EC&M On Air

In Episode 37 of “EC&M On Air,” Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M highlights some of the most popular technical content we’ve been running recently, but this time brought to you in audio-only form. In case you missed it, this content was originally brought to you in our EC&M Asks Q&A video series. This week, we’re featuring subject matter expert Eddie Guidry, who addresses some...

In Episode 36 of “EC&M On Air,” Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M, sits down with friend, long-time colleague, and resident construction industry data expert Jim Lucy to talk about what to watch in the construction market this year. Jim is the editor-in-chief of Electrical Wholesaling magazine, a sister publication to EC&M, as well as the editor of Electrical Marketing newsletter ....

In Episode 35 of “EC&M On Air,” a podcast series from EC&M magazine that shares industry intelligence, insights, and opinions on all topics electrical, Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M, highlights a past popular video featuring subject matter expert Tommy Northcott in this audio-only format. Tommy addresses some of our readers’ most pressing questions about all things arc flash, i...

In Episode 34 of “EC&M On Air,” a podcast series from EC&M magazine, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson meets with some of the top execs from this year’s Top 50 Electrical Contractors special report : Willis Wiedel, Encore Electric; Rob Smith, Sargent Electric; and John Axelson, Hunt Electric. They cover hot button topics, such as how their firms have navigated supply chain challenges, rising ma...

In Episode 34 “EC&M On Air,” Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M, is highlighting some of the most popular technical content we’ve been running recently in audio-only form. In case you missed it, this content was originally brought to you in our EC&M Asks Q&A video series. This week, we’re featuring subject matter expert Randy Barnett, who addresses some of our readers’ most pres...

In Part 2 of Episode 33 of EC&M On Air, EC&M Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson continues her conversation with four of this year’s Under 30 Electrical All Stars. In  Part 1 , Ellen introduced the guests: Luke Snow, Toth & Associates; Maria Ellis, M.C. Dean; Ian Smith, CDM Smith; and Jordan Emch, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In Part 2, they continue to discuss industry trends, learning fro...

In Episode 33 of EC&M On Air, EC&M Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson sits down with four of this year’s Under 30 Electrical All Stars. Their conversation went so great that we decided to split it into two parts. In Part 1, Ellen introduces the guests: Luke Snow, Toth & Associates; Maria Ellis, M.C. Dean; Ian Smith, CDM Smith; and Jordan Emch, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They describe how...

In Episode 32 of “EC&M On Air,” Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M, highlights some of the most popular technical content we’ve been running recently in audio-only form. In case you missed it, this content was originally brought to you in our EC&M Asks Q&A video series. This week, we’re featuring subject matter expert Harold De Loach, who addresses some of our readers’ most pres...

In Episode 31 of “EC&M On Air,” a podcast series from EC&M magazine that shares industry intelligence, insights and opinions on all topics electrical, Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M, sat down with a few top executives whose engineering firms made our Top 40 Electrical Design Firms list in 2023: Jason Wollum of Henderson Engineers; Brian Leavitt of IMEG; and Darin Anderson of Sal...

In Episode 30 of “EC&M On Air,” Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M, highlights some of the most popular technical content we’ve been running recently, but this time brought to you in audio-only form. In case you missed it, this content was originally brought to you in our EC&M Asks Q&A video series. This week, we’re featuring subject matter expert Tommy Northcott, who addresses...

On Episode 29 of “EC&M On Air,” a podcast series from EC&M magazine that shares industry intelligence, insights, and opinions on all topics electrical, Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M sits down with Gregg Schoppman, Principal at FMI, to talk about his firm’s latest talent study, specifically how these results relate to construction and engineering firms. To read the full report,...

In this special edition of EC&M On Air, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson sat down with the product managers representing the Platinum, Gold, and Silver winners of EC&M's 2023 Product of the Year competition to learn more about the products’ applications, development process, and end-user benefits. The Platinum Award went to the MegaFlex UL, represented by John Goosseff, global product manager...

In Episode 28 of “EC&M On Air,” we're bringing to you one of our most popular EC&M Asks Q&A video series in an audio-only format. It features subject matter expert Randy Barnett, who addresses some of our readers’ most pressing questions about all things grounding and bonding, including whether or not the main grounding electrode conductor can be spliced, 3-pole vs. 4-pole automatic tr...

On Episode 27 of “EC&M On Air,” Ellen Parson, editor-in-chief of EC&M sits down with Rocky Rowlett, vice president of safety for Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI), to talk about all things electrical safety, specifically how FTI treats safety as a culture at their company.  

In case you missed it, we're featuring one of Electrical Trainer Harold De Loach's popular EC&M Asks video Q&A's in Episode 26, where he covers how to understand the layout of the NEC. 

In Episode 25 of “EC&M On Air,” a podcast series from EC&M magazine that shares industry intelligence, insights and opinions on all topics electrical, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson presents a special edition in honor of Father’s Day, which was celebrated this past Sunday on June 18. She sat down with father and son duo Bruce Clodfelter, Sr. and Bruce Clodfelter, Jr. who work at Rosendin Ele...

In Episode 24, we're featuring an audio-only version of a popular EC&M video on readers’ most pressing questions about arc flash hazards. In case you missed it, this content was originally brought to you in our EC&M Asks Q&A video series. This week, we’re featuring subject matter expert Tommy Northcott.

In Episode 23, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson dives into the topic of how to reduce lost labor hours on electrical construction job sites with a panel of experts and contractors: Dr. Perry Daneshgari, CEO and president, and Dr. Heather Moore, vice president of customer care and support, from MCA Inc.; Neil Davidson, executive vice president of Commonwealth Electrical Company of the Midwest; and Rich...

In Episode 21, we highlight an audio-only version of a popular training video featuring reader Q&A’s. In case you missed it, this content was originally brought to you in our EC&M Asks Q&A video series. This week, we’re featuring subject matter expert Randy Barnett, who addresses some of our readers’ most pressing questions about grounding and bonding.

In Episode 21, EC&M Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson discusses some of the biggest construction trends of 2023 with Jim Lucy, Editor-in-Chief of EC&M’s sister publications, Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing. For more information on this topic, read Jim’s latest article on “ 10 Big-Money Construction Projects for 2023 ,” which originally appeared in EC&M’s February 2023 print edition.

In Episode 20, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson was joined by three industry leaders from Black & Veatch — Dale Claudel, Jason Rowell, Leslie Ponder, and Kevin Ludwig — to discuss highlights from their new 2022-23 Electric Report, “Rethinking the Modern Grid.”  

In this episode, EC&M Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson discusses how ongoing supply chain issues continue to plague the electrical industry with Don Leavens, vice president and chief economist at NEMA; Madeleine Bugel, senior manager of trade and international government relations at NEMA; and Chris Sokoll, president of Disc Corp. 

In this episode of EC&M On Air, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson sits down with three electrical professionals from Rosendin Electric: Sandy Hankiewicz, Angela Rundle, and Jessica Ray. Together, they discuss what it's like for women to succeed in the traditionally male-dominated electrical contracting/engineering industry.

In this episode, Ellen Parsons sits down with some of this year's Top 50 executives from MYR Group, MDU Construction Services Group, Faith Technologies Incorporated, Inglett & Stubbs, and Cache Valley Electric. 

In this episode of EC&M On Air, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson chats with three of this year's Under 30 All-Star nominees: Taylor Groves of Stansell Electric, Cody Krstonich of MC Dean, and Cody Swayze of Smith Seckman Reid.