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Insider Info: Now Available at the NECA Energy Solutions Booth
Here’s your chance to network with electrical contractors who have already branched into specific energy solutions markets!
The NECA Energy Solutions Booth (#1749) will host a series of informal roundtable discussions throughout the NECA Show, along with live NECAWORKS™ demonstrations, including the new wind power module. The schedule of roundtable discussions times and topics will be posted at the booth. Programs include: Lighting Retrofits, Microgrids, Advanced Lighting Controls and Smart/Sub Metering.
Pre-Convention Workshop on “Making CW/CE Work for You”
If you are interested in the future of organized electrical contracting and want to know what you can do to help our sector increase competitiveness and productivity while helping your own company in the process, plan to arrive early for NECA 2012 Las Vegas. We are offering a Pre-Convention Workshop that will address the utilization of Construction Wiremen (CWs) and Construction Electricians (CEs).
This workshop — “Making CW/CE Work for You: What You Need to Know and What You Need to Do” — is scheduled for Friday, September 28 (1:00-3:00 p.m.). The registration fee is only $89.
If the CW/CE initiative has already been adopted in your area, the workshop will give you the tools you need to make using these worker classifications more efficient and profitable for your company. If you don’t have CW/CE in your labor agreement yet, this workshop will provide insights on how you and your fellow NECA chapter members can convince your union counterparts to adopt it.
Electrical Contractors who commit to using CW/CEs need a change in their business model. The workshop will address such topics as:
- Evaluating Scope and Crew Cost: How do we get our Labor Units Down?
- Estimating Using CW/CE Crews: How Should I Bid This?
- Managing Crew and Assessing Skill Levels: How do we set the Skill Level in the Field?
- Tracking Productivity
- Getting our IBEW Crews to Accept this Workforce
Discussion will include an examination of CW/CE and where we are now, past labor models, and how we can change.
David Long, senior vice president and COO at Miller Electric in Jacksonville, Florida, and the winner of the 2012 Coggeshall Award, has been instrumental in getting the CW/CE program to work under the original Florida Initiative and has travelled all over the country to promote the program. He will present the CW/CE workshop in Las Vegas. Joining David in his presentation will be NECA Field Representatives David Ward(Midwestern Region), Frank Piatt (Eastern Region) and Bob Mooty (Management Consultant, Estimating).
Please consider adding this Pre-Convention Workshop to your registration. (If you’ve already registered, it’s easy to make a change!) Online registration for NECA 2012 Las Vegas >>
Women In NECA Launch Special Tool Promotion
Come see the ladies of Women In NECA (WIN) wield the finest products from Milwaukee Electric Tools at the NECA Show as part of their special promotion.
Together with NECA Premier Partners Milwaukee Tools and Graybar, WIN is bringing the best in tools and apparel from Milwaukee’s latest product line, inscribed with the WIN logo August 15 through October 15, at the same price as standard items.
Best of all, WIN members will be sharing space on the NECA Show floor with Milwaukee and Graybar’s booths. Stop by to check out the special screwdriver kit, hammer drill kit and heated jackets, and learn how WIN is supporting the professional development of industry women. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of WIN promo tools will go to the American Heart Association.
Check out the WIN tools in NECA’s online store now, or place your order at the NECA Show!
Welcome Makita Tools USA Back to the NECA Show!
Fans of Makita Tools have missed this familiar presence at the NECA Show for the past few years, but we’re happy to report that a NECA favorite is returning in 2012!
The industrial power tool maker has nearly 100 years of experience in advanced motor design and takes pride in using the latest innovation to engineer and manufacture the tools professional electrical contractors need on the jobsite. Come by Booth #1759 or visit www.makita.com for more information about their latest product developments.
Make an Expo Plan!
Did you know you can see a full list of the 2012 NECA Show exhibitors online and customize a map of the booths you want to visit while in Las Vegas? View company profiles, visit their websites, plus schedule and map the ones you don’t want to miss. Try it out today!
