June 24, 2021
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
One of the prime engines for economic development locally is also among the least known – union pension funds reinvested in the St. Louis region. There are several supported by IBEW and its NECA partners. They include AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT), AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust ...
June 9, 2021
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
With the MLS stadium taking shape as it emerges from the ground downtown, excitement is building among downtown businesses according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Our Electrical Connection contractors and their IBEW workforce are working on this transformative project as they have for every landmark project ...
May 20, 2021
Electrical Connection Warns of Issues with Home Electrical Repairs
ST. LOUIS – Many homeowners spent much of the pandemic performing “do-it-yourself” home repairs. But while the “can do” self-sufficiency of Americans is admirable, the Electrical Connection is warning about stretching skills too far and creating electrical hazards.
“The problem is twofold,” ...
May 12, 2021
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
The Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA partnership is helping Ameren Missouri build its first-ever “neighborhood solar” facility. Located at Habitat for Humanity headquarters and ReStore at 3830 S Grand Blvd , NECA contractor Aschinger Electric is teaming with IBEW to build solar panel canopies ...
May 11, 2021
Electrical Connection Strives for Limitless Safety
May is National Electrical Safety Month and if the past year taught us anything about safety, it is the relentless need to adapt to any safety challenge. No one could have foreseen a pandemic waylaying life in the manner that Covid-19 has, but it did shed light on the construction ...
May 6, 2021
IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection Names Diversity Director
ST. LOUIS -- Sylvester Taylor , an officer with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1 and 31-year IBEW electrician, has been tabbed to lead diversity initiatives for the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection partnership. Taylor was named director of diversity, equity and ...
April 27, 2021
Electrical Connection Volunteers Repair Electrical Systems in 15 St. Louis Low Income Homes
ST. LOUIS – After the pandemic forced a year-long suspension, Electrical Connection volunteers are back at work to improve electrical systems and safety in low income homes. For the 18 th year, the labor-management organization mobilized an army of electrical contractors and electricians to help ...
April 22, 2021
Electrical Connection Contractors Dominate Annual Listing of Largest Electrical Contractors in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Business Journal ’s annual ranking of the region’s largest electrical contractors features 15 Electrical Connection member contractors among the 17 firms ranked. The 15 contractors are all members of the St. Louis Chapter of the National ...
April 21, 2021
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
One of the largest and oldest Electrical Connection contractors is growing its businesses with the acquisition of another century-old electrical contractor. Guarantee Electrical Co. is acquiring Colorado Springs-based Berwick Electrical Co. The combined companies will ...
March 24, 2021
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
Our IBEW/NECA partners are saluting Women History Month in March by noting women who are making difference in the construction industry. That includes a special message from IBEW International President Lonnie R. Stephenson and notable St. Louis CNR awards ...
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