When the Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight Center airline terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport opened in 1962—designed by Eero Saarinen with a gull-wing structure to echo flight—it captured the heart of the city. As...
This year, St. Louis Cardinal baseball fans and players will experience something new at Busch Stadium, especially during night games. In January, electricians from St. Louis-based Sachs Electric Co. began the process of...
In the world of college athletics, having state-of-the-art facilities is crucial. At Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, local contractor Mid-City Electric Co. helped to make sure the advanced systems in the university’s...
Sometimes, the most rewarding jobs do much more than add to a company’s bottom line. A team of contractors recently demonstrated this by donating their time, money and services to the construction of a new Boys & Girls Club...
Sonoma State University’s state-of-the-art music complex is the result of a decade-long construction project that turned what could have been a basic concert hall into a facility with some of the best acoustics a venue can...
Napa Valley is world-famous for its vineyards, fine wines, tasting rooms and restaurants for those who seek a distinct experience. Such companies have a unique set of requirements for electrical installations, especially...
Fueled by dropping prices and better storage capacity, the rate of solar installations is either holding steady or growing in multiple sectors across the United States. In the first quarter of 2018, the U.S. market installed...
The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the fourth-busiest airport in the world and the second-busiest in the United States. It served more than 86 million passengers in 2017 alone. It started in 1929 as a single...
If utility lines serve as the lifeblood to electrical systems, stations that feed those lines are the heart, so upgrading those stations to meet growing, changing demands is critical. However, only a limited number of...
Late one Friday night in May 2016, a massive electrical fire consumed the majority of Wirco Alloy Engineering and Casting Foundry (Wirco-AECCO) in Champaign, Ill. The fire, sparked by a shorted-out fan, quickly ignited the...
In 2012, as most voters focused on the U.S. presidential race, Coloradans and Washingtonians also cast ballots to legalize recreational use of marijuana. It was the first state to do so. In the years since, Alaska, California...
Electrical contractors have their share of unusual customers, but few demand as much respect—and attention—as an elephant. Cherry City Electric crews may be the few in their trade who can say they’ve worked closely with the...
Most construction jobs don’t involve interactions with grizzly bears or mating moose. Most don’t involve calling twice daily for a snow plow. Most don’t involve maneuvering a 40-foot lift around the floor of a 100-year-old...
Thanks to increasing adoption of renewable energy, declining market costs of many renewable technologies, and the availability of financial incentives that help subsidize the cost of installation, the photovoltaic (PV) panel...
Student veterans returning from the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq with emotional or physical disabilities now have a haven at the Chez Family Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education. The University of...
On September 3, 2015, only days after construction was completed, a sold-out crowd of 17,500 people at the Lakeview Amphitheater on Onondaga Lake cheered as country music star Miranda Lambert took the stage. If the concert...
