Contributing Authors

Rick Laezman is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer who has been covering renewable power for more than 10 years. He may be reached at richardlaezman@msn.com.

Stephen Carr has been in the electrical construction business since 1971. He started Carr Consulting Services—which provides electrical estimating and educational services—in 1994. Contact him at 805.523.1575 or steve@electrical-estimating.com, and read his blog at electricalestimator.wordpress.com.

Susan Casey, author of “Women Heroes of the American Revolution”, “Kids Inventing!”, and “Women Invent!” can be reached at scbooks@aol.com and www.susancaseybooks.com.

Thomas P. Hammerberg, SET, CFPS is president of Hammerberg & Associates Inc. Retired from the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) after 23 years, he represents the AFAA on the NFPA 72 Technical Correlating Committee and Protected Premises Technical Committee and...

Timothy Johnson is editor—digital for ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR magazine. Reach him at timothy.johnson@necanet.org.

Tom O'Connor is safety and regulatory affairs manager for Intec, a safety consulting, training and publishing firm that offers on-site assistance and produces manuals, training videos and software for contractors. Reach him at toconnor@intecweb.com.

Wayne D. Moore, a licensed fire protection engineer, frequent speaker and expert in the life safety field, is a principal member and past chair of NFPA 72, Chapter 24. He is a vice president with Jensen Hughes at the Warwick,...

Wes Wheeler is NECA’s director of safety and is a technical committee member on both NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, and NFPA 70E. He can be reached at wesley.wheeler@necanet.org.

William Atkinson has been a full-time business magazine writer since 1976. Contact him at w.atkinson@mchsi.com.