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The Rental Movement 

Jan 1, 2006, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief

It's amazing how many different tools and pieces of equipment you can rent these days. Need a hand tool like a drill, cutter, or saw? No problem. You...

Practicing Proactive Project Management 

Jan 1, 2006, By Ed Englert, Industrial Electrical Engineers, Inc.

The best project managers (PMs) in the business are certainly a multi-talented bunch, possessing many of the same inherent personality traits that make...

Why Own When You Can Rent? 

Jan 1, 2006, By Beck Finley, Staff Writer

Up until 1993, equipment ownership exceeded rental by a large margin 95% to 5%, respectively, according to industry analyst Daniel Kaplan, president of...

Recruiting Top Management 

Jan 1, 2006, 

According to veteran construction industry recruiter Scott Love of Fairview, N.C.-based Scott Love Associates, there are specific steps independent and...

2010 Olympics Committee Addresses Labor Outlook North of the Border 

Jan 1, 2006, 

In recent months, Canadian publications have reported a severe shortage of skilled workers in British Columbia, including electrical workers. Some fear...

Everyone makes mistakes. Some are just funnier than others 

Jan 1, 2006, 

Meter Mixup About a year ago, the A/C unit that feeds the printing area in our facility stopped working. I immediately grabbed my meter and proceeded...

Empower Your Customers to Perform Their Own PV Maintenance 

Jan 1, 2006, 

Debby Tewa grew up without electricity on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Today, as a contractor to the Sandia National Laboratories Sandia Tribal Energy...

Generating Credibility through Certification 

Dec 1, 2005, 

The on-site power generation industry currently employs 1,800 to 2,200 technicians in the United States, but with two back-to-back unusually active hurricane...

Getting the Most from Your Middleman 

Dec 1, 2005, 

Is your distributor meeting your needs? In a recent study commissioned by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) Education & Research...

Ask Mister Sparky 

Dec 1, 2005, 

Need some help improving your electrical service business? Just ask Mister Sparky (AKA Patrick Kennedy). As the owner of Mister Sparky, Inc., in Atlanta...

The Case of the Machine that Malfunctioned 

Dec 1, 2005, By Benjamin D. Miller, P.E., B. Miller Engineering

It seemed like any other day at the metal processing plant a facility that buys sheet metal in large rolls, makes custom-sized pieces, and sells them....

Safety Below the Surface 

Dec 1, 2005, 

Despite stereotypes born out of hundreds of years of tradition, modern-day coal mining in the United States is much more than tough men with picks and...

ESA releases arc flash specification 

Nov 21, 2005, 

Downloadable document can be customized...

How to Keep Accounts Without an Accountant 

Nov 1, 2005, By Beck Finley, Staff Writer

When David and Michael Peavy inherited their father's electrical contracting and services firm, Texarkana, Ark.-based Artex Electric, almost 20 years...

Negotiating a Force Majeure Clause 

Nov 1, 2005, 

When prices of construction materials spike, are specialty contractors entitled to a price adjustment to fixed-price contracts? According to the American...

Short Circuits 

Nov 1, 2005, 

Everyone makes mistakes. Some are just funnier than others...

Deep Background Check 

Nov 1, 2005, 

We all know that the retirement of the baby-boom generation is leaving the construction industry in a lurch. As experienced employees leave the business,...

Testing From a Circuit Breaker Compartment 

Nov 1, 2005, By John Kaldon, Broad Run Consultants Ltd.

Every year we read about electricians, engineers, and supervisors who were seriously burned or killed while working in or near a circuit breaker (CB)...

Fires and Aging Home Wiring 

Nov 1, 2005, 

What are some of the leading causes at the root of most home electrical fires? Could your customers' homes be at risk? These are just a few of the questions...

Dismissal of Electricians Leads to Immigration Investigation 

Nov 1, 2005, 

During the House of Representative's Oct. 7 Small Business Committee hearing on Small Businesses and Katrina: Rebuilding the Economy, Rep. Linda T. Sanchez,...

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The Rhino 4200 labeling tool features one-touch “hot keys” that quickly create and format wire/cable wraps, flags, fixed-length labels and more...

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