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Electrical Safety: Excavation and Trenching
Excavation and trenching rank among most hazardous operations in the construction industry and are strictly regulated by OSHA to prevent...
Craig Drabyk
May 27, 20202 min read
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Megger Testing a Key Part of Commissioning & Troubleshooting
A megohmmeter, commonly known as a megger, is an instrument used to measure the electrical resistance of insulation. Meggers measure...
Craig Drabyk
May 12, 20201 min read
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Meeting the Challenge of Bringing a Project Back to Budget
Often when bids begin to come in on construction project, it becomes apparent that the budget may have been flawed from the outset. Many...
Craig Drabyk
Apr 27, 20202 min read
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Omni a Key Participant in 2020 ISPE Facility of the Year Award-Winning Project
The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) recently announced the winners of the 2020 ISPE Facility of the Year...
Craig Drabyk
Apr 13, 20202 min read
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What is an ATS/Auto-Transfer Switch?
An automatic transfer switch, or ATS, is an electrical switch that monitors utility power for failure and automatically moves a load to a...
Craig Drabyk
Mar 27, 20202 min read
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Electrical Sags & Undervoltage
There are a number of power quality issues that can cause problems in a building or facility. These include voltage sags, undervoltage,...
Craig Drabyk
Mar 12, 20202 min read
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Omni: Undivided Responsibility
Definition: omni- all; of all things Back in 1986, company founders chose the name “Omni” to reflect the full range of services they...
Craig Drabyk
Feb 28, 20201 min read
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Understanding Harmonics
Harmonics is a problem that can severely alter the quality of power delivered to electrical systems and can cause damage, disruption, or...
Craig Drabyk
Feb 14, 20202 min read
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Filling In the Design Details: Choosing the Right Controls Contractor Makes All the Difference
When it comes to project planning regarding controls interface with various systems, from process to HVAC, utilities, and vendor...
Craig Drabyk
Jan 29, 20202 min read
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Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMS)
A common practice for many years has been to qualify a building automation system (BAS) as a whole or in segments. With increasingly...
Craig Drabyk
Jan 13, 20202 min read
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Why Low Voltage Wire and Cable Testing is Important
It is no secret that sub-par electrical contractors often arrive at a low bid price by underestimating hours and eliminating quality...
Craig Drabyk
Dec 31, 20192 min read
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Shielded Cable
Industrial environments are subject to electrical noise, which can cause electromagnetic interference (EMI) that can negatively affect...
Craig Drabyk
Dec 11, 20192 min read
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Omni Helps Get Process Project Back on Track
A fast-track process project was well underway when the project team realized they had big problem: they’d forgotten to order numerous...
Craig Drabyk
Nov 25, 20192 min read
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More Businesses are Installing Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Omni recently furnished and installed SemaConnect Series 6 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations as part of a large biopharmaceutical...
Craig Drabyk
Nov 11, 20192 min read
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Evaluating Electrical & Controls Equipment Bids: Know What You're Buying
When it comes to purchasing electrical and controls equipment for a project, there’s certainly nothing wrong with accepting the lowest...
Craig Drabyk
Oct 24, 20192 min read
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Save Energy with Occupancy Sensors
Occupancy sensors are devices that turn equipment on and off in response to the presence or absence of people in a specific area. These...
Craig Drabyk
Oct 9, 20192 min read
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Protect Your Facility Assets with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
Power problems and outages pose significant risk to critical systems and equipment. Sags, spikes, surges, noise, frequency instability,...
Craig Drabyk
Sep 25, 20192 min read
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Technical Collaboration Among Contractors Was the Key to This Project's Success
Projects often have very aggressive schedules, tight budgets, and missing technological design details, which can lead to multiple...
Craig Drabyk
Sep 10, 20191 min read
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Functional & