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...
Lodging Sector Construction Hits New High
Mar 1, 2006,
The hotel construction market recently reached its highest total since 2000, growing to 3,067 projects with 415,977 rooms, according to Lodging Econometrics'...
Loser-Pays Provisions Simplify Collections
Mar 1, 2006,
Most major contract documents in the construction industry do not contain provisions, revealed the American Subcontractors Association (ASA) in a recent...
The Lowdown on Low-Voltage Wiring
Mar 1, 2006, By Jaclyn Alcantara, Associate Editor
As a generation that has little or no memory of a time without PCs and MTV, young adults looking to buy their first home are likely to care more about...
New Concepts in Large AC Motor Protection
Mar 1, 2006, By Alexander Kusko, Sc.D., P.E., Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, and Jean Y. Ayoub, M.S.E.E.,
Thanks to ongoing innovations in technology, electrical engineers' approach to motor protection has changed over the years. The traditional strategy to...
Survey Benchmarks EC Salaries
Mar 1, 2006,
According to the 2005 Executive Compensation Report, conducted by Specialty Consultants (SCI), Pittsburgh, salaries for executives at electrical contracting...
K-12 Education Update
Mar 1, 2006, By Ellen Parson, Managing Editor
Driven by school-age population growth in the West and the South regions of the country, enrollment in K-12 institutions is expected to rise by nearly...
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...
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...
