June 21, 2010 Volume 2, Issue Number 25 News and Information You Can Use Every Day in New Industry Info Section on NECAnet.org Our June 7, 2010, NTW highlighted the new, comprehensive Education section at NECAnet.org, but we want you to know that improvements have been made site-wide. Case in point: The new Industry Info section, which combines the former "On the Job" material with portals to subject matter from other areas on our main website AND some outstanding new features (see the next item!) to provide you access to a wide array of information on innovations, techniques, products and management strategies. The subsections are designed to help you on the job every day. For example, Safety provides access to resources, such as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and electric arc-flash protective clothing; an archive of standards & safety webinars; and, of course, the NECA-Intec pages that offer fresh safety training material every month. Compliance is where you can get information on the National Electrical Code, NECA's National Electrical Installation Standards®, and state codes and licenses. Labor Relations provides a huge amount of information on NECA-IBEW labor agreements and joint programs, labor law, statistics and studies, and much more. In addition to cross-referencing the Education section, Industry Info links to information on educational opportunities, research, and resources pertaining to Estimating, Productivity, and Business Management. You can also keep up with how our industry is Recruiting a bigger, stronger workforce; learn more about Energy Solutions; and even advertise Surplus Material. And that's just the beginning! Thoroughly explore Industry Info at NECAnet.org - one valuable subsection at a time!   On The Job Green BIM Survey Closes Wednesday; Please Respond RIGHT NOW! So far, only a few NECA member contractors have responded to the invitation to participate in the survey on using building information modeling (BIM) on sustainable projects. Therefore, we negotiated with sponsor McGraw-Hill Construction to keep the survey open one extra day, until the close of business on Wednesday, June 23, so more NECA contractors can respond. We urge you to participate regardless of whether you currently use BIM on green projects, so we can serve and promote our members most effectively with respect to new markets and new technologies. Thanks! Spend 15 minutes (or considerably less) on the Green BIM Survey RIGHT NOW! States Approving CEU Credit for Online Grounding and Bonding Course NECA's Management Education Institute is authorized to offer CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for qualifying programs, but states' electrical licensing boards are free to decide whether to accept them. Great News: Although the online NECA Electrical Grounding and Bonding course was only recently introduced, thus far Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Montana, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin have already agreed to accept the 0.8 CEUs available upon course completion. Find information about the online NECA Electrical Grounding and Bonding course Find information on your state's electrical licensing board Management Education & Training Archived Version of Integrated Project Delivery Webinar Available On June 10, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR magazine presented a webinar providing a comprehensive discussion of the basics and benefits of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) -- a growing collaborative approach that integrates people, systems, business structures and practices -- and the EC's role. An archived version of the webinar is now available, until September 9 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. View the archived version of the June 10, 2010, Integrated Project Delivery webinar FYI: You can catch the latest in video product demos from leading electrical suppliers, industry issue webinars/discussion panels, news broadcasts from the editor and publisher of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, trade show coverage and much more. Just go to http://www.ecmag.com/video/. Webinar Introducing Mentoring Program Recorded, Available Online If you missed the July 11, 2010, webinar introducing NECA's new Corporate Mentoring Program, don't despair! Now you can review or download a recording of it. If you have questions about the new program and especially if you are interested in participating (either as a mentor or a protégé), please call MEI Executive Director Greg Mankevich at 301-215-4550. FYI: As NECA President Rex Ferry says in his June 2010 "From the President's Desk" column, you're going to be hearing a lot about NECA's mentoring initiative. Review or download a recording of the July 11, 2010, webinar on mentoring Meetings & Events Convention General Session Speaker Bob Ballard Reveals New Secrets Did you catch the recent encore presentation of undersea explorer Bob Ballard on 60 Minutes? This intrepid oceanographer, who will address the Opening General Session at our convention this fall, is best known for discovering the Titanic, but he revealed new secrets on the news program, including details about a clandestine Navy mission. Take a look at the 60 Minutes coverage and you'll be on the edge of your seat, good practice for NECA 2010 Boston! Get details on all three 2010 General Sessions from the NECA Convention website Take Action Graybar Creates Exciting Challenge To Benefit Our Research Foundation Graybar (a NECA Premier Partner and a Founder-level member of the ELECTRI Council) and 12 of its manufacturer suppliers have set up a matching gift program to benefit ELECTRI International. Throughout 2010, a portion of every sale of participating manufacturers' products will be earmarked as a direct contribution to our industry's research foundation. It's easy to register your company and get matching gift credit for your Graybar purchases. Do it now, please! Investigate Graybar's offer and take a few seconds to sign up About NECA Executive Committee Nominates Dennis F. Quebe for President Elect Pursuant to its nomination function under Article 10.3(b) of NECA's National Bylaws, the NECA Executive Committee nominated Dennis F. Quebe of Dayton, Ohio, for president elect of our national association. (The president elect spends a one-year term preparing to assume the presidency.) Chapter governors will vote on this nomination, along with nominations for other offices, at their meeting on October 2 in Boston. Mr. Quebe is currently vice president of NECA District 2. Meet NECA President Elect Dennis F. Quebe Chapter Executives and Staff Trained at NECA Headquarters NECA's Management Education Institute recently held the spring sessions of SETS and CATS at our national headquarters office. Those acronyms stand for Staff Executives Training School and Chapter Administrative Training School. Attendees learn about resources available through NECA's national office and how to use them to best serve the interests of their chapters' members. Read a brief recap of the recent SETS and CATS sessions Member News Three Former NECA-Member Contractors Granted Veteran Status Veteran membership status may be awarded by NECA's Executive Committee to any individual who has represented a NECA-member company in good standing for at least 15 years and is no longer engaged in electrical contracting. The following individuals recently attained this status. (Other Veterans are listed on pages 209-212 in The NECA Book.) • Don B. Kanetzky, formerly of Kanetzky Electric, Central Texas Chapter • Richard D. Tillema, formerly of TC&M, Inc., Northern Indiana Chapter • Richard Wolters, formerly of Clayshire Electric, St. Louis Chapter NECA This Week is your source for news and information about NECA and the electrical construction industry. NECA This Week is presented by the National Electrical Contractors Association. Submit comments or questions to NECA This Week. Copyright 2009 NECA 1995–2009. All rights reserved. National Electrical Contractors Association, 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1100, Bethesda, MD 20814 Phone 301-657-3110 See the latest Legislative updates here.

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