September Issue 2008

Featured Articles

Riding Out the Residential Slump

By John Paul QuinnUnder (Residential)

Even before the housing market went into its downturn, residential work was problematic for the elec

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Curing the Blues

(Your Business)

By

Stan Shook

September 2008

Estimating got you down? Giving you the blues? Trust me, I know how you feel. But don’t get too depressed. There’s a cure just up ahead at the crossroads. READ MORE

Online Resources Help Contractors Build Green

(Miscellaneous)

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September 2008

A pair of online resources intended to help consumers and contractors build and maintain a green structure have been launched. READ MORE

New Home Sales Edge Down in June

(Miscellaneous)

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September 2008

Sales of newly built, single-family homes dipped slightly in June from an upwardly revised pace in May, the U.S. Commerce Department reported. READ MORE

A Period of Risk

(Miscellaneous)

By

Jeff Kohmstedt

September 2008

Doug Olson, president of Premier Electrical Construction, Brooklyn Park, Minn., hasn’t faced a major complication when it comes to post-warranty risk, and he hopes he never h READ MORE

Choosing Components for Premises Installations

(Systems)

By

Jim Hayes

September 2008

The choice of premises fiber optic components is affected by -several factors, including communications equipment, physical routing of the cable plant and building codes and READ MORE