Changing Scene

Klein Tools has announced John Kinney from Woburn, Massachusetts, as the winner of its annual Electrician of the Year award.

Jennifer Green, Director of Competitions and Young Women’s Initiatives at Skills Ontario, has been given a Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 Award in the CP Skilled Trades category presented by Women’s Executive Network (WXN).

With 35 years of innovation in Canada, Trilliant, an international leading provider of utility solutions for advanced metering and smart grid systems, has announced the launch of its Libra Series Edge-Ready Smart Electric Meter for residential, commercial and industrial applications.

Export Development Canada (EDC) is excited to acknowledge a select group of companies, whose clean technologies are making a positive impact around the world, with help from EDC. 

Technologies DUAL-ADE Inc, a Canadian manufacturer of custom designed switchgear, and nuventura GmbH, a German innovation center developing next generation Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) technology, announced the signing of a partnership agreement.

As a member of the Electrical Sector board, Balentine joins David Oldfather of IDEA and Jon Duffie of Siemens in helping drive adoption of ETIM product classification standards in the Electrical industry through membership recruitment, product committee engagement and prioritization, industry advocacy and other activities.

At a virtual ceremony, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) opened a new advanced materials research facility to serve as a national clean energy hub, supporting and undertaking foundational research of new materials for clean energy and other applications and transitioning them to industrial use.

Suderman Electrical Estimating Course 2 is an in-depth hands-on course that provides the participant with the opportunity to learn advance electrical estimating techniques for systems, distribution, service equipment, motor power and control.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), the United States is expected to have a shortage of electricians in the near future.

The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (FCA-CAF) and the Future Skills Center, in collaboration with the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ), are looking for 500 people working in the construction industry to participate in a project pan-Canadian pilot on the use of the electronic learning logbook named Valid-8.

Schneider Electric is introducing their new Buildings of the Future framework to leverage the all-digital, all electric world for more sustainable, resilient, hyper-efficient and people-centric buildings.

Four alumni from Southwire’s Engineering Academy (SWEA), recently received a patent for a device they helped design in 2016 while part of the program.

The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), the voice of Ontario’s engineering community, is announcing a four-point action plan to address systemic bias prevalent in the culture, training and licensure process.  

According to estimates, the number of business closures edged down in August, as COVID-19 restrictions continued to ease.

Hilti recently introduced its first robot, Jaibot, for semi-autonomous mobile ceiling-drilling. The Hilti Jaibot construction robot will help Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing installation contractors tackle productivity, safety and labor shortage challenges. With this new construction automation solution, Hilti makes a further step toward the digitization of construction sites.