FEMA Contracts to Reopen for Bidding
Oct 1, 2005,
In response to the nine House and Senate panels holding hearings on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, FEMA has recently reopened the $100 million contracts...
PVC Coated Conduit and Fitting Installation Practices
Oct 1, 2005, Edited by Mike Eby, Editor-in-Chief
Although engineers and electrical designers recognize the performance advantages of using PVC-coated conduit in corrosive environments, making sure field...
OSHA publishes proposed rule on electric power generation and transmission construction
Sep 19, 2005,
Agency strives to make construction standard consistent with general industry standards ...
PRG and Bombard Electric Double Down on Vegas Hotel
Sep 1, 2005, By Matthew Halverson, Managing Editor
Las Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn has a reputation for masterminding big spectacles for his resorts. The Mirage has its 54-foot volcano, and the Bellagio...
2006 Truck & Van Preview
Sep 1, 2005, By the Editors of Fleet Owner Magazine
As companies keep up production to meet still feverish demand for commercial vehicles, it's very clear truck buyers should have little trouble finding...
Survey Tracks Development Cycle for Traditional Casinos
Sep 1, 2005,
The 2005 edition of the Hospitality Real Estate Counselors (HREC) Casino Development Survey reports a boom in the development of traditional casinos....
Best Practices for Terminating Copper Cabling
Sep 1, 2005, By Dan Payerle and Sheri Lindhart, IDEAL Industries, Inc.
Although the process of terminating twisted-pair copper cabling may seem to be relatively simple on the surface, the issues involved with properly creating...
The Zagat's of Home Service Providers
Sep 1, 2005,
Finding contracts for upscale, private residential work can be a competitive business. The Franklin Report's The Insider's Guide to Home Services, a survey...
How to Wire a Home in Nine Hours
Sep 1, 2005,
Imagine starting the first-floor rough-in of a 4,000-square-foot house at 5:30 p.m., moving on to the second floor at midnight, and then turning it over...
NEMA revises conduit standard
Aug 30, 2005,
For the first time since 2000, NEMA releases standard on polyethylene conduit ...
What Do You Know About Capacitive Voltage Sensors?
Aug 1, 2005, By Duane Smith, Fluke Corp.
Tick tracer. Glow meter. Sniffer. They go by many names, but capacitive voltage sensors are all designed to do one thing: detect the presence of voltage...
An Industry in Locomotion
Aug 1, 2005, By Beck Finley, Staff Writer
Many of the firms in the sixth annual listing of EC&M's Top 50 Electrical Contractors were relieved to see the tail end of 2003. Last year's report recorded...
