Everyone makes mistakes. Some are just funnier than others
Mar 1, 2006,
The No-Nonsense Apprentice A few years ago I received a call from a residential customer, complaining of intermittent operation of lighting outside the...
Properly Monitoring the Health of Your Battery Systems
Mar 1, 2006, By Bart Cotton, Data Power Monitoring Corp.
Imagine you're watching a football game. The wide receiver is in perfect position to catch a pass and score the winning touchdown. You can tell his eyes...
The Case of the Falsely Accused Contractor
Mar 1, 2006, By James E. Peserik, PE, PLS, CFEI, CFII, DABFET
At the back of nearly every homeowner's mind lies the fear of an unexpected house fire, especially one that starts in the middle of the night when residents...
The Cost of Equipment Theft Hits Home
Feb 1, 2006,
With estimates of the total value of equipment stolen annually from construction and agricultural sites ranging between $300 million and $1 billion, there's...
Short Circuits
Feb 1, 2006,
Signal Jumper One day my fellow electrician and I started a traffic signal project at a busy intersection. First, we had to take down the old signals,...
Tips for Recruiting Top Management
Feb 1, 2006,
According to veteran construction industry recruiter Scott Love of Fairview, N.C.-based Scott Love Associates, there are specific steps independent and...
EPAct 2005 Offers Accelerated Tax Deduction for Lighting Systems
Feb 1, 2006, By Craig DiLouie, Lighting Controls Association
On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005). Estimated to cost the U.S. government about $14.5 billion...
From the Forensic Files of NIOSH
Feb 1, 2006,
A lot can be learned from the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) reports published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
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...
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...
The Case of Substation Configuration Confusion
Jan 1, 2006, By John A. Palmer, Ph.D., P.E., C.F.E.I.
In the spring of 2002, an electric utility was upgrading a substation in the southwestern United States. Although the job seemed typical to the electricians...
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...
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...
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...
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...
