractor. It was not until the early 1980's that we found our niche in commercial retail development. Gary Dorsett came to work for Paul Gable in 1964. In less than a years time Mr. Dorsett was promoted to the foreman position and started running wok for Gable Electric. In Paul Gable's son  Buddy Gable took over running the company. In 1978, after many very successful years in the field as a foreman, Gary Dorsett bought Gable Electric Company from Buddy Gable. Since that time Mr. Dorsett's drive and vision have built Gable Electric Company into one of the most well respected Electrical Contractors in the Southeast. Mr. Dorsett while initially continuing to pursue apartment complexes slowly moved Gable Electric Company's main focus into the Retail Development sector. Since then we have continued to grow as a company and develop new and exciting relationships with both general contractors and many retail chains. Eventually we abandoned any form of residential work, including apartment complexes, and focused only on retail and commercial projects. While we have completed thousands of retail projects since our inception, we always continue to grow and add new types of commercial, industrial, or retail work to our repartee. Some of the many ,other then retail projects, we have been involved with include manufacturing and industrial plants, churches, office complexes, restaurants, movie theatres, universities,  car dealerships, police departments, and hotels. As our mission statement above states while Gable Electric has a goal to make money, as any business does, everything we do as a company is for the benefit of our company "family". In today's marketplace it is hard to maintain an unchanging workforce, however; Gable Electric has experienced a low turnover rate from our key employees during our decades of growth. Of our office staff more than half have been with Gable Electric Company for 15 or more years and we have many field supervisors who have been with us between 10 and 25 years. These long term employees are a testament to the type of company we struggled to become and continue to struggle every day to maintain.

The Gable Electric Company management philosophy is a simple one. Our goal is for everyone to prosper. We have strived to build relationships with customers that allow us to make money while providing a quality product to the customer. Every project should be a team effort involving the owner, general contractor, and the specialty contractors. We do not want to make money at someone else's loss. A good project is one in which the general contractors and the specialty contractor make money and the owner gets a high quality product without anyone being the enemy. We realize this is not a perfect world and there are problems now and then but with a copasetic attitude most problems are easily resolvable with out doing harm financially or reputation wise to anyone involved. We strive to find an amiable solution to all problems as quickly as possible. We do this by following our simple philosophy of trying to allow everyone to prosper.  The customer is always first , but this management philosophy also carries over to our employees. Gable Electric will to continue to grow as a company and as a "family". As we grow we try to continually improve our benefits and working relationships among our employees. We maintain a "everyone pitch in" attitude and try to accomplish everything in a team oriented fashion. We offer the same benefits from our president to the lowest paid helper and treat everyone fairly and equally and will always continue to do so.

Mr. Dorsett has been the President and Owner of Gable Electric Company since 1978. Under his leadership Gable Electric has emerged as one of the top electrical contractors in the Southeast. Mr. Dorsett holds Unlimited Electrical Licenses in 14 states and numerous local jurisdictions.

Mr. McLendon progressed up from Electrician to Field Supervisor very quickly. He was one of the best field supervisors Gable Electric Company has ever employed, he has continued his success at the roles of Project Manager and Senior Vice President. Under the direction of Mr. McLendon Gable Electric has continued to grow and prosper while developing new relationships. He is responsible for all Hiring, Overseeing Project Managers, and involved in all decision making.

Mr. Dorsett's son Patrick started working at Gable while in high school and continued working part-time while attending Auburn University. Graduating in 1998 with Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering he came to work full time. Mr. Dorsett handles all receivables and billing , IT Administration, and is included in all decision making. He is a registered Engineer in training in Alabama  where he also holds a Unlimited Electrical Contractors License.