New Housing Construction up 5% in May YOY

The increase at the national level came mainly from higher investment in apartment and apartment-condominium building construction, up 17.2% year over year to $1.5 billion…

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22 CE Code Changes Related to Wiring Devices and Cable Management, Part 2

Appearing below are eight more examples of Canadian Electrical Code changes involving wiring devices and cable management, compiled by Legrand. This is the second of a three-article series on the 22 changes…

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Now Might Be a Good Time to Remodel How and Why You Do Marketing

At the workshop I shared new ways contractors can think about and do their marketing so they can attract their desired customer and job types. It’s what I call strategic marketing. For those of you who missed the workshop, here are some of the key points we discussed…

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Salary by City

Edmonton leads among seven cities, followed by Vancouver. At the other end, Ottawa…

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EHRC’s Newest Project Supports Workplace Access for People with Disabilities

A new project launched by Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC), EnAbling Change: From Disability to Inclusion, will see the organization focus on improving equity of access for people with disabilities who work or wish to work in Canada’s electricity industry…

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Q2 2016 Investment in non-residential building construction Rises Slightly

Investment in non-residential building construction increased 0.2% to $12.6 billion in the second quarter, following five consecutive quarterly declines…

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How to Measure Light

How do you ascertain the illumination level needed for various applications so as to achieve optimal light and safety as well as visual comfort?..

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22 CE Code Changes Related to Wiring Devices and Cable Management, Part 1

Appearing below are the first 8 of 22 examples of Canadian Electrical Code changes involving wiring devices and cable management, compiled by Legrand. This is the first of a three-article series on the 22 changes. Watch for Parts 2 and 3 in the next two issues of Electrical Industry News Week…

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Salaries by Employer

Among 13 companies, median salaries paid by the leading employer are almost twice what the lagging employer pays…

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Building Permits Down 1.9% in May

Municipalities issued building permits worth $6.8 billion in May, down 1.9% from the previous month…

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14 Best Practices for Lineman Safety, Part 1

Appearing below is an excerpt of a paper presented by Wilson Yancey Jr. at the 2016 Academy of Electrical Contracting’s annual meeting in June: Cultivating Safety through Community: Training and Best Practices of the Electrical Transmission and Distribution Partnership…

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I-Gard: Safety Product Specialists with an Emphasis on Education and Training

I-Gard has been in the electrical industry for over 40 decades. Transforming from a power resistor supplier, the firm became an expert in resistance grounding and ground fault protection in 2001, when it acquired the Federal Pioneer line of ground fault protection products…