ECA News & Events Update

Wiley Davison

Keynote Speaker for the CSC/ASA Construction Expo & Safety Conference

Membership Meeting -

March 5, 2024

ECA Membership Meeting

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

BREAKFAST SESSION!

Drury Lane Conference Center

100 Drury Lane

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

(630) 530-0111

Registration / Networking: 7:30 am

Breakfast: 7:30 am

Business Session: 7:30 am

Event Concludes: 8:30 am

This Breakfast event is in conjunction with the CSC-ASA Construction Expo & Safety Conference.

EVENTS

68th Annual Paddy's Day Luncheon

The Paddy's Day Lunch is THE opportunity to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with hundreds of colleagues in the electrical industry of Chicago.

Don't Miss:

Shannon Rovers

Door Prize Drawing

Francis P. Cummins Award Presentation

2025 Big Shillelagh Announcement

$100 per seat, $1,000 for a table of 10

Registrations, cancellations and changes are due no later than March 5, 2024.

EDUCATION

Jaemie L. Neely, Executive Director, Federation of Women Contractors

"Contracting with M/WBE Vendors- The Do's and The Don'ts" Seminar:

April 10, 2024

11:00 am - Noon

Union League Club of Chicago

65 W. Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60604

Join us for insight into the essential guidelines and pitfalls to avoid when engaging with minority and women-owned businesses in the electrical contracting industry. Discover strategies for diversity, compliance, and partnerships.

Bill Heffernan, co-founder of Employee Resource Systems, Inc. (ERS) and ScreenSafe, Inc.

Luci Manos, ScreenSafe, Inc.

Reasonable Suspicion Seminar: April 11, 2024

8:00 am - 10:30 am

Maggiano's Banquets

240 Oakbrook Ctr.

Oak Brook, IL 60523

(630) 368-0300

(Breakfast included - to be available by 7:45 am)

Substance abuse in the workplace is a problem with negative consequences for employees and employers.

Most people avoid having drug or alcohol use affect their work time and performance, but some employees struggle to keep their substance use from affecting their employment.

The Reasonable Suspicion training will cover topics such as:

The signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol misuse and abuse,
The importance of objective and factual documentation,
Strategies and approaches to successful interventions and

This program is complimentary to ECA members!

Jesse Geiger, CAD/BIM Manager

Block Electric, Inc.

NECA - IIT Student Chapter Update

The ECA Student Committee would like to thank Jesse Geiger, CAD / BIM Manager, Block Electric Company, Inc. for his special presentation held during the fifth Student Chapter session on Thursday, February 8, 2024 regarding Building Information Modeling (BIM).

Again, we thank Jesse for his assistance and welcome ECA members for their input as the project progresses!

Only 5 spots remain!

"Advance the Service & Maintenance of Your Electrical Contracting Business in 2024"

"Dominate Your Market, Learn the Ins and Outs of Compliancy Utilizing NFPA 70E and NFPA 70B."

Monday, March 25, 2024 & Tuesday, March 26, 2024

7:30 am - 4:00 pm

The Hyatt Lodge Conference Center

2715 Jorie Blvd. - Room 264

Oak Brook, IL 60523

(630) 568-1234.

The fee for this program is $500.00 for ECA members.

Various Event Stipends

The Electrical Contractors' Association of City of Chicago (ECA) Executive Committee recently approved a number of educational stipends for various events throughout 2024. Please click on the link for the current listing. The registrations will be reimbursed to the applicable companies after the applicable Conference.

2024 Stipend Listings

Industry Partners

Important Improvements to NEBF

Significant improvements have been made by the National Employee Benefit Board (NEBB) and National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) trustees to the NEBF that will alleviate the financial concerns of the NECA contractor while providing an increased benefit to the IBEW electrical worker.

Illinois Green Alliance 2024 Annual Meeting

The IGA is the former Illinois Chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The IGA Held its Annual Meeting on February 8, 2024, at the office of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL). JLL is a global real estate services company. The session was held in their Aon Center office in Chicago.

IMSCA Update - December 27, 2023

Please click below for a synopsis of a couple of new rules that have been adopted recently through the administrative rule process which will be impacting contractors and subs. The rules concern Sprinkler Systems and State Contracts.

CLICK HERE FOR NEW RULES

Labor Relations Bulletin

Navigating Incentive Pay

Independent Contractor Rule Change

CLRC Settlement Reports

NECA Podcast Network

Throughout this monthly series, the NECA Risk Management Executive Directors of Safety will discuss specific topics within electrical construction safety.

NECA SAFETY ROUNDUP!

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

ERS helps employees and their household members achieve their personal and professional goals by providing coaching that meets needs in many of life's domains.

Updated ERS

Promotional Toolkit: https://allonehealth.com/toolkit-ers/ for easier access to flyers, Insights Newsletters and much more.

Portal Information

The Power of Better Episode 9:

In this episode, we journey inside the T5 Data Center in Elk Grove Village. T5 Data Centers designs the data systems that power companies across the country.

Hosted by Powering Chicago’s Executive Director, Elbert Walters III.

Watch Now

Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention

It is an unfortunate fact that construction has the highest rate of suicide of any industry in America. We lose about 53 out of every 100,000 members of our industry EVERY YEAR to suicide. We are four times the average of other industries. We have a crisis in construction and we need to do something about it. You can visit the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention website and learn more. We urge all to take the pledge to STAND UP for suicide prevention and address it as a health and safety priority.

CLICK HERE FOR A "Stand Up for Suicide Prevention" Information Sheet.