For a complete directory of NECA Greater Boston Chapter member firms, call 1-877-NECA-IBEW or visit us at www.bostonneca.org.

Electrical Contractors Association of Greater Boston, Inc. / 106 River Street, West Newton, MA / 1-877-NECA-IBEW / www.bostonneca.org

NORWOOD, MA – Gaston Electrical Co., Inc. (Gaston), the Norwood, MA-based, full ser-vice NECA electrical contractor recently took part in the 2017 National Safety Stand-Down. The week-long construction safety event, which ran from May 8 - 12, is organized by OSHA – The United States Department of Labor and partners including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

and the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA).

The National Safety Stand-Down provides an opportunity for construction companies to speak with their employees about safety on the jobsite through various programs such as toolbox talks, policy reviews, and equipment inspections. This year marked Gaston’s third time as a partici-pant, a testament to the com-pany’s commitment to ensuring safe work environments for all

employees and project partners. Throughout the week, Rick

Coakley, Corporate Safety Director at Gaston, visited vari-ous ongoing projects and led Fall Prevention training for the elec-tricians on site. Highlights of the week were visits to active Gaston project sites, including Standish Hall at Harvard, AMGEN in Kendall Square, Myles Standish Hall at Boston University, The Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre at Boston University, and Wayfair in Copley Square.

“Participating in OSHA’s 2017 National Safety Stand-Down for Fall Prevention was of high importance to our field team and Gaston leadership,” said Coakley. “When deal-ing with any elevation, ladders, or even smaller

tripping hazards, it’s essential that we identify problems and train our teams to avoid and mitigate any potential threats. At Gaston, we place tremendous emphasis on safety training, and we work tirelessly to continuously improve our practices at every step. We are proud to join premier general contractors and other subcontractors across the nation in recognition of this important safety week event – and we’ll continue to promote this message throughout the year.”

Upon completion of the 2017 National Safety Stand-Down, Gaston was presented with a Certificate of Recognition from The United States Department of Labor, OSHA, NIOSH, and NORA.Photos: Gaston conducted Stand-down training at Boston University’s new Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre, now under construction, and at four other project sites.

BOSTON, MA – J&M Brown Company, Inc. (JMB), based in Jamaica Plain, MA, has com-pleted the comprehensive demo-lition and electrical construction of Red Hat’s new office facility at 300 A Street in the Seaport District. JMB provided the cus-tomized fit-out of the 40,000 s/f brick and wood space, now home to the state-of-the-art Red Hat Executive Briefing Center, Red

Hat Open Innovation Labs and Red Hat Engineering Lab.

Traversing two-floors of the brick and wood building, JMB’s scope included the installation of 2,000 feet of cable tray, 2,200 feet of custom black, powder-coated grid to hang lighting fix-tures, and the relocation of the facility’s existing electric room, dividing it into two new loca-tions. J&M Brown’s low-voltage division, Spectrum Integrated Technologies, provided instal-lation of the facility’s sophis-ticated tel/data, security, and Audio-Visual Systems.

The Red Hat offices feature a two-story video wall and ‘floating room’, complete with 360-degree video screens; ener-gy-conserving Mecho Shades with daytime and nighttime shade features; and the facil-ity’s advanced, Eaton Greengate

lighting control energy man-agement system. The project was completed on an aggres-sive 7-month schedule, as J&M Brown and Spectrum man-aged their experienced crews of IBEW Local 103 electricians and technicians in a coordinat-ed electrical, tel/data, and secu-rity system project.

Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, Red Hat is recognized as a world-leading provider of open source software solutions. The new A Street Fort Point office expands the company’s footprint in Massachusetts, as its world-

wide engineering and product headquarters are located in Westford, MA.

Gaston Electrical Receives DOL Certificate of Recognition for Participation in OSHA 2017 National Safety Stand-DownFocus On Fall Prevention Training During Week-long Event

J&M Brown Company Completes Electrical Construction of New Red Hat Facility, 300 A Street in Boston’s Seaport DistrictNECA Boston contractor teams with GC: StructureTone, Boston, MA; Owner: Red Hat

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Executive Briefing Center - image courtesy of Red Hat and Downstream Open Innovation Lab – image courtesy of Red Hat and IA Interior Architects

For a complete directory of NECA Greater Boston Chapter member firms, call 1-877-NECA-IBEW or visit us at www.bostonneca.org.

ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY NEWS

109 Electrical and Telecom Apprentices Graduate at 70th Annual JATC Greater Boston Graduation

NECA to Conduct Prefabrication

Design Management Workshop on

June 29th at JATC

WEST NEWTON, MA – The Joint Apprentice and Training Committee (JATC) for the Electrical Contracting Industry of Greater Boston, in col-laboration with NECA Boston Chapter and IBEW Local 103, held its 70th annual apprenticeship grad-uation on June 8th at IBEW Local

103 in Dorchester. The graduating class of 109 electrical industry pro-fessionals, comprised of 87 electrical apprentices and 22 telecommunica-tions apprentices, graduated during the ceremony.

Serving as JATC Trustees from NECA Boston are William Weber,

Jr. of Gaston Electrical, Alan Scharfe of John A. Penney Company, and David Noon of J&M Brown. IBEW Local 103 is represented by John Dumas, Chairman, Louis Antonellis, and Raymond B. Vinton.

JATC Greater Boston Director of Training, James O’Connell wel-

comed the graduates and Michael P. Monahan, International Vice President, IBEW Second District was the commencement speaker. Weber, Secretary of NECA Boston and Dumas, Business Manager of Local 103, also addressed the graduates.

WEST NEWTON, MA – Produc-tivity and streamlined construc-tion are more important than ever on construction projects of all scopes and sizes. NECA Boston and our contractors constantly seek to attain optimal productiv-ity through better management of time, cost, and quality. Pre-fab-rication is a key tool with which electrical contractors can now op-timize productivity. On June 29th, the Boston Chapter will conduct a NECA management course on prefabrication and the key steps to effectively implementing it as an integral part of the productiv-ity management system. The continuing education man-agement course will:• Identify key steps to plan and

implement pre-fabrication design methods

• Identify factors that optimize labor productivity

• Explain strategies to increase productivity

• List the steps to outline a pre-plan and layout for a construc-tion project

The course will be taught by Dr. Perry Daneshgari, an Ad-junct Professor at University of Michigan (M.S. Engineering) and Executive MBA at Michi-gan State University (Enter-prise Information Systems). He authored The Chase, a study of product development redesign at a major automobile manufac-turer. Dr. Daneshgari holds an MBA, Wayne State Germany; B.S. in ME & CE, Northwest-ern University, Illinois. He has an extensive background in im-proving productivity and profits in various industries and has worked with electrical contrac-tors throughout the nation.

For further information and to register, NECA members should call Assistant Chapter Manager Kristen Gowin at 617-969-2521.

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