ECM Buyers' Guide

December 2009

Cover Story

Waiting Game

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer

Commercial mortgage foreclosures and federal funding measures shape predictions for the 2010 economic construction climate...

Other Features

Bootstrapping Your Way to Business Growth

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brad Dawson, LTV Dynamics

By reinvesting free cash flow back into the growth cycle of a business, bootstrapping helps contractors combat the recession...

Avoiding Contact with Energized Electrical Conductors

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Dennis M. Gleason, CPE, PECO Energy

Being your own safety advocate might mean the difference from going home at the end of the day and becoming an injury or fatality statistic...

Putting Prefab into Perspective

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Dr. Perry Daneshgari, Heather Moore, and Phil Nimmo, MCA, Inc.

Understanding prefabrication and its effect on job pricing and profits for electrical estimating...

National Electrical Code

Multifamily Dwelling Unit Service and Feeder Calculations

Jan 20, 2010 5:29 PM, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant

How to calculate the service for a single-family or a multifamily dwelling...

Illustrated Catastrophes

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brian J. McPartland, NEC Consultant

More Code catastrophes uncovered and corrected in these faulty installations ...

What's Wrong Here?

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Here’s your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else’s work from the safety of your living room or office. Can you identify the Code violation(s) in this photo?...

Industry Viewpoint

How Low Can We Go?

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief

Why non-residential sector may make construction market outlook worse before it gets better...

Product of the Month

Troubleshooting Training Software Is the Real Deal

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor

Version 4 of troubleshooting software allows users to develop skills to repair motor circuits...

V/D/V Today

BICSI Fall Conference Field Report

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Knisley, Senior Editorial Consultant

Las Vegas fall meeting focuses on security, building automation, and IP convergence...

Lighting & Control

The Status of Solid-State Lighting Today

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By James Brodrick, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Energy

How electrical professionals can analyze emerging LED technologies...

Inside PQ

Lighting Upgrades and Power Quality Problems

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Eric Witkowski, Manitoba Hydro

How to ensure total harmonic distortion (THD) doesn’t dramatically increase following a lighting retrofit...

Construction Watch

Private Construction Declines by Double Digits for October 2009

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Privately funded construction investments post 21.9% decline in October 2009 compared to previous year...

New Jersey Expands Solar Loan Program

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

PSE&G to finance installation of additional 51MW of solar energy systems in its electric service area...

Two New Power Plants to be Built in Alaska

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Matanuska Electric Association reveals plans to build $400-million, 180MW gas-fired power plant north of Anchorage...

Analyze This

Analyze This

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Percentage drop in construction spending ($911 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate) in October 2009 compared to the previous year...

Project Spotlight

Sustainable Pipe Mill Surpasses California Title 24 Lighting Requirements

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor

United Spiral Pipe constructs facility that meets LEED standards and exceeds California’s strict Title 24 lighting requirements...

Product Spotlight

Focus on Wiring Devices

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

New product spotlight on wiring devices for electrical contractors, electrical engineers, and plant facility personnel...

New Products

Product News

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Protection relay devices The POWR-GARD protection relay line includes ground fault relays, resistance grounding systems, motor protection relays, feeder...

Product News

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Wire duct Clipline wire duct features flexible that have two score lines, facilitating removal. In addition, the wire duct features a notched score line...

Product News

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Load center The Square D service upgrade load center allows users to complete residential electrical service upgrades while minimizing the risk of disturbing...

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