May 17, 2019
IBEW/NECA Team Modernizes 17th St. Louis County Library Branch
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis County Library’s new Meramec Valley Branch debuted on May 15, 2019. It is the 17 th branch to be modernized by the Electrical Connection partnership ...
May 15, 2019
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
“He inspires every day,” said Frank Jacobs, business manager, IBEW Local 1. Jacobs was referring to Cory Davis, IBEW’s 2018 National Apprentice of the Year. Davis, who has been deaf since birth, was selected from among 400 nominations nationwide. Read his inspiring story in the ...
May 8, 2019
Electrical Connection Contractors Rank Among St. Louis’ Largest Electrical Contractors
ST. LOUIS – The strength of Electrical Connection member contractors is again evident in an annual ranking of the largest electrical contractors in St. Louis. Nineteen of the top 23 electrical contractors ranked by the St. Louis Business Journal are ...
May 3, 2019
Electrical Connection Volunteers Repair 21 St. Louis Low Income Homes
ST. LOUIS – For 58 years, Irma Gaines has live in her home on Natural Bridge Road in North St. Louis. She and her late husband bought the home in 1961 and raised four children there. But at 84-years-old and on fixed income, her ...
May 2, 2019
Electrical Connection Urges Caution in Flood Areas Impacting Electrical Systems
ST. LOUIS — The Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA partnership again reminds residents in flooded areas to be wary of shock hazards around their home and carefully check credentials of any company offering repairs. IBEW/NECA electrical contractors will again work with government officials, residents and businesses to ensure electrical systems damaged by ...
April 16, 2019
Electrical Connection Donates Services to Farmington Pet Adoption Center
FARMINGTON, MO – As the only no-kill pet adoption shelter serving six counties just south of St. Louis, the Farmington Pet Adoption Center receives anywhere from 15 to 20 abandoned and unwanted pets a month. It finds homes for about 150 dogs and cats ...
April 9, 2019
Electrical Connection Sponsors (and Brightens!) the St. Louis Cardinals
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals launched its 2019 season with the Electrical Connection as a major sponsor, one whose members also brightened Busch Stadium . The IBEW/NECA partnership is seen throughout the stadium on ribbon boards, the giant outfield ...
April 4, 2019
Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
In March, the Electrical Connection energized education in Missouri in a number of ways. On March 27-29, 2019, Tim Green engaged school leadership and several engineering firms specializing in school construction at the annual Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) and Missouri School Public Relations ...
April 1, 2019
Electrical Connection Urges Changing the Mindset Of Skilled Labor Development
ST. LOUIS – For Dennis Gralike , director of the IBEW/NECA Electrical Industry Training Center , the need to change the mindset of skilled labor development is abundantly clear at many high school career fairs. “I’ll enter a gymnasium and find colleges set up on one ...
March 25, 2019
Electrical Connection Supports A Robust Minority Contracting Community
In 2005, Sabrina Westfall graduated from the IBEW/NECA Electrical Industry Training Center and embarked on a career as an IBEW electrician. Her skills would help build projects at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL, the Washington Avenue revitalization, renovations to the ...
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