Electical Contractor

A system assessment is essentially a comprehensive overview of the structure, layout and functionality of any given system. In the world of electrical contractors, we are more often than not referring to networking systems, even though the same methodology applies to electrical systems.

Let’s face it: most companies don’t look at safety as an ongoing operation. They purchase a manual and place it on the shelf to collect dust. Or a company may take a step forward and enter data in a software program like the NECA Safety Expert System. Unfortunately, that is not enough.

Though the daily business pages of our nation's newspapers are peppered with headlines such as "Indexes hit new lows for the year," construction spending by the nation's schools experienced a $41.5 billion, or 14 percent increase in 2001, according to American School and University (AS&U) magazi

To battle a critical shortage of professional electrical and technical workers, the organized electrical construction industry is taking aim at every high school in the country with an unprecedented recruiting campaign.

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

At Avaya, Inc., a Basking Ridge, N.J., company spun off from Lucent Technologies earlier this year, Authorized Business Partners (ABP) are fully supported with structured cabling training from the company’s SYSTIMAX Group.

It’s not enough to offer customers an installed telecommunications infrastructure. In order to be successful, an electrical contractor has to guarantee that the system will work.