Clayco has launched a business unit for utility-scale energy project engineering, procurement and construction services that the Chicago-based design-build firm expects will generate $300 million in company revenue and employ nearly 1,000 craftworkers by 2027.Power and Energy Vice President Ryan Johnson—a solar energy infrastructure veteran and former president of Texas-based Signal Energy Constructors—joined the firm last fall and will lead the business line, Clayco said in a March 4 announcement, In a LinkedIn post Johnson shared that the business line already has its first solar commercial battery energy storage systems project under contract in Illinois, claiming the project is the first of several expected to mobilize in 2026.…