Published:
July 2012

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Glacier-Slow Progress: Midyear economic outlook

By Joseph M. KellyUnder (Your Business)

The protracted climb out of the recession continues with modest, incremental improvement.

2012 Profile of the Electrical Contractor

By Joseph M. KellyUnder (Residential)

For the past 50 years, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR has surveyed its readers every other year to get a snap

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Sizing Conductors, Part XIV
(Codes & Standards)
By
Charles R. Miller
July 2012
Ambient temperature and the number of current-carrying conductors installed in a raceway or cable are two factors to consider when sizing conductors. READ MORE
Up for Discussion
(Systems)
By
Jim Hayes
July 2012
Before the last meeting of the TIA TR-42 committees that write cabling standards, a major fiber optic test equipment company asked if I would petition one of the committees t READ MORE
Smart Contractors Maximize Their Total Value With Top Distributors
(Systems)
By
Frank Bisbee
July 2012
The $48 Rolex watch is obviously a counterfeit. Counterfeit products are found throughout in the communications industry today. READ MORE
Sun Protection
(Codes & Standards)
By
Mark C. Ode
July 2012
In the 2005 National Electrical Code (NEC), 310.10, fine print note No. READ MORE
What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate!
(Systems)
By
Wayne D. Moore
July 2012
The captain of Road Prison 36 in “Cool Hand Luke,” played by Strother Martin, said the line that appears as the title of this article. READ MORE

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