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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. 

More than 174,000 workers in the electrical contracting industry—including the most-skilled electricians, linemen and technicians in the world—are covered by pension plans that are financed through contributions from them and their multiple employers, without costing taxpayers one cent.

When I started to write this article, it came out as a rant, which seemed unprofessional. Assuming I should be professional, I pared the rant down to a summary of the way I feel about the current state of engineering practices.

It was an online phenomenon that went viral.

The past two columns have covered issues related to your most important asset (and the most difficult one to measure): your employees.

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Digger Derrick Exemption Granted for Subpart V Related Work
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OSHA issued a final standard updating the requirements for cranes and derricks.

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Showstoppers 2012 Awards Presentations
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At the 2012 NECA Show in Las Vegas last fall, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR's editor, Andrea Klee, and Publisher, John Maisel, handed out the Showstoppers awards to the winners. 

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Ring In The New, Starting 
With Your Old Customers

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I’d like to tell you that 2013 will be the year the economy comes roaring back, with prosperity for all and customers lining up to acquire our services without any effort on our part. I can’t do that (but don’t let that worry you too much).


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Legislation Focused On Efficient 
Manufacturing Becomes Law

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“The [act] is the legislative vehicle for provisions promoting advanced metering in the federal government; a greater focus at the Department of Energy on deployment of existing manufacturing technologies; improved energy efficiency within federal facilities; and a study on barriers to industrial de

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Don’t Go Over The Fixture Cliff

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It used to be easy to labor fixtures. I learned a lot about lamps and fixtures in the ’70s and memorized all the standard labor units 30 years ago. For a long time, nothing changed. Apply the standard labor unit, throw in the appropriate factors, and you’re done. Life was easy.

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'Made in America' Making a Comeback
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With doom and gloom being the predominant message regarding U.S. manufacturing these last few years, it’s somewhat surprising to hear news of optimism in that sector lately.

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Are You Sleeping? Can You Hear Me?

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Let’s look back on the topics my column has covered over the past year and test your understanding. My answers to these questions appear at the end of this column.


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