|
The Case of the Deadly Arc FlashJan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Benjamin D. Miller, P.E., Miller Engineering How defective test equipment coupled with lack of training led to tragedy for electrical workers at a shopping mall... |
Minority Report
Jan 1, 2010, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Update on whether or not certified small and disadvantaged businesses are getting their fair share of stimulus package funds...
Troubleshooting Building Control Systems
Jan 1, 2010, By Jim Shields and Hilton Hammond, Fluke Corp., and Greg Jourdan, Wenatchee Valley College
Electrical service technicians today must understand the communications problems that crop up in multilayered building control systems...
10 Tips for Growing Your Electrical Business in Lean Times
Jan 1, 2010, By David Brown and Sheila Burres, D. Brown Management
Marketing strategies for growing your electrical business during a recession...
The Case of the Deadly Arc Flash
Jan 1, 2010, By Benjamin D. Miller, P.E., Miller Engineering
How defective test equipment coupled with lack of training led to tragedy for electrical workers at a shopping mall...
Lighting Upgrades and Power Quality Problems
Dec 1, 2009, By Eric Witkowski, Manitoba Hydro
How to ensure total harmonic distortion (THD) doesn’t dramatically increase following a lighting retrofit...
Bootstrapping Your Way to Business Growth
Dec 1, 2009, 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, 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...
The Secret to Estimating Labor More Effectively
Nov 1, 2009, By Linda Candels, Candels Consulting
Labor unit adjustment factors every electrical estimator should know about ...
Fending Off Schedule Acceleration
Nov 1, 2009, By Bob Mitchell, Integrated Management Group LLC
Electrical contractors learn how to identify the warning signs of project distress before it’s too late...
The Case of Stray Voltage in a Lake
Nov 1, 2009, By Donald R. Johnson, P.E., Johnson Engineering
Faulty concentric neutrals on high-voltage underground cables lead to one teenage swimmer’s drowning and two others’ brain injuries ...
Solving Problems after Energy Upgrades
Nov 1, 2009, By Randy Barnett, Step1 energy Audit
Learning to troubleshoot and repair power quality problems in-house after an energy upgrade ...
Ten Tips for Increased Tax Savings
Oct 1, 2009, By Mark Battersby, Freelance Writer
Practical planning strategies for electrical contractors who want to keep their tax bill at its legal minimum this year and every year...
How to Light Hazardous Environments
Oct 1, 2009, By Steven L. Henry, EGS Electrical Group
Lighting fixtures play a critical role in the safe, efficient, and productive operation of any industrial facility or production process....
Customer Positioning Tips for Electrical Contractors
Oct 1, 2009, By Dr. Perry Daneshgari and Heather Moore, MCA, Inc.
Customer positioning and control (CPAC) method helps electrical contractors examine the quality of production by identifying the demands placed on an organization’s resources relative to the value produced...
Keeping Track
Oct 1, 2009, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Electrical contractors do much more than track their fleets with the help of mobile resource management (MRM)...
Go Mobile with CMMS
Sep 1, 2009, By Kris Bagadia, PEAK Industrial Solutions
One of the key factors in the success of any computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) implementation is the amount and quality of the data input....
Refrigeration Systems and the Electrician
Sep 1, 2009, By David Herres, Master Electrician
One of the great inventions of our time in terms of its social impact and influence on the health care and food preservation industries refrigeration...
Learning the Limitations of Metal-Clad Enclosures
Sep 1, 2009, By John J. Kolak, Praxis Corp.
There's a common misconception among many professionals in the electrical industry that can be prove to be deadly under certain circumstances some technicians,...
Extending UPS Operation
Aug 1, 2009, By Henry Hu & Jeff Donato, Emerson Network Power
Cutting back on preventive maintenance procedures you’re your uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems during tough economic times can spell disaster down the line...
Survey Reveals Underuse of GPS Systems Capabilities
Aug 1, 2009,
The construction industry is not using GPS systems to their full potential, according to a recent study from the Aberdeen Group that says more widespread adoption could result in as much as a 21% decrease in operating costs...
