Resource Center Blog

The Tournament This past month I had the pleasure of playing in the annual POGO Mine golf tournament for the vendors and employees of Pogo mine. Pogo mine is a gold mine in Alaska that had its first gold pour in 2006. This is the fourth year in a row our sales rep and I [...]

Hurricane power outage protection is critical during the most intense hurricanes in different regions of the country. How Hurricanes are Formed Hurricanes are formed when a low pressure system develops over warm ocean waters and the water evaporates, spinning upward into the center of the system. This upward spiral causes the surface pressures below the [...]

What is FEMA FEMA stands for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and was created by the Presidential Reorganization Plan in 1978 and was implemented when Jimmy Carter signed two executive orders in April of 1979. FEMA is now part of the Department of Homeland Security, which was created as a response to the attacks on [...]

Getting Started It seems everywhere you look, there is advertising for LED lighting. It’s the new cool thing in electrical distribution, and if you are a owner of a building that is more than 10 years old, you can’t help but wonder whether you should spend the time, money and effort to change out those [...]

Memorial Day is a great time to reflect on the sacrifice and service provided by the fallen soldiers of the United States military.  It is a day for remembering and honoring those who sacrificed their lives in battle and are no longer among us. With Memorial Day approaching, now is the perfect time to give back [...]

A couple weeks ago I was in a meeting with a client who uses a large amount of temporary power cable for a variety of big jobs and applications.  This company recently started buying from a variety of manufacturers, not wanting to do too much with one vendor. After all, the buyer said, “cable is [...]