Susan Bloom

According to the ELECTRI International report, “Pandemics and Construction Productivity: Quantifying the Impact,” the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to have reduced productivity in the construction sector by some 20%, based...

S upporting the Portland, Ore., metropolitan area with bus, light rail and commuter rail transit service since 1969, the TriMet transit system has been a mainstay in the community for more than half a century. Transporting up...

On Aug. 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida bore down on Louisiana with intense Category 4 strength, officially becoming the second-most damaging hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana—coincidentally, 16 years to the day after the area...

Extreme weather events are occurring more frequently than ever. We have experienced it personally, learned about it in the media, and it is confirmed by a range of meteorological experts, including those at the National...

Did you know? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2019” (prepandemic data): More than 5,300 fatal occupational injuries occurred in 2019, the largest annual...

It’s no news that electrical contracting firms across the country have been struggling with skilled labor shortages for some years—a condition that’s been highlighted and exacerbated by the pandemic. But electrical...

5%–10% of all electricians in America are women, and roughly 10% of electrical contracting firms are woman-owned—seemingly minuscule numbers in the grand scheme of the nation’s 700,000 electricians and 70,000 electrical...

For nearly 60 years, Edison, N.J.-based Forest Electric Corp. has served the commercial electrical contracting needs of corporate and service organizations throughout New York and New Jersey. Nowhere was their expertise more...

As the market increasingly embraces the fact that better light quality can deliver greater employee satisfaction and higher sales, electrical contractors have become more involved in the process of lighting design for their...

For the past three decades, contractors have capitalized on energy-efficient product rebates from the roughly 3,000 U.S. utilities—incentives proven to reduce energy consumption and drive upgrade activity among homes...

Prefabrication activities are pervading the electrical contracting industry. Following, three contractors share how they’re engaging in prefab as a way to reduce costs and meet aggressive deadlines in an increasingly...

Everyone in electrical contracting will confirm that the industry has evolved immensely over the last several decades in new and nontraditional ways, from controls and low-voltage technologies to wireless systems that make...