Skyline Explosion: Cities Rise with 10+ Story High-Rises in 2024! 🌆🚀
High-rise construction boom across major cities.
Most Popular Questions and Answers of the Week 🔍
What Tool Brand Do Electricians Prefer? 🛠️🔧
Top tool brands and trends.
Tragic Loss: Lineman Dies in Electrical Accident, Community Mourns
Lineman’s tragic death in Tennessee.
What’s the Costliest Mistake You’ve Seen on a Job Site? 💸🔧
Expensive job site errors.
Tragic Electrocution: Brazilian Singer Ayres Sasaki Dies on Stage
Singer electrocuted during performance.
You Won’t Believe This: Outlet for Sale After Short Circuit Mishap! 😂⚡
Skyline Explosion: Cities Rise with 10+ Story High-Rises in 2024! 🌆🚀
As of July 2024, this image highlights the impressive scale of high-rise construction currently underway, showcasing buildings with ten or more stories. The data reveals a significant uptick in urban development across several major cities, including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Each marked site represents not just a building, but a testament to the thriving growth and ambitious skyline transformations happening in these metropolitan areas. This visual snapshot captures the scale of progress and the dynamic changes shaping our cities' futures
Most Popular Questions and Answers of the Week 🔍
What Tool Brand Do Electricians Prefer? 🛠️🔧
Top Voted brands for various tools:
Wera for screwdrivers
Irwin for tongue & groove pliers
Milwaukee for nut drivers
Knipex for pliers
Is this a new trend?
In recent installations, we've been asked to cover receptacle boxes and data with fire putty. While fire protection isn't surprising, my foreman mentioned it also helps with soundproofing. Are you applying it for soundproofing too? Just curious, thanks.
Most Liked Answer: Soundproofing and some extra fire stopping. It's usually specified, especially on fire-rated walls.
Tragic Loss: Lineman Dies in Electrical Accident, Community Mourns
A lineman named William “Billy” Schiefer tragically lost his life last week after being electrocuted while working on a power line in Tennessee. Schiefer, who was employed by a local utility company, was part of a team performing routine maintenance when the accident occurred. Friends and colleagues have expressed deep sorrow and remembered him as a dedicated and skilled worker, noting his commitment to his job and his kindness. The community is mourning the loss, and an investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the accident.
What’s the Costliest Mistake You’ve Seen on a Job Site? 💸🔧
The more recent of the two just happened at my current company a couple of months ago. Pharmacy renovation on overnights. In the process of rewiring a circuit, on which the pharmacy medicine fridge resided, our journeyperson running the job forgot to splice everything back together while it waited for drywall. My boss got a call at 9 am when the pharmacy techs showed up to work. The fridge, containing temp sensitive medications in bulk that I've been told were valued in the 6 figure range, had been unpowered for approximately 6 hours. All of the the meds were toast, they got too warm. Our company was found liable, that cost came from our coffers. The worker responsible was let go.
The other happened in my first year of apprenticeship. It was fire alarm pre-test day for a new apartment condo build, where we would spend the day testing all of the parts of the communal alarm system to ensure it passed inspection. We needed to pressurize the sprinkler tree in order to test the flow switches. The sprinkler fitter was supposed to be there to do that, but hadn't arrived and was not answering his phone. So my journeyman opened the parkade valves and pressurized the system. We then started with our horn strobe ring test, and walked the building from parkade to 4th floor. And on the 4th floor, my god, gallons of water pouring through the ceiling from the attic space and down into the brand new suites below. It had been that way for about half an hour, during the entire walk, and was due to a test valve left open by the sprinkler fitters. That was apparently settled for 80k. That journeyman did not lose his job, but was told that moving forward we did touch infrastructure outside of our trade.
Trane came in to commission the HVAC system on a new school. Did not talk to anyone, walked on site and proceeded to run it at 80% capacity instead of bump testing it. All the dampers were still closed and they managed to turn all the square ducting round. Blew up every duct in the building, which in turn collapsed parts of the ceiling and dropped lights out of finished areas. It was amazing.
Tragic Electrocution: Brazilian Singer
Ayres Sasaki Dies on Stage
Brazilian singer Ayres Sasaki tragically died on July 13, 2024, after being electrocuted during a live performance at the Solar Hotel in Salinópolis, Pará, Brazil. The incident occurred when Sasaki hugged a wet concertgoer, which triggered a nearby cable to deliver a fatal electric shock. The exact reason why the fan was wet remains unclear, and the police are investigating the incident. Witnesses have provided statements, and authorities are awaiting expert reports to clarify the events further (Peoplemag) (TMZ).
You Won’t Believe This: Outlet for Sale After Short Circuit Mishap! 😂⚡
On Facebook Marketplace, someone hilariously listed a shorted-out electrical outlet for $10. The ad humorously highlighted the outlet’s unfortunate condition as a selling point.
Tip of the Week for Electricians 🔧⚡
Label Your Wires Clearly
Always label your wires during installation or repair. It’s a simple step that saves time and prevents confusion, especially when troubleshooting or making future upgrades. Clear labels can be the difference between a quick fix and a frustrating delay!
