NEWS & EVENTS

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On August 15, 2025   Amid all the attention paid to NFPA 70B, most people in the electrical service and maintenance business might be surprised to learn that it has been around for more than 50 years....

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On June 15, 2025   The most fundamental source of success in Henry Ford’s 1913 opening of his first assembly line, and every one thereafter, was something we have all learned to take for granted over the...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On June 15, 2025   The maintenance cycle in this six-phase program is when the electrical contractor and the facility owner seriously get down to business.   The maintenance cycle in...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On April 15, 2025   Competitively bid electrical construction contracting is a high-risk, low-margin business. The biggest culprit in creating that situation is not simply the competitive bidding process...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On Mpril 15, 2025   The term "hidden costs" is a misnomer. Most of the time, the source is hiding in plain sight along the path to a completed project. In electrical contracting, hidden costs are the...

    By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred SargentPublished On March 15, 2025   Last month’s article discussed the first phase: establishing a market presence. This month, we’re peering into the second phase: opportunity for agreement.  In ELECTRI International’s...