Watt Up Alpharex: Electrical, Solar & the System She Built Herself | Builder Insider

<p>Most electrical contractors buy a system. Sahhara Laureano built hers from scratch — by teaching herself how to code.</p><p><br></p><p>In this Builder Insider episode, Engr. Sophia Panlilio and Tool Expert Tin sit down with Sahhara Laureano (CEO &amp; Founder) and Alpha (Chief Operating Officer) of Watt Up Alpharex — the electrical and auxiliary contracting team behind commercial and industrial projects across Metro Manila, and winners of the Best Strategic Blueprint at Beyond the Build Batch 3.</p><p><br></p><p>They talk about leaving stable corporate jobs to start their own firm, why they deliberately skipped residential work to compete for commercial and industrial scopes, and how they grew from pure electrical into CCTV, structured cabling, LED panels and solar.</p><p><br></p><p>Then there&#39;s HARA-ONE — the system Sahhara built after six months of self-taught coding, covering accounting, costing, documentation and team requests in one place. She&#39;s now opening it up to other contractors.</p><p><br></p><p>Along the way: what to check before you install solar, how to finance it through GSIS, SSS, Pag-IBIG and green banks, why systems come before scaling — and the line the whole company runs on: &quot;You don&#39;t have to leave it at its best. You just have to leave it better.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>If you&#39;re a contractor who thinks systems are only for big companies, this one is for you.</p><p><br></p><p>WHAT&#39;S INSIDE</p><p>- The electrical pun behind the brand name</p><p>- Leaving a stable job to start a contracting business</p><p>- Why commercial and industrial, not residential</p><p>- Delivering large-contractor quality at a lower cost structure</p><p>- Growing into CCTV, structured cabling, LED and solar</p><p>- 3 things to check BEFORE you install solar</p><p>- Solar financing through GSIS, SSS, Pag-IBIG and green banks</p><p>- Their proudest project: a metering center for a QC commercial center</p><p>- How Sahhara taught herself to code and built HARA-ONE</p><p>- Why systems come before scaling</p><p>- Beyond the Build Batch 3 and their Best Strategic Blueprint</p><p>- &quot;Leave it better&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>CONNECT WITH WATT UP ALPHAREX</p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wattupalpharex?__tn__=R">Watt Up Alpharex</a></p><p><br></p><p>WATCH THE FULL EPISODE ON VIDEO</p><p>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C544yqEh24A</p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2273616276790133</p><p><br></p><p>READ THE