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March 27, 2024
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
For the third year, IBEW Local 1 is lacing them up and chasing the puck to build comradery… …have a little fun playing hockey. The IBEW Shockers took on Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 in an exhibition game that also raised money for Foundations for Divergent Minds, which ...
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March 19, 2024
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
The pandemic changed a lot of things, including the availability of material supplies. While our IBEW/NECA partners have adapted by fortifying supply networks, they are also proving the wisdom of engaging their customers in the early stages of project planning to deliver the best material pricing and delivery. ...
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March 5, 2024
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
As our IBEW/NECA partners prepared to serve low-income homes this April for Rebuilding Together St. Louis, they learned that the St. Louis Business Journal will honor them that same month in their “Innovation in Philanthropy Awards.” The award salutes the partnership for 20 years of planning, ...
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March 1, 2024
IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection Earns Innovation in Philanthropy Award from the St. Louis Business Journal
ST. LOUIS – A 20-year partnership between the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection and Rebuilding Together St. Louis is being saluted by the St. Louis Business Journal in its Innovation in Philanthropy Awards . Now in ...
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February 19, 2024
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
Two massive solar field projects in Ohio, totaling 4,000 acres, were recently completed by NECA contractor PayneCrest Electric and its IBEW workforce. One of the projects provides clean energy to Cincinnati. Combined, the two projects provide 320 megawatts of power, feature more than 626,000 solar panels ...
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January 23, 2024
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
In February, our IBEW/NECA partners will begin planning their largest annual volunteer community improvement initiative for Rebuilding Together St. Louis. Since 2003, the Electrical Connection has donated more than $2.3 million in labor and materials to improve more than 585 homes for low-income St. Louis homeowners in its ...
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January 11, 2024
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
In its November/December issue, St. Louis Construction News and Review profiled the massive $500 Wildhorse Village in Chesterfield that features the work of four NECA contractors. The project by CRG and Pier Property Group is a dynamic 80-acre mixed-use development that will help define the vision taking shape for Downtown ...
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December 20, 2023
Electrical Connection Energizes St. Francois County “Shop with a Cop”
ST. LOUIS – For the 28 th year, the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection partnership is supporting the St. Francois County “Shop with a Cop” program, one of the largest in the nation. The partnership again donated $5,000 to the law enforcement holiday giving program ...
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December 19, 2023
Electrical Connection Hosts U.S. Probation Officers Holiday Giving Program
ST. LOUIS – “Our goal is to energize hope. Only then can parolees from the federal justice system find a productive pathway in life that strengthens our communities.” So noted IBEW Business Manager Frank Jacobs as he recounted the reasons for the ...
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December 18, 2023
Hazelwood School District Salutes IBEW Electrical Workers Minority Caucus
ST. LOUIS – The children at Lawson Elementary School likely don’t understand the infrastructure that powers their school, brightly lighting classrooms or supporting teaching technology. But doughnuts for the best attendance in the Hazelwood School District … … that’s a mouth-watering achievement. So, ...