May 2010
Cover Story
Fast Forward
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Beck Ireland
After a year of delayed and canceled projects, the electrical design firms on EC&M's 2010 Top 40 list look toward economic recovery and improved backlogs, which may not arrive until 2011...
2010 Top Electrical Design Firms
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Electrical Construction & Maintenance lists the top electrical design firms...
Top 40 Adds, Moves, and Changes
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
EC&M details the changes in their Top 40 Design Firms...
Top 40 Honors, Awards, and Donations
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
EC&M lists the honors, awards and donations for the top 40 design firms...
Other Features
The Basics of Industrial Control Panels
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mark Lamendola, Electrical Consultant
A closer look at NEC Art. 409, which provides the minimum safety requirements for industrial control panels...
Quantifying All Qualified Persons
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Steven J. Abbott, Stark Safety Consultants
Understanding where your workers fit in when it comes to electrical safety classification and compliance...
Wiring Patient Care Areas
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Burton Klein, P.E., Burton Klein Associates
Examining the extra steps contractors must take when designing and installing electrical equipment in patient care areas...
LEDs' Dirty Little Secrets
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Steven Bellwoar, Colonial Electric Supply and Paul Hammelef, Colonial Major Projects
Inside the obstacles for electrical contractors installing light-emitting diode (LED) technology...
National Electrical Code
Wiring Methods - Part 3 of 3
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Understanding the wiring method requirements of Article 314, including guidelines for conductor box fill...
Illustrated Catastrophes
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Brian J. McPartland, NEC Consultant
As usual, never consider the following commentary associated with these photos as a formal interpretation of the National Electrical Code (NEC). Without criticizing anyone or any product, the following scenarios present us with serious safety questions....
What's Wrong Here?
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Brian J. McPartland, NEC Consultant
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?...
Code Quandaries, May 2010
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Your most pressing National Electrical Code (NEC) questions answered. All questions and answers are based on the 2008 NEC...
Industry Viewpoint
The Value of First-Class Design
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
Examining the future for EC&M’s top 40 electrical design firms...
Safety & Security
In Safety and in Health
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Dennis K. Neitzel, CPE, AVO Training Institute, Inc.
How to administer an effective electrical safety program...
PQ Corner
Reliability Redefined
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Barry Kleine, ABB Process Automation
How changing your understanding of reliability can maximize returns and increase production...
Construction Watch
Construction Employment Far From Recovery, Says AGC
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Recent federal employment figures show slight improvement but suggest industry is far from a recovery...
Funding for Light Rail Extension Approved by L.A. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approves $690 million in funding for the extension of the Gold Line in the San Gabriel Valley...
FMI Releases 2010 Contractor Prefabrication Survey Report
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Electrical contractors continue to seek a competitive edge by prefabricating more of their work...
Shocking Stat of the Month
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
$4 billion Amount of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has allocated to 391...
Analyze This
Project Spotlight
Railroad Installation Keeps Locomotives on the Right Track
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor
Faith Technologies performs electrical installation at newly constructed wheel truing facility in Kansas City, Kan....
Product Spotlight
Focus on Motors
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Spotlight on motors for electrical contractors, electrical engineers, and plant facility personnel...
New Products
Product News
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Line-interactive UPS The Agility Series includes five high-density line-interactive UPSs ranging from 750kVA to 3,000kVA in a 2U chassis platform. Designed...
Product News
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Laser distance meter The DT300 laser distance meter measures distances, computes area and volume, and measures angles with one-button, point-and-shoot...
Product News
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Cable connectors Snap-Rite snap-in connectors are suitable for connecting aluminum and steel cable (MC) and (AC) to metal outlet boxes and electrical...
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