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Exploring The Fundamental Aspects Covered In HVAC Classes

Discover the foundational principles of HVAC systems through HVAC classes. Explore the six essential components for mastering HVAC fundamentals.

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Benefits of Hiring a Professional Electrician in Northeast Philadelphia

Hiring a professional electricians northeast philadelphia can offer a range of benefits for homeowners and business owners alike. choose an electrician who is licensed, insured, and has the necessary certifications to perform electrical work in Northeast Philadelphia. This can ensure that the work is done safely and to code. Get in touch with us for more information, about our services.

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Why Choose Local Electrician? Here’re Benefits

When it is about using the services of an electrician, one should go with a local electrician for various reasons. They are trustworthy, cost-effective, and with lots of other benefits.

Although it��s good to solve daily household issues without taking help, there are some things that should be left for experts only. Whether it’s a minor electrical problem or a major issue linked to electricity in a house or a building, one should get help from an expert. But while hiring an experienced electrician, one must ensure that the expert has a license and knows how to deal with emergency electrical issues.

While looking for an experienced and licensed electrician, one should definitely look for a local electrician- affordable, fast & done right. If someone is living in Philadelphia, they should look for a local electrician in Philadelphia PA. This will not just cut costs, but may also be helpful in emergency situations. There are several other benefits too for choosing a local electrician, and here are some of them:

Licensed electrician

As it is about the neighborhood, one will always be aware of electricians who are with a permit to provide electrician’s services. There are very less chances that one will be fooled with no legal certificate. In this case, one could also get help from known people in the neighborhood.

Availability

A local electrician will be available whenever one requires them. Such an experienced individual could play a notable role in case of emergency. In case of any mishap again, the individual could be called again.

Responsibility

A local electrician will always have pressure to perform well to maintain their reputation. They will fix the problem in the most efficient way to get good remarks from their local customers. If there is any replacement of electrical parts required, they will replace them with quality parts.

Price

A local electrician will always try to ensure that the individual calls them again whenever there’s an electrical problem, so they will not charge a huge amount. In addition, they will not have any hidden fees or extra charges to get more from the client.

Who To Choose In Philadelphia

There will be many electricians in Philadelphia, but one must go with an experienced and trustworthy local electrician. Mata Electric Llc is a legal, emergency electrician in the area and comes with trustworthy services. Their services can be taken anytime, whether it’s a holiday or evening. They follow all the codes of the National Electrical Code (NEC) to ensure safety and perfect work.

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Commercial Irrigation System Installation

Beautiful landscapes add value to commercial spaces, whether they are offices, municipal properties, sports fields or any other public spaces. An efficient commercial irrigation system is the key to having an attractive landscape. Installing such a system is an expensive proposition and you would want the best commercial irrigation system installer to work on it. However, finding the professionals best suited to your needs is not an easy task. You cannot just close your eyes and hire the first contractor that appears on your Google search results, can you? How to go about it then? We have some tips to help you.

Beware of Online Reviews - Take your time to find the best commercial irrigation system installer near you. Do not blindly trust online reviews. Conduct thorough research and shortlist at least 3 contractors to interview. Try to get first-hand experience information from your friends, family or acquaintances. This works the best, always!

Gather information - Try to get answers to questions like the following:

How much does a commercial irrigation system contractor charge to design and install a lawn sprinkler system?

What are the kinds of tasks that a commercial irrigation system contractor is expected to do?

Interview the Shortlisted Contractors - You can ask questions to get more information on their:

Experience

Qualifications, licensing and certification

Nature of work

Complexities handled

Insurance

References

Make sure there is a Written Contract - Last but not the least ensure that everything is noted down in a contract with the commercial irrigation system contractor that you hire. Ensure that no work is done or payment made until it is all on paper.

Burkholder Brothers designs, builds, and maintains fine landscapes. Thoroughly professional and trustworthy, they have a knowledgeable staff to help and guide you, so you get the best results. They undertake residential and commercial irrigation system installation among many other services. Their group of experienced and talented carpenters, masons, electricians, horticulturists, and contractors follows the highest quality standards to ensure your project is completed properly. Visit https://www.burkholderlandscape.com to learn more.

