John Paul Quinn

Freelance Writer

John Paul Quinn reports on a broad range of business and industry issues for journals in the United States and Europe. He can be reached at 203.323.9850 and mirabel@snet.net.

Articles by John Paul Quinn

Finding Enough Good Workers
October 2007
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Miscellaneous
By all accounts, the electrical contracting industry is facing a significant shortfall of qualified workers, and this situation will become even more serious over the next 10 years. A recent study published by the Washington-based Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) reports the need for union electricians will increase from 11,000 to 14,000 workers per year over the next decade. READ MORE
Solar Systems
July 2007
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Green Building
There seems to be two conflicting certainties about the photovoltaic (PV) or solar module installation market: It is a rapidly expanding and lucrative opportunity, and curiously, not that many electrical contractors are aware of it or have chosen to explore its potential. READ MORE
Takeoff on the European Scene
May 2007
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Miscellaneous
European electrical contractors have much in common with their U.S. counterparts, sharing many similar opportunities and challenges. However, they also are grappling with a unique historical situation, participating in the ongoing construction and powering of a “New Europe”—the expanding European Union (EU) of nation-states. READ MORE
Breaking into Residential Design/Build
March 2007
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Your Business
In the realm of design/build, residential work has been the road less traveled, since the majority of electrical contractors have chosen to beat a path to the larger and more lucrative commercial/industrial/institutional (CII) projects of this kind, but that may be changing. READ MORE
Hawaiian Utility Responds ASAP to Earthquake Outage
November 2006
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Miscellaneous
WHEN THE ISLAND OF OAHU was hit by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake at 7:07 a.m. on Oct. 15, 291,000 customers woke up to no power. But fortunately for them, the Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. (HECO) has an emergency power restoration system in place for such emergencies. Power was restored to 99 percent of the utility’s customers within 19 hours. READ MORE
Pulling Power Lines Under Pearl Harbor
July 2006
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Miscellaneous
Ford Island, just across Pearl Harbor from Oahu, Hawaii, served its part in history early on Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941. The mile-and-a-quarter-long islet’s tarmac airstrip is still scarred with 65-year-old strafing gunfire patterns, and the hulk of the USS Arizona battleship lies sunken in the harbor. READ MORE

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