Lodging Update
Oct 1, 2006, By Ellen Parson, Managing Editor
Of all the segments that make up the U.S. economy, the lodging industry was one of the most if not the most severely crippled after the 9/11 terrorist...
Private Company Gets JumpStart on Florida's Labor Shortage
Oct 1, 2006,
In the three years since the State of Florida approved JumpStart, sponsored by Tampa, Fla.-based electrical contractor Resource Acquisition & Management...
Big Business
Oct 1, 2006, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
With prosperity comes responsibility. That's the lesson electrical contractors in this year's Top 50 list learned in 2005. For the second year in a row,...
Grounding Mobile Construction Equipment
Oct 1, 2006, By Jaclyn Alcantara, Associate Editor
As the nation's power demands have increased over the past few decades, the nature of the hazards posed by overhead transmission and distribution lines...
Great Lakes Region Gets Boost in Industrial Construction Dollars
Oct 1, 2006,
Approximately $10.7 billion worth of industrial projects began construction during the first half of this year within the Great Lakes region with another...
The Basics of Cable Lubrication
Oct 1, 2006, By Mark Lamendola, Codebookcity.com
Two contractors are swapping stories. The first one says, The cable got stuck in the middle of a long pull under concrete. Then it broke when we tried...
The Agile Construction Advantage
Oct 1, 2006, By Dr. Perry Daneshgari, Michelle Wilson, and Heather White, MCA Inc.
Celebrated among many building management gurus as the latest fad in construction, construction has become increasingly popular in recent years. Taking...
Organization Provides Ready Labor Pool to Construction Industry
Sep 1, 2006,
To date, Carlsbad, Calif.-based Helmets to Hardhats, the national program that connects National Guard, Reserve, and transitioning active-duty military...
Design Collaboration Options for Commercial Construction
Sep 1, 2006, By Keith Lane, P.E., SASCO
The delivery method for an electrical construction project can take one of several different forms. Traditionally, the general contractor (GC) hires a...
Working with Metal-Clad Cable and EMT
Sep 1, 2006, By David Herres, Master Electrician
When used with appropriate conductors, metal-clad (MC) cable and electrical metallic tubing (EMT) have nearly identical uses but quite different working...
Conduit or Cable Tray?
Sep 1, 2006, By Dan Carazo, Carazo Communications
In any electrical installation, the structure type used to support, fasten, direct, and protect the installed wire and cable runs is critical. That's...
Top Ten Ways to Increase Cash Flow
Sep 1, 2006, By David Brown, D. Brown Management
On a typical electrical construction project, a project management team's success is measured on gross profit. Cash flow concerns are left to the controller,...