About Burkholder Brothers, Inc:

Burkholder Brothers, Inc is passionate about designing, building and maintaining the finest landscapes in the Philadelphia and Delaware Valley area. If you are looking for reliable landscape designers, please contact Burkholder Landscape. For over 20 years, our family owned and operated company has devoted all of its efforts to perfecting the art of landscaping by creating an “all-inclusive” advantage that will provide a single source of service for all of your lawn and landscape needs.

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‘Red-striped’: How Johnny Doc played Philly’s building inspectors

It pays to know a guy when you want to build in Philadelphia. Especially if that guy is a sitting council member with the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspection on speed-dial.

Tapped conversations included in a simmering indictment unsealed Wednesday against the leadership of the politically powerful Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers exposed an allegedly corrupt link between politicians, political donors and city building inspectors.

“Henon used his position to threaten Dougherty’s opponents from other unions because Dougherty told him to,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Williams, in a press conference outlining the charges. 

Federal authorities assert that Local 98 boss John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty influenced Philadelphia Councilman Bobby Henon to use L&I as a weapon against non-union laborers. Both allegedly acted to “hide the true nature of their illegal relationship,” the indictment charges.

“At defendant John Dougherty’s direction, defendant Henon caused L&I to inspect and in some instances shut down, operations or construction work at locations outside of his district, where non-union laborers were involved in electrical work,” the indictment states, citing incidents that occurred between 2010 and 2016. 

These allegations are just one small piece of a sprawling 116-count indictment, but they have deep implications for a department that has historically been criticized as a patronage den beholden to the politically-connected.

Henon, who represents parts of Northeast Philadelphia, continued to hold a staff position at Local 98, during his time as an elected official. He earned an annual salary of more than $70,000 atop his government salary. Federal authorities now assert that this role and other gifts –– like $11,000 in tickets to sporting events paid for by Local 98 –– were solely designed by Dougherty to influence Henon’s activities as an elected official.

“Dougherty gave these things of value to defendant [Henon] to influence Henon in [his] capacity as a member of [City Council] and Chair of the Committee on Public Property and Public Works,” the indictment reads.

Federal authorities say that Dougherty compelled Henon  in 2015 to use the city’s Department of Licenses & Inspections to pressure the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia over a decision to use a non-union contractor to install a “kid-friendly” GE Adventure Series MRI machine.

“It is also an L&I violation,” Dougherty allegedly warned a CHOP official. “You don’t want a city thing shutting it down. We have had other hospitals shut down because of that.”

The hospital proceeded with the machine’s installation, using employees from the company that manufactured the MRI machine. According to the indictment, an alleged complaint from Henon triggered an inspection by L&I and a preliminary “stop work” order. Dougherty refers to this action to in one captured exchange as being “red-striped” –– a reference to the distinctive red-and-white striping featured on L&I stoppage notices.

After a L&I staffer reverses the questionable stop work order, Dougherty complained to Henon, the indictment asserts. The councilman appears to agree to fix the problem.

“Oh really?” Henon said, according to the indictment. “I’ll walk over personally.”

When Local 98 learns of another MRI machine being installed at CHOP, a captured conversation shows Henon asking for the “exact location” of the job. L&I eventually issued a second stop-work order, denying CHOP a certificate of occupancy for a new wing.

Dougherty later assures other union colleagues that he is “on top” of the situation at CHOP.

Both men are depicted instructing associates to keep the effort under wraps. Henon directing a union business agent to “delete your email,” referring to possible messages reflective of the intervention at CHOP.

Deana Gamble, a spokeswoman for Mayor Jim Kenney, said the administration is taking the allegations seriously. 

"We cannot get into the specifics of this allegation that occurred in 2015 before the start of this administration, because we are still reviewing the indictment and court proceedings are ongoing," Gamble said in an email. "That said, L&I fields complaints from all of our city residents, not just the well-connected or powerful. L&I staff are expected to do their job without view of how the result will or will not benefit some people."

Patrick Christmas, policy director for Committee of Seventy, a watchdog nonprofit, pointed to 2015 incidents as examples of an unethical political culture. 

