Last month I wrote about a change in fiber optic standards that seemed out of step with the technical community. That raised questions such as how do fiber optic standards get written? And what are standards anyway...

In 1996, when the National Electrical Contractors Association was developing National Electrical Installation Standards (NEIS) for the electrical construction industry, the initial effort included the development of NECA 1...

Falling objects kill hundreds of workers each year and injure thousands more. In fact, roughly 5% of all workplace fatalities are caused by falling and dropped objects. Deaths have resulted from dropped items as small as a...

Recently I spoke with Neil Tolson, executive director of the Electrical Industry Certifications Association (EICA), about his organization and its recently accredited American National Standards Institute (ANSI) crane...