The nearly universal migration to LED lights and labor shortages around the COVID-19 pandemic are creating some challenges and opportunities for temporary lighting installations. Electrical contractors also have choices...
Twentieth-century libraries were stereotypically silent, predictable caverns with bookcases, study desks and a librarian shushing patrons. That’s not the model for libraries today or tomorrow, whether they are community...
Electrical contractors are used to facing challenges without easy answers. Over the last decade, Lake Erie Electric of Toledo Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio, has leveraged what the company calls its Off-Site Support Services (OSSS...
Cellphones are as ubiquitous as the workers on your job sites, and with or without strict rules of usage, these handheld, ever-smarter devices provide distractions and benefits to electricians, managers and companies. How to...
Job sites of the future are going to be better connected, with more tasks taking place off-site, while on-site robotics will be taking some of the most mundane and hazardous tasks. Workers on site will learn to navigate and...
Technological sensors on roads and intersections gather more data and enable more intelligent responses to conditions than ever before. Increased numbers of motorists, aging infrastructure and the growing digitalization is...
As healthcare demands rise, several companies have teamed up to build a modular solution intended to offer fast additional surgical or patient treatment capacity. Hunt Electric Corp., Bloomington, Minn., is at the center of...
Comfort, efficiency and security are driving residential smart home trends that interest many home buyers. What exactly makes a home “smart” differs, but once security systems and temperature or lighting controls are included...
State incentive programs have been driving solar installation across the country as part of a mission to expand renewable-energy use across facilities including city, county and school district sites. Photovoltaic systems...
Until recently, a marina visit might have meant fueling up your boat, buying a bag of ice and heating up a snack in a microwave. Finding a place to dock the boat was a matter of searching the slips for space and boaters just...
A shift is underway as factories reset facilities to provide more flexibility, automation and efficiency to meet the needs of a changing world. Contractors across the country are deploying renovations and upgrades that help...
Despite a global pandemic, weeks of wildfires and the ongoing challenges of serving as an international travel hub, Oregon’s Portland International Airport is several years into a project to update and expand its facility...