"The allegations of a city department being wielded as a political weapon are appalling," Christmas said. "If true, this would be among the worst examples of Philly's old school political machinery in recent memory."

Criminal Conspiracy

The indictment covers another controversial aspect of Philadelphia development – namely, unions gaming city building codes for their own benefit. Conversations revealed in the indictment include a debate between Henon and Dougherty about using 2015 legislation tweaking the city’s building code in favor of the Philadelphia plumbers union as political “leverage.”

The men schemed to use the legislation to help Doughtery win his post as the head of the city ’s building trades, according to the indictment.

Dougherty believed the head of the plumbers union would vote against him in an internal labor election. He allegedly sought to use Henon to delay the introduction of a plumbing code bill as punishment so not to affect the election. Henon then directed his staff to delay the legislation. Dougherty was eventually elected Business Manager of the Building Trades.

The indictment also alleges deeper coordination: that Dougherty allegedly compelled Henon to support Mayor Jim Kenney’s soda tax proposal as a way of carrying out revenge on the rival Teamsters union, oppose a 2016 audit of the Philadelphia Parking Authority, modify a 2015 Comcast franchise deal to benefit a friend and union contractor, and even use a Council committee in an effort to punish a company that had attempted to tow Dougherty’s car that same year,

Prosecutors say, taken together, the individual acts add up to criminal conspiracy.

“Union officials and elected officials are held to similar standards, both are required to act in the best interest of others” prosecutor Williams said. “When they violate that duty in order to enrich themselves, it’s a federal crime.”

Editors Note: This article has been updated with comments from Mayor Jim Kenney's administration and the Committee of Seventy.

Disclosure: The Electricians Union Local 98 represents engineers at WHYY.

Source: http://planphilly.com/articles/2019/01/30/red-striped-how-johnny-doc-played-philly-s-building-inspectors

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Master Electrician Brad Sudol on Electrical Safety

Throughout the Philadelphia area, Brad Sudol is best known as one of the best and most reputable professional electricians around. He was certified as a master electrician some time ago and he has a very useful specialty these days, in low-voltage wiring, which is very important when dealing with technology. The high level of experience Brad Sudol can rightfully tout these days gives him the kind of respect for the power of electricity that has made him safer than most others.

In addition to Brad Sudol’s certification as a master electrician, he also has been certified as a safe electrician by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for quite a few years. Another indication of his approach to safety comes with the certifications he holds for electrical and carpentry from NCCER. he has held all of those certifications for well over a decade. He is also certified to work on fire alarms. You could say that safety is a prime motivation for Brad Sudol’s career. That makes him different and better than most others in his field.

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My Life Struggle from Poverty to Poor and Finally winning the Battle.

