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Humankind has been aware of the nature and potential of electrical power throughout most of recorded history. However, it took more than 4000 years for those in science and engineering to finally learn how to harness this force of nature – and throughout most of the 19th and early 20th read more…
Energy efficiency and conservation wasn’t a high priority during much of the 20th Century. The Arab oil embargo of 1973 served as a wake-up call, however. Going forward, designers, architects and engineers have increasingly incorporated energy-efficient designs and technologies into structures as they become available. So much for new buildings. read more…
Viticulture is arguably one of humankind’s oldest crafts. According to archaeological evidence, the world’s first winery was established in what is now Armenia over 6,000 years ago. Wine making has come a very long way over the millennium. What was once an uncertain process has now, with the integration of read more…
Historic Philadelphia, PA is home to a number of firsts – not the least of which was the first shipyard to produce iron and steel vessels for the U.S. Navy. Those days are long gone, but the site of the Philadelphia Navy Yard is getting a new lease on life read more…
As energy demands have increased, so has the interest in solar energy solutions. Solar is becoming a larger and more significant part of the overall solution to our energy needs. As this technology grows, the types of applications and solutions for solar have grown too. Unbeknownst to many is that read more…
While the “paperless”office may be reducing waste and saving trees, it has created its own set of unique challenges. Data centers, servers, local area networks and intranets are massive and complex, requiring specialized skills to build, install and maintain. While things such as security from hackers and viruses, file storage read more…
While the IBEW is a labor union that negotiates wages and benefits for its members and establishes working conditions, this is only part of its mission. At the heart of what the IBEW and its partner organization, NECA, are all about, is education and training for apprentices and journeymen. These read more…
Keeping Vital Services Running in Hospital Construction While medical science and the technology used to diagnose and treat injuries and illnesses are advancing at an exponential rate (which is certainly no bad thing), the fact is that that medical treatment facilities do not have the luxury of shutting down while read more…
Electric TV highlights the many contributions of NECA-IBEW teams on some demanding and high profile electrical projects. If you have followed these blogs and/or have seen any recent video presentations from ETV, you know that contractors and workers of the NECA-IBEW team are ready to tackle the most innovative projects read more…
Before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established in 1971, there were few state or federal laws protecting workers on the job, or even requiring that employers take any steps at all to insure that risks to employees are minimized. The federal government would periodically issue “guidelines,” but read more…
While that may seem an odd description to apply to a building, it is actually quite appropriate for San Francisco’s General Hospital as designers, engineers and workers of the NECA-IBEW team complete major structural upgrades. These upgrades will allow the entire building to withstand an earthquake of of up to read more…
“Visible light communications” are certainly nothing new. In ancient times, bonfires and sunlight bounced off of reflective surfaces were often used to communicate messages over long distances. In the 19th Century, Morse code led to the invention of “semaphores” that allowed the crew of a sea-going vessel to communicate with read more…
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