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ELECTRI July Council Meeting 2020

For 2020, the ELECTRI July Council Meeting will be a virtual event. Details on the meeting are under the Daily Schedule and links will be available the week of the meetings for you.

The primary focus of this event is to choose the recipients of the Early Career Awards.  We will also hear updates from our Task Force Leaders and previous grant recipients.

New this year, the Council will have the opportunity to vote on the Green Energy Challenge Videos.  The top three will be presented at the NECA Live Convention.

EVENT DETAILS

Jul 20, 2020 - Jul 24, 2020

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  • Schedule
  • Presentation Links

Registration

ALL EVENT VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THE PRESENTATION LINK TAB

Monday, July 20th

LIVE PRESENTATION – 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

  • Webinar on Navigating Pandemic-related Business Challenges. Moderated by Daniel Burrus. Featuring Kathy Mazzarella (Graybar), Steve Richman (Milwaukee Tool), David Long, NECA CEO and Larry Beltramo, Chairman, ELECTRI Board of Trustees and President of NECA

 

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

LIVE PRESENTATION via ZOOM – 1:00-2:00 PM EDT

  • Jonathan Marsh with MEP Innovation Lab on The Emerging Technologies for Specialty Contractors. Read Jonathan’s biography here. Learn which technologies are having an impact on your businesses now and in the near future.

 

Friday, July 24th, 2020

LIVE PRESENTATION via ZOOM – 1:00-2:00 PM EDT  –

  • The Future of Electrical Contracting, Lonnie Compton, NECA Director of Construction Manufacturing
  • ELECTRI Updates,  Josh Bone, Interim Executive Director, ELECTRI International
  • Voting results and closing remarks, Sonja Rheaume, ELECTRI Council Chair

Daily Schedule –

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  • Welcome video Introduction - Sonja Rheaume, Chair, ELECTRI Council. View video.
LIVE PRESENTATION - 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)   Click this link to register
  • Webinar on Navigating Pandemic-related Business Challenges. Moderated by Daniel Burrus. Featuring Kathy Mazzarella (Graybar), Steve Richman (Milwaukee Tool), David Long, NECA CEO and Larry Beltramo, Chairman, ELECTRI Board of Trustees and President of NECA
  ONLINE PRESENTATIONS from Early Career Award Applicants are available at 12:00 PM EDT today. Click here to view proposals.  
  1. Allocating and Leveraging BIM Efforts for Electrical Contractors, Hala Nassereddine, University of Kentucky
  2. Examining a Latent Side-Effect of Electrical Safety Interventions among T&D Line Workers, Sogand Hasanzadeh, Purdue University
  3. Measuring Work-related Stressors Impacting Electrical Workers’ Mental Health, Chuma Nnaji, University of Alabama
  4. Renewable Energy Technology Training for Construction Management Students and Electrical Contractors using Immersive Interactive, Mohamad Razkenari,
  5. Wearable Sensing Devices for Preventing Electrical Accidents in the Construction Industry, Ibukun Awolusi, University of Texas at San Antonio
Watch each three-minute presentation and view the written proposals. If you have any questions, please use the survey to post your message to the researcher(s). They will respond during our live virtual meeting on Wednesday.  The ECA link will be sent to you via e-mail Monday morning.  
 
     
Everything for Tuesday will be on demand. Links will be sent Tuesday morning and available here on the 21st.
  • Video presentations prepared by NECA Student Chapters for the 2020 Green Energy Challenge. Watch these three-minute videos and vote for your favorites. The top three videos will be presented at NECA’s Convention during the GEC. 
  • Video presentations from our 2019 Early Career Award recipients on their completed research are available here.
 
LIVE PRESENTATION via ZOOM - 1:00-2:00 PM EDT
  • Jonathan Marsh with MEP Innovation Lab on The Emerging Technologies for Specialty Contractors. Learn which technologies are having an impact on your businesses now and in the near future. Click this link to register
LIVE ECA MEETING via ZOOM - 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT
  • Early Career Awards virtual meeting. Take this opportunity to ask questions of the ECA researchers.  Click here to attend this event.  No pre-registration required.
ALL DAY
  • Presentation videos from current researchers to update the Council on their research projects are available here.
  • Electrical Contractors: Driving Through Business Roadblocks, Michael McLin, Maxim Consulting
  • Electrical Construction Management Training Phase 2, Ben Bigelow, Anthony Perrenoud and Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma
  • Estimating with and Pricing of Prefabrication for Electrical Contractors, Meik Daneshgari, MCA, Inc.
  • The Future of Line Contracting, Michael McLin, Maxim Consulting
  • Industrialization of Construction: Signal or Noise? Threat or Promise?, Heather Moore, MCA, Inc
  • Robots in Construction – Current Use in Electrical Line Work and Inside Construction, and Outlook for the Future, Lonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University
  • VR Electricians: Using Immersive Storytelling for Attracting Students to the Electrical Trades, Masoud Gheisari, University of Florida
  • Pandemics and Construction Productivity: Quantifying the Impact, Michael McLin, Dan Doyon and Brian Lightner, Maxim Consulting and Mark Federle, Marquette University
 
ALL DAY
  • Catch up on all the presentations that were available throughout the week.
LIVE MEETING with 2020 RESEARCHERS  via ZOOM - 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT VOTING FOR ECA RESEARCH and GEC VIDEOS CLOSE THURSDAY, JULY 23 AT 5:00 PM EDT Vote here for the ECA Research
LIVE PRESENTATION via ZOOM - 1:00-2:00 PM EDT  - Click this link to register  
  • The Future of Electrical Contracting, Lonnie Compton, NECA Director of Construction Manufacturing
  • ELECTRI Updates, Josh Bone, Interim Executive Director, ELECTRI International
  • Voting results and closing remarks, Sonja Rheaume, ELECTRI Council Chair
               

ADJOURNMENT

Watch Sonja Rheaume’s welcome video.

Watch the CEO panel Webinar on Navigating Pandemic-related Business Challenges

Watch Jonathan Marsh with MEP Innovation Lab on The Emerging Technologies for Specialty Contractors

Watch The Future of Electrical Contracting, by Lonnie Compton, NECA Director of Construction Manufacturing and Sonja Rheaume, Chair of the ELECTRI Council, closing remarks.

Watch the Early Career Award videos and read their proposals.

Watch the Green Energy Challenge Videos.

Watch the presentations by the 2019 Early Career Award winners.

Watch the presentation update from our 2020 Researchers.