July Issue 2010

 

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The 2010 Profile of the Electrical Contractor

By Joseph M. KellyUnder (Miscellaneous)

Every other year, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR conducts a survey of its readers to provide a checkup on th

On the Path to Survival

By Wayne D. MooreUnder (Miscellaneous)

One of the first things you discover when reading NFPA 72 (2010), the National Fire Alarm and Signa

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Boosting Data Center Efficiency
(Green Building)
By
Darlene Bremer
July 2010
It is estimated that the nation’s servers and data centers consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2006, which was 1.5 percent of total U.S. READ MORE
The Risk of ‘Good Enough’
(Your Business)
By
Denise Norberg-Johnson
July 2010
A disaster on the scale of the BP oil spill is unlikely to happen to the average electrical contractor and, therefore, provides little reason to perform catastrophe analysis. READ MORE
Centers of Opportunity
(Miscellaneous)
By
Jim Hayes
July 2010
The flood of information being generated, stored and transmitted over the Internet has created a massive demand for new data centers. READ MORE
Summer Time Bids
(Your Business)
By
Stan Shook
July 2010
There’s some really positive energy brewing in the construction industry, and I’m seeing a lot of good bid opportunities throughout the country. READ MORE
Threats and Predictions
(Miscellaneous)
By
Gerard W. Ittig
July 2010
For most contracts, a contractor’s application for final payment must be accompanied by final waivers of lien and verified statements that all amounts due are accounted for. READ MORE

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