Numbers Game
Sep 1, 2007, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
Every time I pick up a newspaper, turn on the radio, or tune in to the local or national TV news, all I hear about is how bad the residential housing...
Seeing the Light
Sep 1, 2007, By Gary Nangle, P.E., Cronis, Liston, Nangle & White, LLP
Although industrial lighting has historically been a step behind technologies used for other building types, many of the advancements made over the past...
2008 Truck & Van Preview
Sep 1, 2007, By the Editors of Fleet Owner magazine
Despite the big falloff in new truck sales this year due to the mandated introduction of EPA 2007-compliant diesel engines into 2008 model year trucks...
The Changing Face of CPM
Sep 1, 2007, By Tom Zind, Freelance Writer
The advent of ever-more powerful software has relieved contractors of tedious work ranging from bookkeeping to taxes to estimating. Time that used to...
Service Secrets
Sep 1, 2007, By Amy Florence Fischbach, Contributing Writer
Jim Kleiser, franchisee owner of Mr. Electric in Vancouver, Wash., started his own business with a service truck in his garage. In less than 18 months,...
Projected Construction Employment Numbers Not in Sync
Aug 1, 2007,
One of the most intriguing empirical puzzles brought about by recent U.S. economic conditions is the apparent disconnect between measures of output and...
Printed and Organic Lighting Market to Top Almost $3 Billion by 2012
Aug 1, 2007,
Owing to higher energy efficiencies and the ability to create novel lighting products, the adoption of solid-state lighting (SSL), such as organic light-emitting...
Manufacturing Facilities Market Poised for Continued Growth
Aug 1, 2007, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor
Thanks to an increasingly competitive global market and a stronger-than-anticipated U.S. economy, the outlook for manufacturing construction spending...
Aging Workforce Launches War for Talent
Jul 1, 2007,
For the first time in its 15-year history, the focus of Denver-based FMI Corp.'s annual analysis of construction firm training practices was broadened...
Plugging In
Jun 1, 2007, By Tom Zind, Freelance Writer
While they toil making electrical connections work for customers and clients, a growing number of electrical industry professionals are making connections...
BICSI Spring Meeting Field Report
Jun 1, 2007, By Joe Knisley, Senior Editorial Consultant
At the BICSI 2007 Spring Conference held at the Gaylord Resort and Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas, from April 15-18, the concern to learn more...
Watch and Learn
Jun 1, 2007, By John Michael Shaver, Stanley Consultants
Although expensive at their inception, technological advances made in the video surveillance arena in the last five to 10 years are now priced competitively,...
NEMA Launches AFCI Safety Web Site
Jun 1, 2007,
There's a new online resource available on the latest in electrical circuit protection technology, thanks to the Low-Voltage Distribution Equipment Section...
IBEW TV
Jun 1, 2007,
With more than one million hits, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker's (IBEW) Hour Power is proving popular with members and non-members...
Oregon Utility Customers Soak Up the Sun
Jun 1, 2007,
Some home and business owners in Oregon are looking to the sky for their energy needs, turning sunlight directly into electricity under their utility's...
