Electrical Contractors Association
Milwaukee Chapter - NECA Inc.

National Electrical Contractors Association Milwaukee Chapter - NECA Inc. Two Honey Creek Corporate Center 115 South 84th St., Suite 110 Milwaukee, WI 53214 Phone: 414-778-0305 Fax: 414-778-0224 Email Web Site

 

 

What's NECA?

The National Electrical Contractors Association is a nationwide trade association representing the electrical contracting industry. The association provides management and technical services to NECA's 5,000-plus members. As individuals, they generally cannot afford such a wide range of services themselves. By sharing costs with others within the association, member electrical contractors enjoy the benefits of a fine trade association.

NECA history

The Electrical Contractors Association, the Milwaukee Chapter-NECA, was organized in 1916 by electrical contractors in the Milwaukee area who recognized the need for a strong association that could deal with their common problems. In 1929, the local association became the second chartered chapter of NECA.

Services provided by Milwaukee NECA include: labor relations, marketing aids, technical training, business management education, public relations, government affairs, advertising and safety programs.

We're proud of our rich history and tradition, but in today's fast-paced world, successful organizations focus on the future. Milwaukee NECA members and the association itself will continue to set the standard for the industry. The men and women of NECA are the industry's standard-bearers. Through their hard work and effort, the association and its members are able to meet and exceed industry goals.

What makes neca contractors so special?

First and foremost, Milwaukee NECA contractors are the most qualified electrical contractors in the industry. Qualified electrical NECA contractors:

• Accept full responsibility for the job
• Provide an experienced management organization, including experts in estimating, purchasing, engineering accounting and job supervision
• Provide skilled electrical journeyman craftsmen trained to do a quality installation
• Supply properly selected, high-quality materials and schedule their delivery for use in the appropriate place at the proper time and in correct quantities
• Use time-saving tools and equipment to the maximum efficiency and quality in electrical installations
• Keep informed of the most up-to-date techniques and materials
• Maintain and improve the professional development of their management staff to provide the highest quality service
• Know the National Electrical Code and all state and local codes and use them to guide their work
• Insist, even beyond the code requirements, that all work meet or exceed workplace standards to do the job right the first time, on budget and on schedule

Milwaukee NECA contractors perform a wide range of electrical services. These types of electrical services include:

• Residential
• Voice/data/video
• Outside line/utility
• Instrumentation/testing
• Industrial
• Motor repair
• Sign
• Marine
• Commercial
• Institutional
• Street lighting
• Traffic control

All Milwaukee NECA contractors are versatile and can handle just about every type of job you can throw at them. However, some firms may specialize and/or have expertise in one or more of the above areas. Feel free to contact any Milwaukee NECA member or the association office at 414-778-0305 to find the contractor that is right for you.

NECA activities keep contractors informed, entertained - and busy

Milwaukee NECA undertakes a busy meetings and events schedule. The association holds regular evening membership meetings on the second Tuesday of each month (September through May) at the Brookfield Midway Hotel. These membership meetings include a social time, dinner, association business agenda and a guest speaker, entertainment or event. Kettle Moraine NECA members in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan also meet monthly for dinner meetings at rotating locations on the third Thursday of each month (September through May).

January's membership meeting doubles as the Association's Annual Inspectors Dinner, where NECA contractors invite electrical inspectors for a social meeting and technical education presentation. In either September or October, the meeting doubles as the annual Electrical Construction Political Action Committee Auction. This rollicking event auctions electrical equipment; Packers, Brewers, Badgers and Bucks tickets; and sports memorabilia or other gift items all donated by local construction vendors. The proceeds are given to ECPAC to help advance electrical contracting and small-business issues in Washington, D.C. This year's event, scheduled for Sept. 12, will feature WTMJ radio personality Jonathan Green as the emcee and auctioneer.

The association also holds luncheon meetings, usually in conjunction with an afternoon technical seminar. The luncheon seminar has proved to be tremendously popular with NECA members and their employees. They can grab a sandwich, attend an informative seminar, earn a few continuing education credits and still have time in the late afternoon to get back to work.

Milwaukee NECA is a leader in providing technical and management training. NECA's technical seminar schedule offers up to 15 continuing education credits each year on important topics like the National Electrical Code, fire alarms and voice, data and video installations. NECA's management training program is top shelf, too. These full-day seminars have included training on estimating, change orders, executive finance and the legal aspects of employee relations.

The association keeps its members busy with meetings, luncheons, seminars and social events with more than 30 events each year. And that doesn't include committee and board meetings, district and regional meetings, the Annual NECA Show & Convention, the Voice/Data/Video Expo and the Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. NECA works harder to make a contractor's job easier.

NECA to distribute NEIS to local design professionals

NECA's technical instruction is not just limited to its members and their employees. This summer, NECA reached out to inspectors, architects, engineers and other design professionals with a complimentary National Electrical Installation Standards manual.

NEIS goes well beyond what is required by code and is designed to improve communication among specifiers, purchasers and suppliers of electrical construction services. The standards define a minimum baseline of quality and workmanship for installing electrical products and services. Milwaukee NECA is distributing these manuals free to the people who design and inspect our work. These manuals define the industry standard in print, but in their daily work NECA members have been setting the local industry standard of quality workmanship for nearly 100 years.

2000 Board of Directors and officers

President Michael Kelliher, Spring City Electric

Vice President Robert Kruesel, Kap Electric

Secretary-Treasurer William Adams, Pieper Electric

Director Judy Roberts, Craf-Tron Electric

Director John Stoker, Meer Electric

Governor Gervase Rose, Roman Electric

Association staff

Executive Vice President R. Drew Gibson

Assistant Chapter Manager Timothy A. Penno

Code Consultant John L. Cyr

 

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