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2022 is not just another regular year for AD Electrical – Canada member Franklin Empire—this organization has reached a landmark accomplishment that few businesses see in their lifetimes.

The Centre Block at Parliament Hill is an iconic national symbol of Canada and the home of Canada’s Parliament. The Centre Block Rehabilitation will modernize the century-old building for future generations while preserving its heritage as the heart of Canadian democracy.

As we start the new year, the construction industry is looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities 2022 will bring.

Ultraviolet light (UV) is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 100nm to 400nm.

In today’s proliferation of renewable and distributed electricity generation sites, there is an increasing need to quantify the quality of the power flowing throughout the grid.

On December 2^nd, 2021, CSA Group launched a new Lighting Center of Excellence in Irvine, California to serve North American Lighting Manufacturers.

For over 90 years, CSA C22.1:21, Canadian Electrical Code, Part I, has been updated to help address sector challenges and improvements. And 2021 was no exception.

Canada-based Grimard is involved in multiple complex and large-scale projects with many different stakeholders. They needed a way to efficiently communicate with these stakeholders, share project details with them, receive feedback, and digitize processes that were previously done manually.

Power quality issues can affect multiple aspects of your business, with a long list of destructive and costly effects.

Rule 56-000 states that Section 56 is a supplementary or amendatory section of the code and applies to the installation of optical fiber cables in conjunction with all other electrical systems.

When I promote the skilled trades, I often highlight the positive and amazing reasons why I love my job. But the truth is, no job is perfect.

I was about 12 years old when I did the most physically demanding thing of my life.  As in my whole life, to this day.  That was 45 years ago and nothing I’ve done since was more difficult.  I’ve run up mountains, competed in triathlons and run ultramarathons, so I consider the bar to be relatively high.

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, released Canadian-focused findings from a report developed in partnership with Dodge Data & Analytics, a leading provider of commercial construction project data.

“Dirty Power” means an unclean supply system. This does not concern the means (environmental aspect) how your utility company generates power, but rather how certain electrical/electronic units are “contaminated”, often unknowingly.

Chris McCarthy, Senior Vice- President of Sales Enablement & Operations, has 26-years of industry experience with a technical background as an Electric Power Engineer.

When arc flash hazard incident energy calculations are completed the resulting incident energy and arc flash boundary information is placed on the electrical equipment with a detailed arc flash and shock equipment label.