So I've seen a few posts on social media about the cycle of being poor and poverty. I'm not knocking any of those, as sometimes perception by people can be different, but there is something that I wanted to bring to everyone's attention (some of you may already know this); but there is a difference between being poor and impoverished. I've statuses regarding living paycheck-to-paycheck, struggling to make car and house payments and buying groceries and clothes for oneself or the family. Essentially, this is poor; you have money coming in, you may or may not qualify for state/federal benefits, but somehow, with a struggle you're getting by. Poverty is a question of a paycheck or if you have one, it is so little that the idea of having a house payment or a car payment is a pipe dream. You likely rent some low-down, slum home/apartment or something, and that is a struggle to maintain payments for. You ARE state/federal assistance for everything that you can and it's not maybe; you DEFINITELY qualify! You do most of your clothes shopping at thrift stores or take donations from friends, family, or some charity organization and just are thankful you have clothes, let alone if they're new for work/school. You continue to wear these clothes, even after they are totally worn out, too big/small for you, because you can't afford to worry about anything else. Grocery shopping is limited to community cupboards, cheap grocery stores that sell super cheap bulk "filler" foods like macaroni, hotdogs, block cheese, and peanut butter you could grease an axle with. If you're lucky, someone in the home works at a food restaurant with a really cool and giving boss that lets you take spare food home to the family; or even makes a whole meal for the family once in awhile for you to enjoy... yes, enjoy, because it's a "rich-feeling" welcome change. Everyone has experienced different struggles in their life like this... Let me tell you about mine, growing up... My mother married at a young age when she became pregnant with me. She divorced within a year; the reasons differ, depending on who you ask and I quite frankly view it as something in her past and not mine; so I let it go and live my life. Later, she met my stepfather, who was an Army Vet and a Telecommunications and Electrician (by how he was trained in the military). Of course, cause he did not follow the customary apprenticeship programs, it was difficult to find work because he didn't have the official license. Eventually we found ourselves living in a 2-floor, slum apartment in the outskirts of Philadelphia, PA. Water and electricity was the occasional luxury, but somehow it rarely got turned off, but it was always cold or hot in the house because there was no A/C and the furnace was only occasionally ran. My mother worked as a telemarketer for minimum wage for a photography studio and my stepdad was a pizza delivery guy, making less than minimum wage as tips were expected to supplement this income (yeah right). Cheap generic cereal with powdered milk was breakfast (if we had any), and thankfully, I got free school lunches in kindergarten. Dinner was macaroni and cheese; everyday, because it was a cheap filler meal. Most of my clothes came from family hand me downs that I wore until they fell apart; because we couldn't afford anything. Understand this was 1977-1979, and this is while we also received public assistance for food, welfare; we had no medical insurance to speak of. Somewhere in all that, my stepdad applied and was accepted into Lincoln Tech University in the Electrical Engineering Technician program. My stepdad continued to work 7-days a week for scraps and the occasional pizza that the owner would send home with him when he got off work after midnight. Nothing was better than being woken up at 1 a.m. to enjoy some pizza; a real treat! My stepdad would rarely sleep, except for when he was so exhausted, he collapsed with his face in a tech book. Fortunately, my stepdad was a genius; he would dream about his homework, answering the Calculus equations and wake up in the morning and hurry and right down the answers. I remember looking at his transcript later in life; he maintained a 3.6 GPA throughout school. Things never got better during that time. My occasional babysitter taught me how to read at 4 years old, so when I started kindergarten at 6 years old, I was already reading at a 4th grade level. My mother didn't start me at 5 years, because she didn't know how and was too busy trying to work to keep us alive. Fortunately, public school invested in me and I streamlined my way through gifted programs for reading, science, and mathematics. Eventually, after my stepdad graduated school he began looking for work in Electrical Engineering. It was hard, because most of the time, the hand-me-down VW bug didn't work, unless my stepdad could perform a miracle with scraps he found or someone gave him parts (we couldn't afford otherwise). My stepdad eventually found a job in Sherman, TX with Texas Instruments making around $12/hour; this was 1979 and that wage was approximately equivalent to about $38/Hour today. So I went and lived with my grandparents for the summer, while my parents drove to Oklahoma/Texas area to look for a house. They found a beat-up old trailer in a trailer park in Cartwright, Oklahoma that we settled into. It was like moving into a mansion for me. My stepdad never missed a day of work; even when the car broke down (very often) he would walk over 20 miles each direction to get to work and back home. Fortunately, he would occasionally get rides to work from strangers on the side of the road. Continuing with our good luck, he made friends with a guy named "Mark" that in exchange for gas money, would drive from Denison, TX to Cartwright, OK to pick my stepdad up for work and then drive him home again. Eventually, we saved money and was able to buy from a stranger, an old 1978 station wagon that lasted a few years. My stepdad worked hard and was given good pay raises, never laid-off, and even was promoted a few times. My mother found a warehouse shipping job at "Crazy Crow Trading Post" dealing with Native American and Frontier-style