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On the other end of the phone one recent Monday morning, Cynthia Renaud —formerly a student of policing techniques but now a lighting specialist — tells me with pleasure about her unusual journey...
Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Brad Fraser was on the path to becoming a mechanical engineer when life events led him to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps in the electrical business in 1971. “My mother was ill, so I stayed home to take care of her,” reminisces Fraser, about how he got started...
The following is an encore profile of Michelle Branigan, the indefatigable CEO of Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC). You know her better now thanks to her monthly contributions to our publication.
Whether you’ve enjoyed a hockey game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, shopped at a Wal-Mart store or flown through Pearson International Airport in Toronto, you’ve likely stood under a Peerless-Electric luminaires...
As a first generation electrician, Scott Huckins, owner of Precision Electric, was encouraged to enter into the trades through school and regional competitions like the regional Halton Skills Competition..
Electrical Contractors love trucks but we fully we admit it we love boats at Kerrwil- so when we saw an electrical Contractor with his own branded boat we needed to know more about River Electric...
JSM Electrical Contracting sees itself as a Newfoundland based contractor with a National and International resume...
Ryfan Electric Ltd. was incorporated in the Northwest Territories in 1979 with its head office in Yellowknife, NT. With a service area of 1.1 million plus logistically challenged square kilometres in the Northwest Territories, 1.9 million in Nunavut and an additional 350,000 in Edmonton and North Alberta, getting to customers is no easy feat!
Mike’s Electric in Banff welcomes its customers with an elegant storefront and a commitment to community, offering industrial, commercial and residential services in the Bow Valley area.
Prairie Electrical in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba is a full service electrical firm with 18 years of experience. They specialize in custom new home wiring, knob and tube removal and rewire, and service upgrades but also offer expertise with HAI home automation and whole home audio distribution systems, data and telephone cabling as well as Back up Power and commercial applications like sign repair.
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Electrician Forum Brought to You by Schneider Electric
The Electrician Forum is a monthly column that provides valuable information to electricians and electrical contractors on current industry trends and concerns.
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In this issue: Electrical Contractor Job Site Costing: A View of Canadian Costing Trends
Quite simply put if you feel that job site costing and quote development are a lot of work, you are right! To properly assess a job and estimate the required work time, product costs and various other expenses can take more time than is often feasible for a small company. You need to be spending your time completing projects, which can become difficult if you are spending your hours doing cost analysis. We learned this first hand in last month’s edition of the Electrician Forum when Steve Beeby of Beehive Electric discussed the balance required to own and operate an electrical contracting company.
Watch a portion of the interview conducted by Electrical Industry Canada with Steve Beeby of Beehive Electric
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Advancing Power Quality: Fluke’s Hilton Hammond and Frank Healy
As our population grows and consumers continue to rely on technology for both essentials and comfort, the need for power quality has become vital. Fluke is a leader in this field, offering power quality training seminars, as well as employing power quality specialists with years of industry experience.
This month’s personal profile is a double feature of two of Fluke’s senior power quality specialists, Hilton Hammond and Frank Healy.
Hilton Hammond has been with Fluke since 1995, and in 2013 moved into his current position as Power Quality Business Unit Manager. He has a deep and thorough knowledge of power quality and related electrical instrumentation.
Frank Healy, Power Quality Product Marketing Manager at Fluke since 2006, has been in the industry for well over three decades. He globally manages Fluke’s power quality products, including measuring instruments and precision power analyzers.
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A Business Case for Future-proofing Building Lighting Systems, Part 1
The economic impetus to convert traditional incandescent and fluorescent lighting to digital LED is rapidly becoming inescapable. With proven energy saving rates of 60% and beyond, the return on investment is hard to beat among capital improvement projects.
Facility managers are constantly pressed with the cost of energy per square foot, as well as the overall operational cost per square foot. While LED retrofit is becoming increasingly more palatable, building owners and operators are still limiting projects to the fundamental, must-do upgrades, with the mindset of containing costs at every turn. This may be a safe short-term return strategy, but in doing so, they are foregoing the opportunity for low-cost future enhancements that can drive value.
