Boston – This Sat., 10/8 – just one month before the nation’s most historical election – Doris Kearns Goodwin opens the 2016 Nat’l. Electrical Contractors Assn. (NECA) Convention at the BCEC from 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – followed by former Police Chief Linskey on Sunday, 10/9 and tech maverick Mick Ebeling on Monday, 10/10.
Major Boston area projects – including the LogMeIn Expansion in Seaport, the MIT Sloan building renovation in Cambridge, the EMK Institute and Gaston Electrical’s solar project –demonstrate the $130 billion industry’s fast-moving trend from “just the installers” to 73 percent now engaged in in design/build or design/assist work and 70 percent in low-voltage work.
Top 2016 convention news/ events include:
– Sat., 10/8: 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Doris Kearns Goodwin addresses the nation’s largest electrical construction industry event
– Sun., 10/9: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Former Boston Police Chief Daniel Linskey discusses his leadership journey during the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings
– Mon., 10/10: 1:15 p.m-2:30 p.m..: EyeWriter inventor and 3-D printing maverick Mick Ebeling from Not Impossible gives the closing address
– Fri., 10/7 : 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Annual Green Energy Challenge student finalists include Iowa State, the University of Washington and the University of Toronto
– Sat., 10/8-10/10: Trade Show/Annual Showstoppers Awards: 300 exhibitors including the latest in LED lighting, EV chargers, solar, wind and much more
– Integrated Systems Contractor (ISC) trend: Transforming a $130 billion market in low-voltage systems (lighting controls, communications, security, fire/life safety,
energy management and other automated building systems).
