2000 sales. $251.2 million Behind the 2000 numbers. 35% increase because several large jobs awarded in 1999 were completed in 2000. Forecast for 2001....More
2000 sales. $123 million Behind the 2000 numbers. Increased activity in the power market including pollution control and gas turbine projects. Forecast...More
2000 sales. $110 million Behind the 2000 numbers. 5% growth due to increase in power generation market. Forecast for 2001. Increase in power generation...More
2000 sales. $66 million Behind the 2000 numbers. Expansion of core business unit, new business units in engineering and planning on voice/data/video markets....More
2000 sales. $746 million Behind the 2000 numbers. An increase of 128% due to building large Internet-related data centers across the country. Forecast...More
2000 sales. $127 million Behind the 2000 numbers. The most significant increases were in high tech and data center work. The growth in systems and design/build...More
2000 sales. $96 million Behind the 2000 numbers. Increase in industrial work Forecast for 2001. Same as 2001, but with a positive, upward trend. Employees....More
Encompass Services Corp., Houston, one of the largest electrical contractors in the nation, is in the midst of a company-wide consolidation of its purchasing,...More
Contractors who do any remodeling work or make service calls may have customers who ask Is it safe? What will happen? How they answer could be the deciding...More
After you estimate labor hours and labor costs, you're ready for the nextstep in preparing an accurate bid price determining material requirements for...More
NEW YORK Faced with a critical shortage of electrical and IT wiring professionals, the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and International...More
An electrical job at the Orlando International Airport inspired one electrical contractor to launch his own home networking business. Garry White, a project...More
DALLAS Managing a fast-track project is like eating an elephant you have to eat it one bite at a time, said Keith Bell, the owner of a Forney, Texas,...More
Light fixtures in closets QI am in a disagreement with a customer over installing light fixtures in clothes closets. The clothes closets in question are...More
The missing knockout on the bottom right hand side of this metal electric meter socket enclosure was the reason why this inquisitive young squirrel was...More
Mass. Electric Construction Co.'s Rhode Island Office has wrapped up work on three separate contracts at the new Wyeth Ayerst Enbrel Interim Manufacturing...More
ALEXANDRIA, Va. The Independent Electrical Contractors announced that Bill Mathisen has been hired as its executive vice president. Joining the staff...More
Cable tester targets residential networking The OMNIscanner LT network cable tester is targeted at the growing residential networking market. The instrument...More
Drawing more than 16,000 visitors to the Las Vegas Convention Center, the 12th annual LightFair International 2001 conference, May 29-June 1, offered...More
HOUSTON Encompass Services Corp. announced on June 21 that it has been awarded three contracts totaling approximately $27 million for projects at U.S....More
Section 410-56 (g) covers attachment plugs. All 15A and 20A attachment plugs and connectors are required to be constructed so that there are no exposed...More
The ATOM, or Addressable Track Module System, allows individual dimming and switching of track luminaires on the same or multiple circuits. Suitable for...More
Dual-strobe device provides two stages of notification The SpectrAlert dual-strobe series provides two stages of notification for life safety for security,...More
For the first 100 years of the telephone business, all telephone circuits were analog. They were designed around the characteristics and problems of analog...More
Timing is everything, in product launches as well as in life. When the product development team at Generac Power Systems Inc., Waukesha, Wis., launched...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.