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Project Management

 
Small Bites, Big Meetings: Make IRS Security Job a Success
by
Curt Harler
| June 2003
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  • Systems

It’s safe to say the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) keeps close watch on everyone’s money. Especially its own revenues and expenditures.

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Jersey City Medical Worth the Wait
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| May 2003
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  • Your Business

First Phase of Medical Center Completed The construction of a new medical center is welcome news to the Jersey City community. Jersey City, N.J., has changed. Located in Hudson County and within sight of the majestic Statute of Liberty, it has grown and redeveloped—gentrified if you will.

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Good Management Includes Good Safety
by
Lewis Tagliaferre
| May 2003
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  • Safety

No strategic business plan is complete without health and safety management Violating OSHA safety regulations can be costly to your firm.

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Healthcare Facilities Offer Unique Challenges
by
Thomas P. Hammerberg
| May 2003
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  • Your Business

Are fire alarm system requirements for healthcare facilities different than for other occupancies? Are the requirements for fire alarms different from one code to another? Today, there are two new building codes available.

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Team Effort Pays Off
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| May 2003
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  • Your Business

Known as a city of high winds and equally blustery politicians, Chicago and its surrounding suburbs are also hailed as a nucleus of distinguished healthcare institutions.

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Restoring the Fifth Star
by
Susan M. Casey
| April 2003
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  • Your Business

In late August 2002, as he walked up to the job site at Le Bec Fin, a Philadelphia establishment that is one of the nation’s finest restaurants, Michael Kahmar, vice president of Kahmar Electric, started slightly when he noticed the sign posted at the front entrance: “Accepting reservations for Sep

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Marketing Design-Build Services
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| April 2003
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  • Your Business

Finding the right team is only the first step The popularity of design-build as a project delivery system continues to grow in the United States as more and more owners embrace it. There are a variety of ways that your firm can become involved in this growing market.

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Chicago Public School Rehab Earns an A+
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| March 2003
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  • Your Business

Sharlen Electric Company in Chicago didn’t balk at the scope of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) project; it set course for a superior integrated-systems installation.

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Unique Contractor Grows In Many Directions
by
Joe Salimando
| February 2003
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  • Your Business

It’s hard to explain what enabled Sullivan & McLaughlin (Boston) to surge from $2 million annual sales in 1991 to $50 million and growing. It can be summed up this way. The people who run the company like each other and their employees; their employees trust them and like them back.

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MACs: A 'Contractor Paradise'
by
Joe Salimando
| February 2003
| under
  • Systems

When it comes to moves, adds and changes, most customers can’t or won’t do what it takes to cut costs. As a result, many VDV contractors are surviving tough times thanks primarily to MACs work.

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Caterpillar and FuelCell Energy to Win First Contract
February 2003
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  • Your Business

Caterpillar Inc. and FuelCell Energy, Inc. are expected to win a contract to install one of the nation's first advanced utility-scale fuel cell power plants designed to feed power from a substation into a local electric distribution system.

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Project Design Woes
by
Eric David
| February 2003
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  • Your Business

Once upon a time, as fairy tales go, designing engineers produced workable electrical plans with very few errors. Of course that was when the average electrical project amounted to a mere 5 percent of a project’s overall costs.

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GE Supply Logistics Opens New Headquarters
January 2003
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  • Your Business

GE Supply Logistics, LLC, an operating unit of GE Supply, the electrical products distribution business of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), has opened its new headquarters, sales and distribution center in Irving, Texas.

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Communicate More Effectively - Boost Your Bottom Line
January 2003
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  • Your Business

On the job and in the office, communication styles often determine how productively your team performs, be it estimating a new job or completing one in the field. Communication is at the center of motivation and leadership, and it can be related to personality.

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'Mighty Mac' Gets A Makeover - Mackinac Bridge Receives Electrical Upgrade
by
Brenda Silva
| January 2003
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  • Your Business

At a cost almost equal to its original construction, the Mackinac Bridge received an extensive upgrade to its existing electrical systems, with the bridge’s massive size presenting only one of the challenges to the project.

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Thomas & Betts Names Dominic J. Pileggi President and COO
December 2002
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  • Your Business

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Thomas & Betts Corporation announced that it has elected Dominic J. Pileggi to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer for the company, effective January 1, 2003.

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Cooper Lighting Names New President
December 2002
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  • Your Business

HOUSTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/––Cooper Industries, Ltd. announced that it has appointed David J. Feldman as president of its Cooper Lighting division effective December 16, 2002.

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Eaton to Acquire Electrical Division of Delta PLC
December 2002
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  • Your Business

CLEVELAND––Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced it has signed an agreement to purchase the electrical division of Delta plc for £130 million ($205 million).

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Your Firm: Portfolio of Businesses
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| November 2002
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  • Your Business

Electrical contracting firms are no longer the "single-product" firms they once were. For most of the history of electrical construction, the electrical contracting firm's market has been traditional contract construction and its customer base, predominantly general contracting firms.

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Transition Networks and Graybar Expand Distribution Partnership
November 2002
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  • Your Business

Minneapolis, Nov. 11, 200'–Transition Networks, the conversion technology experts, announced an enhanced distribution relationship with Graybar, the leading distributor of telecommunications, networking, and electrical products and services.

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