Product Spotlight
Dec 1, 2007,
Training spreadsheets These Excel spreadsheets help keep track of employee training. Users enter training information, and the spreadsheet organizes it...
Bragging Rights
Dec 1, 2007, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
With overall construction spending in the black and double-digit increases for non-residential construction in the last few years, electrical firms have...
Searching for Gold in Green Buildings
Dec 1, 2007, By Joe Knisley, Senior Editorial Consultant
A variety of green initiatives in the construction industry are helping to spotlight the importance of being good stewards of the environment. However,...
Mortgage Fallout
Dec 1, 2007, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Over the past two years, the seesaw that is the construction industry economy was kept level by a thriving non-residential sector. Industry analysis performed...
OSHA Rule Holds Contractors Responsible for PPE
Dec 1, 2007,
On November 14, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new rule clarifying the employer/employee responsibilities for payment...
What's Wrong Here?
Dec 1, 2007, By Joe Tedesco, NEC Columnist
How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight...
Faces of the Future
Dec 1, 2007, By Amy Florence Fischbach, Contributing Writer
Electrical contracting firms are on the hunt for the next generation of electrical workers due to the looming retirement of Baby Boomers. Valley Electrical...
Short Circuits
Dec 1, 2007,
Light on Lamps A fresh journeyman electrician was assigned his first major project of installing a lighting grid for a new office addition. Because this...
Supervisory Skills for New Managers at Electrical Contracting Firms
Dec 1, 2007, By Bob Mitchell, Integrated Management Group
New supervisors play a key role in any organization's growth and development for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that their main responsibility...
Letters to the Editor
Dec 1, 2007,
Battery Sizing Basics Article Addendum In the Voice Data Video Today article, starting on page 30 of the September 2007 issue, the author would like to...
Safety Alert: GFCIs Bear Phony UL Marks
Dec 1, 2007,
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Northbrook Ill., is warning consumers that Zhejiang, China-based General Protecht ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs)...
Embracing Change
Nov 1, 2007, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
Many years ago, when I worked for an electric utility, I found myself in the position of tracking changes to the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)...
Code Changes 2008
Nov 1, 2007, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
It's hard to believe it's that time again, but the 2008 NEC is upon us. In this latest Code cycle, the Code Making Panels (CMPs) sifted through 3,688...
Electrical Testing Certification Question Clarified
Nov 1, 2007,
Regarding alternate certification bodies, the article in the August 2007 issue, mentions the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies...
AGC Contracts are Reborn
Nov 1, 2007, By Tom Zind, Freelance Writer
It might not be a Kumbaya, all-join-hands moment, but a construction contract signing session in your future could send everyone away from the table effusing...
Study Connects Safety Culture to Improved Well-Being
Nov 1, 2007,
Most employees know that their company's view of safety practices can be a matter of life or death, and now there's data to prove it. According to a recent...
To Serve and Protect
Nov 1, 2007, By Mark Mitchell and Alan Schmidt, Square D/Schneider Electric
Most people are comforted in knowing their homes are protected from electrical hazards by the circuit breakers located behind the door of a home's load...
Utility Will Expand Installation of Large-Scale Batteries
Nov 1, 2007,
American Electric Power (AEP), an electric utility headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, recently announced plans to expand its use of large-scale battery...
Is Wastewater Construction Headed for a Drought?
Nov 1, 2007, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor
After experiencing strong growth in 2007, water supply and sewer/wastewater construction are anticipated to remain somewhat flat for the next several...
The Pros and Cons of IG Wiring
Nov 1, 2007, Edited by John DeDad, senior director, editorial and EC&M development
Confusion continues to surround the use, performance, and NEC requirements of isolated ground (IG) wiring. Can it be used anywhere, or is it restricted...
What's Wrong Here?
Nov 1, 2007, By Joe Tedesco, NEC Columnist
How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight...
Article 708: Critical Operations Power Systems
Nov 1, 2007, By Michael A. Anthony, P.E., University of Michigan; Robert G. Arno, EYP Mission Critical Facilities
Focusing on the complex interplay among mechanical and electrical systems needed to support critical infrastructure, Art. 708 is one of four new Articles...
Code Quandaries
Nov 1, 2007, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Q. What is the minimum depth for placing Schedule 40 PVC conduit below a concrete slab?...
Product News
Nov 1, 2007,
Power line protector The PT 250 series of AC power line protectors is UL 1449 2nd Edition listed. The protectors' 10-in. 10-in. enclosure contains 20...
The Design Burden
Nov 1, 2007, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Driven by the desire for lower costs and earlier completion dates, many owners are abandoning the traditional design-bid-build project delivery method...
