Darryl Dempsey, an electrical inspector from Hillsborough County, Fla., said that the local gas company installed this gas line to supply a water heater...More
A Southern California CEE News reader found this mess and exposed live wires at a motel in Monterey, Calif. He said, It seems as though the instructions...More
Wire cart allows one person to handle up to six wire reels The Caddy Mac 4 general-purpose wire cart has capacity to handle six 8-in. or 16-in. wire reels....More
Surety bonds assure project owners that a contractor can complete a project according to contract specifications. Requiring a surety bond on a project...More
Mr. Electric, a Waco, Texas-based electrical service and repair franchise, has developed an interactive CD called A Homeowner's Guide to the Power of...More
Not a day goes by when Jim Usher doesn't think about the tragic events of Sept. 11. While many Americans watched their televisions in horror as the Twin...More
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 164 recently contributed $2,000 to the Borough of Paramus' new Mobile Command Center. The...More
Maxis Corp., Gilbert, Ariz., has purchased the patent rights to the Pull-It 3000 and Pull-It 1000 cable pullers. The company has joined forces with the...More
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld President Bush's Executive Order 13202, which prohibits mandatory project labor...More
Contractors 2000, a White Bear Lake, Minn.-based international affiliation of independent service contractors, has expanded its membership criteria to...More
Many publicly owned electrical manufacturers recently released their second-quarter 2002 earnings reports. As one would expect, the financial news wasn't...More
As we said last month, electrical theory underlies everything we do in the electrical construction business. It is therefore necessary to review this...More
At its elemental level, overhead is the money you would have to pay to keep your business operating when you had no one working in the field. It includes...More
Do you want your holiday greetings cards for customers to really stand out this year? With its line of comical greetings cards, Your Biz Greetings is...More
The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unveiled the following six proposals in July. They then decided...More
Viewing a computer image similar to a weather map, transmission system operators are now able to see congestion on the high-voltage power lines that make...More
The nation’s home and rental property owners continued to upgrade their properties at a healthy clip in this year’s second quarter, according to the National...More
New York City’s construction market took a plunge after Sept. 11, but electrical contractors are expecting it to bounce back with the rebuilding of the...More
The Sept. 11 crash of the terrorist-piloted, fuel-laden jet caused nearly 2 million sq ft of damage to portions of Wedge 1 and Wedge 2 at the Pentagon....More
Amy Florence Fischbach, CEE News staff writer, discusses the future of the World Trade Center and the revitalization of Lower Manhattan with Beverly Willis,...More
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) predicts that 2003 will be a record year for the wind market in the United States. Following an all-time high...More
Citing continuing investment by businesses and enterprises in converting their communications networks to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies,...More
IEC announces the official launch of the Prosperity Project, an enhanced government affairs service, on the IEC national Web site. Reserved for IEC members...More
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) recently awarded the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) its highest honor, the Summit...More
Abstract: In this webinar, Mike will not only explain the current NEC requirements for GFCIs and AFCIs, but he'll explain how they operate, what causes their premature failure, and when they won't provide the safety protection you might have thought they would.
Abstract: This webinar will teach attendees the difference between risk and hazard, and how the choice of system grounding has a direct impact on reliability and safety.
Our new TVB810 TV Box™ delivers the ultimate in versatility for installing wall-mounted TVs in retrofit projects. There's more room in the box for wires; plus, you can install it horizontally or vertically to ensure proper positioning of low voltage connections behind the TV....More
