A Standard Divided
Mar 1, 2006, By Beck Finley, Staff Writer
Not without controversy, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) officially published MasterFormat 2004 in August of that same year. The new standard...
Surety Bonds: The New Reality
Mar 1, 2006, By Tom Zind, Freelance Writer
To many electrical contractors, surety bonds and those who provide them are a necessary evil. That view may even have hardened a bit in recent years as...
EPAct 2005 Offers Accelerated Tax Deduction for Lighting Systems
Feb 1, 2006, By Craig DiLouie, Lighting Controls Association
On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005). Estimated to cost the U.S. government about $14.5 billion...
Avoiding ASD Installation Pitfalls
Feb 1, 2006, By Robert A. Cherry, P.E., O'Brien & Gere Engineers
Whether you're working in an industrial, manufacturing, or institutional environment, there's no doubt that electronically adjustable speed drives (ASDs)...
Tips for Recruiting Top Management
Feb 1, 2006,
According to veteran construction industry recruiter Scott Love of Fairview, N.C.-based Scott Love Associates, there are specific steps independent and...
Market Insider
Feb 1, 2006, By Ellen Parson, Managing Editor
When you think about the multi-family housing market over the last several years, the thought of condos almost certainly comes to mind and rightly so....
Software Solutions
Feb 1, 2006,
ProEst Takeoff, Version 11 The newest version of this software allows users to import digital plans and accurately measure lengths, areas, and counts...
Inspiring Incentives
Feb 1, 2006, By Beck Finley, Staff Writer
70,000: That's the number of skilled electrical workers the United States will need in the next 10 years, says a recent release from the National Electrical...
Practicing Proactive Project Management
Jan 1, 2006, By Ed Englert, Industrial Electrical Engineers, Inc.
The best project managers (PMs) in the business are certainly a multi-talented bunch, possessing many of the same inherent personality traits that make...
Covering Your Bases
Jan 1, 2006,
On Nov. 9, the U.S. Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commissions' recommendations took effect after Congress allowed them to pass into...
Single-Family Housing Update
Jan 1, 2006, By Ellen Parson, Managing Editor
Looking back, there's no question that the residential market has had one heck of a run the past decade each year defying predictions from scores of construction...
Electrical Taping Skills: A Lost Art?
Jan 1, 2006, By Bob Goodman and Rodney G. Brown, 3M
With all of the new products and electrical insulation kits currently on the market, the use of conventional electrical tapes has gone down. As a result,...
