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Articles in this section are intended to help electrical contractors grow and improve their businesses, from financial and legal advice to creating a service and maintenance department. You’ll find articles on estimating projects and more below. 

When marketing energy services, the electrical contractor usually focuses on customers with existing facilities that can benefit from reducing energy use and improving operational efficiency.

Hole saws technically aren’t saws. They are cutting accessories used with power drills to make clean, round holes in a variety of materials, including wood, steel, aluminum, plastic and fiberglass.


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The volume of energy consumed by buildings and the importance of energy efficiency in reducing that consumption are both now well-established elements of today’s green power movement. At the point where the two converge, building commissioning services are about to take a spin.

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The Magic of Three
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In this PDF file, The Magic of Three, Richard P. Bingham explains that ”the number three has significance in geometry,science ,theology, sports, and even power quality."

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Crunch Time for Royal Electric at the Port Columbus International Airport
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Greg and Susan Ernst run Royal Electric as co-presidents today. They gained direct knowledge of the intensive, snowballing effects of job compression through their experience at the Port Columbus International Airport.

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Testing and Maintaining Ground Fault Protection
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Distribution system capacity continues to increase in commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. Arcing ground faults can seriously damage distribution equipment, causing fires, which damage facilities and endanger personnel. They also cause extended downtime during system repair.

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Value-Added Resellers' Programs
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Technology is sure to change in the data communications industry. And with that change obviously comes new products, solutions, and installation techniques.

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Herbst Electric Builds State-of-the-Art Ceramics Plant
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Lakewood, Ohio-based Advanced Ceramics wanted a seamless transition in its move to a new facility in nearby Strongsville. Who did this $50 million in annual revenues company turn to? Herbst Electric.

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Leviton Trains Contractors to Match Products to Applications
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Because Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, N.Y., produces a wide range of electrical and voice/data/video (VDV) wiring products, the company offers various training programs to help electrical and low-voltage contractors match products with applications. Basic programs

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Like a Snowball Rolling Downhill: So Are the Cumulative Effects of Change Orders
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This article addresses the situation when a project is flooded with extra work orders, emergency field orders, and major and minor systems changes.

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