A decade ago, contractors often knew the inspector who reported to the job site. That inspector arrived when scheduled and had years of field experience as an electrician. Today, the inspection experience is changing, which...
A county fire inspector and a city fire inspector disagreed about the proper spacing and locations of system smoke detectors in a residential building. They questioned whether the spacing should be from center to center or...
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly impacted the electrical business in general. You may be among the lucky few able to remain working on a large new construction project. However, you have probably lost traditional service...
What have we learned from the pandemic? Regardless of where we are in the design and installation process, how we approach the work we normally perform has changed. Hopefully, we have also learned some important business...
New Section 680.4 in Article 680 in the 2020 National Electrical Code enables the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) to require periodic inspection and testing of swimming pools, fountains and similar installations such as...
On Sept. 30, 2019, Eugene Scalia was sworn in as the head of the U.S. Department of Labor, which is responsible for oversight and operation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Scalia was a labor attorney and...
After several years of a reduced number of inspections, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration performed more inspections in 2019 than they in any year since 2016. From fiscal year (FY) Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 3...
According to a memo that Bloomberg uncovered using the Freedom of Information Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is considering taking to the air with camera-equipped drones as a way to gather more...
The threat of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection may seem inevitable. In reality, the potential is pretty low. Each year, state and federal agencies conduct only about 100,000 job site...
