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Aug 20 2018

Women Answering the Call to Solve EC Industry's Skilled Labor Shortage

Although women make up about 2% of the construction industry, those two percent are certainly making a name for themselves. And not only are they continuously rising in the ranks, they are making sure they are steadily growing that percentage by recruiting more women into the industry.

Aug 17 2018

Free Webinar to Feature Significant Changes to the NFPA 70E® 2018

NECA Premier Partner Schneider Electric along with NECA, IBEW and electrical training ALLIANCE subject matter experts will present a webinar on the significant changes in the 2018 edition of NFPA 70E, The Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace.

Aug 17 2018

2018 Profile of the Electrical Contractor, Part 2: Getting to Work

We covered a lot of ground in the first installment. We learned electrical contractors are getting older, primarily work for smaller companies and mostly saw their firms’ head counts stay the same or grow over the course of 2017. This month, we look at how ECs get their work done.

Aug 17 2018

NECA Legislative Top Three: 8/17/18

View a listing of NECA-supported candidates who won their primary elections this week, NECA Wins on change orders.

Aug 16 2018

Electrical Connection Members Power the PGA Championship in St. Louis

The PGA project was yet another in a series major St. Louis area events wired by the IBEW/NECA team. Indeed, Guarantee Electrical traces its name to its “guaranteed performance” wiring of the 1904 World’s Fair.

Aug 16 2018

Balancing Technology’s Risks and Opportunities

There is an urgent need for creating a healthy understanding of the overall system for technological change, without falling into technological determinism, or creating and adopting new technologies for the sake of change.

Aug 14 2018

OSHA Releases FAQs for Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction; CISC Provides Clarifications

OSHA released a set of 53 FAQs to provide guidance to employers and employees regarding the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction.

Aug 14 2018

This Doesn’t Look Like Naples – Part Two

The 2019 Employee Benefits Conference features a change of location, change of dates, and change in schedule. Click to learn more and register today!

Aug 13 2018

ELECTRI International Survey for Electrical Contractors as the Integrator

ELECTRI International and Maxim Consulting are conducting research about the differences between your electrical construction business and your low voltage/systems business.

Aug 10 2018

NECA Member Rosendin Electric Updates San Jose Foothill Park with Safer LED Fixtures

NECA's Rosendin Electric and IBEW Local 332 replaced 3-800lb concrete light poles at the City of San Jose's Foothill Park.

NECA Video Update

eSafetyLine, OSHA Silica FAQs, Project Excellence Award Winners

This week we're announcing the NECA 2018 Project Excellent Awards Winners and highlighting a recently updated product, eSafetyLine. An online program that provides users with a complete company safety program including company safety manual, written safety programs, NECA's NFPA 70E PPE Selector, Lockout Guide and Supervisors Guide. Plus, OSHA Released FAQs for the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction.

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Sep 29

NECA 2018 Convention and Trade Show

09/29 - 10/02 /2018

Philadelphia, PA

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NECA and Schneider Electric Present Significant Changes to the NFPA 70E® 2018 Webinar

08/23/2018

2018 District 4 Summer Council Meeting

08/ 28 - 29 /2018

District 7 Summer Council Meeting 2018

08/ 28 - 29 /2018

NECA 2018 NextGen Fly-In

09/ 05 - 06 /2018

Washington, DC

2018 NECA District 2 Fall Council Meeting

09/ 05 - 06 /2018

2018 ConTech Roadshow: Boston

09/12/2018

Boston, MA

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09/29 - 10/02 /2018

Philadelphia, PA

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2018 Staff Executive Training School (SETS) Fall Session

10/ 22 - 24 /2018

Bethesda, MD

2019 NECA-IBEW Employee Benefits Conference

01/ 27 - 30 /2019

District 2 2019 Winter Council Meeting

01/ 28 - 30 /2019

District 1 2019 Winter Council Meeting

02/ 04 - 06 /2019

2019 NECA Legislative Conference

05/ 01 - 03 /2019

Washington, DC

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NECA Guide to NFPA 70E Employer (Contractor) Responsi...

The guide will form a basis for the contractor’s compliance with NFPA 70E. It details planning and documentation requirements a contractor must comply with to effectively communicate the risks to customers as well as employees.

Index #: 5126-18

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Energized vs. De-energized Work - Guide to Decision M...

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NFPA 70E Lockout/Tagout Guide 5400-18

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NECA Guide to Policies and Best Practices for NFPA 70...

Index #: 5127-18

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NFPA 70E Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Selector

The NFPA 70E Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Selector Guide, (5024-15), was developed to assist the industry in understanding and applying the provisions found in “NFPA 70E, The Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace”.

Index #: 5024-18

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