Value of Building Permits Jumps 6% in December
Canadian municipalities issued $8.8 billion worth of building permits in December, up 6.0% from November and the fourth consecutive monthly increase.
Honeywell: How USBs are Threatening Industrials
Removable USB media devices such as flash drives are commonplace and convenient when it comes to sharing information – those tiny flash drives can hold a lot of data.
RBT Electrical & Automation
RBT Electrical & Automation, located in Brantford, Ontario, provides a full service of electrical contracting along with automation and control services in the commercial and industrial sectors.
Median Salary by Skill for Electricians
Industrial electricians have a clear advantage in payscale over electricians in other sectors; residential electricians’ median salary is $4,000 below the national average.
5 Reasons to Rethink CRE Capacity Planning
Work is now “what we do,” not “a place where we go.” This is how authors of a Deloitte report, “Advanced Workspace Strategies: Enabling Today’s Mobile Workforce” described modern work environments and they couldn’t have said it better.
Parking Garage Lighting Retrofit Reduces Energy Costs, Improves Safety and Aesthetics
Located in the heart of the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood of Montreal is a large residential development known as Le Sanctuaire. The condominium buildings surround a courtyard with two low-rise commercial structures.
Distributed Low Voltage Infrastructures and Their Impact on Controls
While the majority of installations today are distributed high voltage (between 110V and 347V), the emergence of solid-state lighting technology has brought into question whether this is the most practical and efficient way to feed future lighting systems.
Average Electrician Salary by Experience
Entry level salary for electricians is 23% below the average on a national basis. However, there is only a 4% difference between mid-career and experienced electricians.
Investment in Building Construction Declines 2% from October to November 2018
Total investment in building construction decreased 2.0% from October to $13.7 billion in November. Both the residential (-2.2% to $9.4 billion) and non-residential (-1.6% to $4.3 billion) sectors declined.
The Future of Automation: Key Enabler of Future Factories
The world of manufacturing has never been as dynamic as it is today. Automation powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Edge Computing (Edge) and Augmented Reality (AR) is driving a new chapter in the industrial revolution.
Lance Giesbrecht, ELG Electric, Goderich, ON — Fastest Professional Electrician, Canada East
After eight months, 263 events, 17 broken clocks, and thousands of competitors, Ideal Industries’ 2018 National Championship Qualifying Round in Canada came to an end last October, and the Third Annual Ideal National Skills Competition took place December 1-3 in Orlando, Florida.
Customers from Hell: Five Do’s and Don’ts for Calming Cranky Customers
Perhaps you’ve noticed that customers are becoming increasingly hostile. Case in point was the highly publicized incident where a patron in a fast food restaurant became so enraged that he attacked the restaurant manager.
Using Drones to Inspect Wind Turbines
At a time when wind power is expanding rapidly, blade inspections are becoming a crucial maintenance activity. Although a number of inspection methods exist, new drone-based technologies are increasingly appealing.
CSA Group Publishes New Bi-national Standard for Photovoltaic Module Testing
The demand for cleaner, smarter energy, in the form of solar energy, is greater than ever. CSA/ANSI C450, an industry-developed guideline for extended photovoltaic (PV) module testing, helps to address the lack of uniform testing requirements in the PV module manufacturing industry.
Years Of Experience For Electrical Engineers
79% of electrical engineers in Canada have less than 10 years of experience, which may bode well for the future of the industry.
How Global Energy Trends Could Affect Supply and Demand
Major transformations are underway for the global energy sector, from growing electrification to the expansion of renewables, upheavals in oil production, and globalization of natural gas markets. Across all regions and fuels, policy choices made by governments will determine the shape of the energy system of the future.
