The Electric Current Blog

Innovation, Quality | November 20, 2017

Heller Electric Brings the Duke Ellington School Up to New Standards

The Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts located in Washington, D.C. is a world-renowned training center for aspiring artists and performers in the theatrical arts. The school alumni, in addition to “Sir Duke”, include comedian Dave Chapelle and many other nationally known performers.

Innovation, Outreach, Quality, Training | October 7, 2017

IBEW Local 26 Celebrates 125 Years

Near the end of 19^th century a group of skilled electricians chartered the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26 in Washington, D.C. Since 1892, thousands of journeyman electricians have been trained by the union and have worked on countless projects around our region—from remodeling the White House in 1902 to rebuilding the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Innovation, Quality, Sustainability | July 17, 2017

PerLectric Employs Wide Variety of Skills to Power Bowie State’s Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Nursing

Students and faculty working in Bowie State University’s new Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Nursing spend their days in sunny, glass-walled labs and flexible classrooms with movable walls and furnishings that support interactive, collaborative learning.

Innovation, Quality | July 7, 2017

450 IBEW, Local 26 Journeymen Help Transform Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal

A project years in the making is nearing completion and members of IBEW, Local 26 have been a part of it from day one. In 2011, Dominion Energy began construction on a natural gas liquefaction project at its Cove Point LNG Terminal, located in Calvert County, MD. The facility, which has been serving as an import terminal for liquefied natural gas, will become bi-directional and able to both import and export LNG. Local 26 leaders aided its efforts in gaining approvals. After securing the required permits, construction officially got underway in October 2014. The project is on schedule for completion in the fourth quarter of this year.

Quality, Safety, Sustainability | June 8, 2017

Aarow Electrical Solutions Upgrades Telecom Systems for Federal Building

When the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C., was slated for first-floor renovations, an upgrade of the building’s telecom systems was part of the project. A new 1G infrastructure was planned, to support new users, as well as a new sound masking system.

Quality | May 17, 2017

Cabling Systems, Inc. Low-Voltage Projects Earn Trust of National Bank

Trust is important in any project, but especially for a major financial institution. That’s why a national bank turned to Electrical Alliance contractor, Cabling Systems, Inc. of Beltsville, Md., to rewire existing bank branches and perform complete renovation projects, including placing desktop computers and phones and installing new network switches, servers, routers, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and wireless controllers.

Quality, Training | April 18, 2017

Big on BICSI Certification? Try the Electrical Alliance

If you’re one of the many employers who requires the gold standard of BICSI certification, you’ll find the Electrical Alliance has exceptionally qualified workers. Many International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 26 members are BISCI certified, thanks in part to free training offered by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC). Of the nearly 50 training courses that JATC offers each semester in the Washington, D.C., area, four are BICSI certifications.

Quality, Safety | March 21, 2017

IBEW Local 26 Shines Underground in Tunnel Boring Project

In one of D.C.’s biggest infrastructure projects, members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 26 not only showed their prowess with electrical skills, but also their flexibility and ability to work under challenging circumstances.

Quality, Training | February 23, 2017

Betting on Skilled Workers at MGM National Harbor

When the professionals at US Communications & Electric, Inc. walk into the new casino at MGM National Harbor, they see more than the flashing lights and excited crowds ready to try their luck and skills. They see people walking through a large data center, above miles of low-voltage wiring, while knowing the hours of skilled, careful work that brought the entire facility to life.

Quality | January 23, 2017

Heller Electric Continues Tradition of Work on Inauguration Stands

The 2017 inauguration marks the 12th consecutive time Electrical Alliance contractor, Heller Electric Company, Inc., has performed electrical work for the Presidential Reviewing Stand, Media Stand and Mayoral Parade Reviewing Stand.