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David Meade is joined by Jeff Beavers, NECA Executive Director of Network Integration and Services, Wes Wheeler, NECA Director of Safety, and Michael Johnston, NECA Executive Director of Codes and Standards, to catch up on the NECA-BICSI Summit (May 23-25) and the NECA Safety Professionals Conference (May 16-18). These two conferences coming next month will address current and upcoming needs in the industry, and we'll get a sneak peek of what's to come at these can't-miss events. Register now at necabicsi.org and necasafetyconference.com!

Welcome to a brand new year at NECA, and we are proud to open 2022 with a very exciting announcement. On January 1, the Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario joined NECA! Join David Meade, NECA CEO David Long, and ECAO Executive Director Graeme Aitken as they mark this exciting moment, and discuss what this means for both NECA and ECAO going forward.

David Meade is joined by Tauhira Ali, NECA Executive Director of Industry Innovation, to discuss NECA’s role in the upcoming MEP Innovation Conference, held in collaboration with MCAA and SMACNA. Hear why electrical contractors should join Tauhira in Tampa this January 24–26.

Edwin Lopez, Executive Secretary of the New York Electrical Contractors Association, joins David Meade to discuss his time on NECA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force, and how the association continues to address these issues each day.

ELECTRI International’s Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC) took place last month as part of the NECA Convention and Trade Show in Nashville, Tennessee. Today, David Meade is joined by members from the NECA Student Chapter at Wayne State University, the winners of the ECIC, to discuss their project and experience with NECA. Josh Bone, Executive Director of ELECTRI International, also joins the show.

David Meade is joined by Wes Wheeler, NECA’s Director of Safety, and Mike Starner, NECA’s Director of Outside Line Safety, to discuss the first-ever NECA Safety Leadership Summit, taking place next week in Chicago. The trio also discuss OSHA’s forthcoming emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 vaccinations.