NEWS & EVENTS

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On September 15, 2025   For more than 40 years, everyone knew the story of the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world. What people forgot was how quickly it was constructed. What people...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On July 15, 2025   Most contractors think of an employee handbook as a nicety, not a necessity. If we had harbored any of that sentiment ourselves, it was quickly dispelled when we sat down to talk with...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On June 15, 2025   The very first intercollegiate sport? Not football. Not basketball. Not baseball, soccer or lacrosse. In fact, not a game based on playing with a ball of any size or shape. It was...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On May 15, 2025     Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. Dynamite instantly captured worldwide demand, and Alfred Nobel became rich beyond his wildest dreams....

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On March 15, 2025     In the past two years, worldwide news about the spread of A.I. across a range of industries has continued to break. With scattered reports on where A.I. was beginning to show up...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On January 15, 2025     Tip-offs to the future course of the electrical service and maintenance business appear every month in this magazine, but they do not only show up in regular columns or...