NECA Recognizes L.E. Myers District Operations for Safety Excellence in 2020 The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) recently announced that The L.E. Myers Co’s (L.E. Myers) Marshalltown, IA and Decatur, IL districts received NECA 2020 Safety Excellence Awards. Recognition of Achievement of Zero Injury awards also went to The L.E. Myers Co’s. (L.E. Myers) Marshalltown,… Read more
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Ameren Recognizes L.E. Myers’ Decatur, IL District for Safety Excellence Second Year in a Row
For the second consecutive year, long-time client Ameren presented The L.E. Myers Co. (L.E. Myers) Decatur, Illinois district with the 2019 Eagle Award for Safety. Award criteria was based on several categories: Lost Work Days Away (LWA) Total Recordable Incidence Rate (TRIR) Preventable Outage Rate Near Miss / Good Catch Reporting Trending Reports Preventable Motor… Read more
The L.E. Myers Co’s Decatur, Illinois District Takes Home NECA 2019 Project Excellence Award
Decatur district recognized for innovation and originality for difficult high voltage transmission project across Mississippi River Recognized as the premier event for the electrical construction industry, the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) hosted its 2019 annual convention September 14-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the four-day event, winners of NECA’s 2019 Project Excellence Awards competition… Read more
Learning and Recognition from NECA – The Voice of the Electrical Construction Industry
The L.E. Myers Co., along with other MYR Group subsidiaries, attains NECA safety recognition; learn latest in industry safety standards, techniques, and compliance; spark NECA’s interest in our hot-stick training In May, safety representatives from various MYR Group subsidiaries attended the National Electrical Contractors Association’s (NECA) 2019 Safety Professionals Conference, the electrical construction industry’s premier… Read more
Spotlight On VPP – What It Means, Why It Matters
The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is an Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) initiative that encourages companies and federal agencies to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses through hazard prevention and control, worksite analysis, training, and cooperation between management and workers. VPP enlists worker involvement to achieve injury and illness rates that are below national Bureau of… Read more
Construction In Focus Features L.E. Myers Article, “Strong Roots”
Construction In Focus magazine recently published an article featuring The L.E. Myers Co. (L.E. Myers) as a long established and successful electrical contractor helping build the United States’ infrastructure from the first streetlights in Chicago to transmission lines across Midwestern states. With over 125 years of history – tracing their roots back to Thomas Edison… Read more
Line Workers Factor in Lunar Tides to Complete the Nansemond River Crossing Project for Dominion Energy
SUFFOLK, Virginia – If part of your commute involves donning a life vest, chances are the job you’re heading to isn’t a simple one. The L.E. Myers Co. (L.E. Myers) line workers who successfully completed the Nansemond River crossing project in Suffolk, Virginia for Dominion Energy can certainly attest to that. The scope of work… Read more
MYR Group 2017 Storm Restoration
2017 has been one of the most active, dangerous and expensive Atlantic storm seasons to date. Close to nine million people lost power on the mainland following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. For MYR Group and its subsidiaries, (crews sent from The L.E. Myers Co., Sturgeon Electric, Harlan Electric Company, E.S. Boulos and Great Southwestern… Read more
High Flying Line Workers Help Dominion Meet Tight Deadline
WAYNESBORO, Virginia – The L.E. Myers Co. (L.E. Myers) a subsidiary of MYR Group inc. (MYR Group), demonstrated its commitment to clients by rapidly training and deploying a special team of line workers to help energize a transmission line in Virginia. It was already a week into December when Dominion requested the company’s help… Read more
L.E. Myers Strengthens Synergy with AEP Upon Successful Completion of Cloverdale-Lexington 500kV Reconductor Project
In the summer of 2016, The L.E. Myers Co. (L.E. Myers), a subsidiary of MYR Group Inc. (MYR Group), successfully constructed Appalachian Power’s Cloverdale-Lexington 36.5-mile reconductor project. Appalachian Power is a subsidiary of American Electric Power, or AEP. The new double bundle, 500kV line begins at the Cloverdale substation (North… Read more