the 2014 National Electrical Code® added a new section that will have a long-term profound effect on the design and specification of emergency lighting systems:
Electricity is often one of the initial services to fail during a storm. Many people use portable generators until power is restored.
This article will review the necessary steps to develop an Electrical Safety Program for your company. The first priority is to understand what energized work is and why you need an Electrical Safety Program for due diligence.
Utility companies rely on manholes, the street-based access vaults for electrical and other infrastructure, to make upgrades and repairs to the various underground systems that link buildings and neighborhoods.
Each year, too many lives are lost due to a serious hazard that is still not widely understood: electric shock drowning (ESD).
Here are some great articles that our team thinks anyone in a flood zone (or who may travel to one) should have access to.
Arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs) are required by the National Electrical Code® (NEC) for certain electrical circuits in the home. So why do we need them?
The lockout operations or safety procedures are precisely and clearly defined operations, the aim of which is always to ensure that situations are, and remain, safe.
The subjects of Integrated fire protection and life safety systems should not be new to the electrical designers, contractors and regulators, as the requirement to commission integrated fire protection and life safety systems was originally placed into Article 3.2.4.6. of the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) in 2010.