Understanding Basic Fire Alarm Systems
Dec 1, 2006, By David Herres, Master Electrician
Even if you're not ready to take the plunge into fire alarm system design and installation just yet, you should still know the fundamentals in order to...
The Lighting Designer's Role in the Construction Process
Dec 1, 2006, By Randy Burkett, FIALD, IESNA, LC, Randy Burkett Lighting Design, Inc.
The profession of lighting design is a relatively young discipline among the building design and construction fields. Although lighting has certainly...
Streamlining the Energized Work Permit Process
Dec 1, 2006, By Larry Ayer, P.E., Biz Com Electric, Inc.
Filling out paperwork for electrical permits and inspections and submitting a drawing to the local building department for plan review is already time...
Post-Electrocution Acts that Save Lives
Dec 1, 2006,
While most electrical safety plans make every effort to ensure no one is ever electrocuted, electrocution is an ever-present danger for those in the electrical...
EPA's Push for Manufacturing Plant Efficiency
Dec 1, 2006,
This summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its first-ever energy efficiency ratings for corn refineries and cement plants. The...
California Leads in Pharmaceutical-Biotech Construction
Dec 1, 2006,
In the last few years, the trend toward outsourcing has put a serious dent in the U.S. manufacturing construction sector. In general, the market has relied...
Product News
Dec 1, 2006,
High-capacity UPS The 10kVA Liebert GXT UPS is configurable as a tower or rack-mount model and delivers online double-conversion UPS protection for up...
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
Dec 1, 2006,
The Internet can be a powerful marketing tool. In fact, the Web has all but replaced the Yellow Pages as a way for consumers to locate local service providers....
Short Circuits
Nov 1, 2006,
Tennis Anyone? One day, I was assigned the task of checking out a tennis ball machine at a private tennis court. When I arrived at the site, I saw the...
USGBC Looks to the Future with LEED Version 3
Nov 1, 2006,
This summer, Washington, D.C.-based green-building coalition, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), took its first official steps toward Version 3 (V3)...
Copy of AFCIs on the Brink of a Home Invasion
Nov 1, 2006, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
If proposal #2-142 of the National Electric Code (NEC) passes, it will require combination-type arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) protection for all...
Collaborative Contracts Could Ease Bidding Woes
Nov 1, 2006,
For subcontractors, the signing of a contract may be the most nerve-wracking part of some projects. However, you soon may have help feeling more confident...
Watch Your Language
Nov 1, 2006,
Getting adequate performance-bonding capacity to work on bigger projects can be great for your business, but once you have the capacity you must be careful...
AFCIs Primed to Branch Out
Nov 1, 2006, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
Much like the debates that arose with the introduction of the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) in the early '70s, the arc fault circuit interrupter...
Survey Offers Insight into Construction IT
Nov 1, 2006, Edited by Ellen Parson, Managing Editor
Based on the results of a recent survey conducted by the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), Princeton, N.J., interest in IT management...
The Beauty of Half-Splitting
Nov 1, 2006, By Daryn Lewellyn, Lewellyn Technology, Inc.
Contrary to popular belief, the act of troubleshooting is not always about your tools; it's often about your mind. Many maintenance personnel are too...
Ground Testing Techniques
Nov 1, 2006, By Jeff Jowett, Megger
Prior to about 15 years ago, the basic methodology for ground testing remained fundamentally unchanged since it was originally devised in the early 20th...
Product News
Nov 1, 2006,
Multimeter Designed for commercial settings, the 117 Electrician's Multimeter includes integrated VoltAlert non-contact voltage detection that senses...
Afraid to Report Safety Hazards? OSHA's Got Your Back
Nov 1, 2006,
Part of cultivating a zero-accident culture is encouraging workers to speak up when they notice safety hazards. But what if the worker is afraid to point...
Product News
Nov 1, 2006,
Cable tray cutter The ETS8 cable tray cutter is a battery-powered tool designed for cutting wire mesh cable tray. It takes the cutter 2 sec. to cut 0.191-in....
In Search of the Perfect Project Manager
Nov 1, 2006,
Instead of spending so much time chasing after the ideal of that perfect project manager, it may be more profitable for construction companies to create...
Product News
Nov 1, 2006,
Back-up power system The new InfraStruXure system is integrated with a Smart-UPS VT power module, hot swappable batteries, and integrated power distribution....
BICSI Fall Conference Field Report
Nov 1, 2006, By Joe Knisley, Senior Editorial Consultant
The BICSI Fall 2006 meeting at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, held Sept. 18-21, drew more than 3,000 information transport system (ITS)...
The Ratings Game
Nov 1, 2006, By Steven Owen, National Code Seminars
What's the difference between a short-circuit current rating (SCCR) and an interrupting rating (IR)? If you're not sure, clearing up the confusion could...
Analyzing Communication Cable Noise
Nov 1, 2006, By John DeDad, Senior Director, Editorial and EC&M Development
Sometimes the best way to describe how to analyze a communication cable common-mode (CM) noise problem is to describe an actual procedure. The following...