clothing, shelter, etc... for those that participated in frontier-style re-enactments. I got into Native American dancing and would go to Pow-Wows all over the place, wearing stuff that I was able to put together from what my mother was able to get for me (at a discount) from work. My mother was eventually able to go to night school at the local Vocational-Technical school (Kiamichi Vo-Tech) and get her LVN license. While my stepdad's career, combined with my mother's warehouse work, moved us from poverty to poor, my mother becoming an LVN is what helped us to move from poor to lower middle-class. I later graduated high school and pursued military service and it was during those 6 years, my mother became an RN and her and my stepdad moved into middle class and was able to finally buy new cars and a house. My life repeated much of a similar path. I left active duty with strong leadership/management skills and a California EMT certification (that Texas would not accept). I lived in a trailer home I rented, while working for K-Mart in undercover security for $6/Hour, with a girlfriend and a baby daughter on the way. I used WIC and medicaid and it was a God-send. Things changed some and I eventually found myself working in Carrollton, TX as an EMT-Intermediate for $8/Hour. I worked hard, got increased responsibilities, more pay ($12/Hour, in 1999). I left to go to school for medical ultrasound and eventually got a job, with overtime, that helped me to make over $80k/year. This was short-lived as I was soon activated in the National Guard and my income dropped to $27k/year. I had two cars, a house, and was looking at solid middle-clas with eventual quick movement to upper middle, when I lost it all in bankruptcy due to the dramatic change in income and a spouse who (unknown to me) couldn't manage money/bills properly and was having an on/off affair with an old boyfriend (we eventually divorced, when she tried to proposition one of my best friends and I was told). Upon release from active duty, I pursued a career as a police officer, rising in the ranks until I was at the Executive Command Staff level at almost $82k/year. Due to politics and burn-out, I retired 2-years ago, but fortunately had money in retirement that helped, along with temporarily returning to EMS for $10/Hour, while I went to night school. Granted, I already possessed a BA in Criminal Justice and a Masters in Public Administration. I worked on an ambulance 45 hours a week, taught college government classes on my days off, taught CPR, ACLS, & PALS on the weekends, and went to night school for almost a year. Fortunately, working 3 jobs and using my Texas Veteran's Education benefits, I didn't need public assistance, but it was still a struggle. I now make $42k/year (government IT job), own a home, and I don't really struggle anymore. However, I remember the struggle. I remember living in poverty, I remember living poor, and America needs to really look at itself and make some changes to help those still struggling to get by and even fighting to raise themselves up out of the poverty line. I have friends that make this struggle still. I see them and try to help them any way they'll let me. I don't do it because I pity them; pity is for the weak and by no means is my friend weak, but a strong, independent, fighter. I reach out because I truly care and love them. I fought the fight and won; if there is something I can do to help them win the same battle I will. Even if it's providing that little bit of sunshine to their life (like my stepdad's pizza owner did for us), with stuff for Christmas or something I know they like to have but just can't afford it right now. Very few were ever there for me, but I can be there for my people. Not out of charity, but out of love and understanding. I'm not saying if your struggle was not like mine, then you don't know what you're talking about. I'm simply trying to provide context for those that may have a hard-time understanding what poverty and poor is like; the difficulty of the struggle to rise above it and the fact is, you can overcome it, but it's hard work and you will have setbacks and triumphs; however, you can win!

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Electrician apprenticeships help achieve the individuals' long-term goals. Dive in to understand the role of these apprenticeships in detail!

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Electricians Training at PTTI provides a dynamic platform for aspiring electricians to cultivate their skills. With hands-on experience, expert guidance, and cutting-edge curriculum, participants master the art of electrical systems.

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Discover the path to a rewarding career with electrician apprenticeships. Learn about electrician certification, trade schools, and job opportunities.

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At PTTI, we understand the increasing demand for qualified electricians in today's fast-paced world. Don't miss out on the chance to light up your future. Take the first step towards a fulfilling career with PTTI's electrician training program.

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How does electrician training in Philadelphia help you become an electrician? What are the steps one needs to take to become an electrician? What programs are the best? Learn it all at PTTI!

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Karl Segars, a student from the manufacturing and automation program, shares his review and experience with PTTI. How, from knowing nothing, he learned and became one of the top electricians. And now is making a career in skilled trades. To know his story watch this video and if it makes you want to be the best electrician, enroll today!

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According to current thinking, technical occupations tend to be the ones that are doing well. In the technological industry, an electrician's career is possible. So, if you're curious about what you may expect to gain from enrolling in an electrical course, keep reading because this article will highlight several advantages.