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Going Up? Workforce Development

IEC Chesapeake is looking for the right candidate to fill our Work Force Development Coordinator position. Is it you? Could it be someone you know? Please see below: Workforce Development Coordinator : This position is responsible for workforce recruitment and...

Demand Specifics

I am the Executive Director of IEC Chesapeake- and have been- for over twenty years. If there’s one big take away from working with electricians (and all Trades), it’s BE SPECIFIC. An electrician cannot install “a light”.  They are going to ask if it’s...

Oh Legrand, Could I Love You More?

No. I couldn’t. And here’s another of my many reasons to LOVE Legrand. The Wave Switch, in the Adorne collection. I get a lot of product notices from manufacturers, but the ones I blog about are the ones I wish I had had in my specification bag’o...

Yeah, I Don’t Want to Golf Either…

…Said NO ONE EVER. May 2nd we intend to close this course again, for the fourth straight year. Will YOUR company be on the course? Ready to grip it and rip it? You need to be an IECC Member in good standing, or make friends with one on the quick smart! If you...

Yep, We Have an AP for That! Lifted LED

Our Associate Partners (AP) at Lighting Environments have brought Lifted LED grow lights products to our attention. We’re doing you the favor of bringing it to you… …No- it does NOT smell like Teen Spirit. This product is being used in agri-centers,...

Payoff? Yep, We Have an AP for That!

Our Associate Partners at Encore Wire and Colerick Electrical Sales have a special payoff- the REEL PAYOFF. The one above will just get in into trouble- ours gets you OUT! Encore has improved it’s self spinning, wooden reel- pull directly...

Talkin’​ ‘Bout My Generation…

Why the alphabet soup- and what does it mean? We talk a lot about Millennials, but that’s just one (aging) category. Here’s the skinny: “As of 2018, the breakdown by age looks something like this: Baby Boomers: Baby boomers were born between 1944 and 1964....