ELECTRI Updates

 The Council Room panel reviewed the updated Change Order Guidelines and their importance. Attendees shared their process for pricing change orders more effectively and ways to communicate the update to many more contractors across the country. Click here to watch the Council Room session. Click here to download the full Updated Change Order Guidelines report.

ConTech and Coffee showed us the power of Microsoft Office 365 from a field perspective, exploring applications specifically tailored for electrical contracting professionals. Participants gained valuable insights into ways to significantly enhance communication, productivity, and streamline operations in the electrical contracting industry. Click here for the ConTech and Coffee link.  

One more thing… Our June ConTech and Coffee guest, Desmond Vincent (Shea Electric), offered ways to incorporate MS Forms and Power Automate into your daily workflow. His examples were for a JHA form and Daily Job Status Report, and displayed for either your PC or a mobile app. He also provided form templates for both, please click the links to download.

JHA Form Template       Daily Job Status Report

MEGA TRENDS = MAJOR IMPACT - As ELECTRI’s Executive Director, Josh Bone understands the sense of urgency that goes along with his leadership. He knows that an important mandate for ELECTRI International is to keep up with the mega trends that will have a major impact on the EC industry and to focus on the ELECTRI programs and projects that will be most valuable for the success of the industry. Click here for Josh Bone’s episode of Think Like A Leader.

OUTSTANDING. BRILLIANT. EXCEPTIONAL. – That’s how ELECTRI Council members are describing our summer Council meeting in Kohler, Wisconsin. The agenda was outstanding and relevant. The speakers and panels offered brilliant insights into the EC industry. Networking, strategizing, and socializing with colleagues and friends offered exceptional connections. For a re-cap of the Council meeting, with highlights from each presentation, check out the attached document or view the recap on our website here.

A SALUTE – The ELECTRI Council welcomes CalEnergy Corporation (Pleasanton, California) as a Founder member. Collin Weiner, President & CEO, will serve as the company representative to the Council. In his commitment message, Collin commented about participating in the July Council meeting. He noted that speaking with members of the Council and seeing how their involvement in ELECTRI has provided them with opportunities to learn and make positive impacts and connections made it a motivational and inspiring week and convinced CalEnergy to join.  

THE WORD IS OUT – ELECTRI has created and distributed the 2023-2024 NECA Student Chapters: Standard Operating Procedures & Best Practices. This complete Toolkit will help support NECA Student Chapters in every aspect of their development and growth. A copy of the Toolkit has been sent to every NECA chapter across the country to show them ways to support the growth and excellence of NECA Student Chapters. ELECTRI is asking every Council contractor to encourage your home NECA Chapter to get involved with the NECA Student Chapter opportunities. For more information, contact Anna Jochim at anna.jochim@electri.org

EASY ACCESS – Last week we released the recap of the ELECTRI Summer meeting. For those of you looking for just the slides from the sessions, ELECTRI has organized all the session slides into one place, and they can be retrieved by clicking the following links:

Day 1 Slides - Click here  

Day 2 Slides - Click Here

Day 3 Slides - Click Here

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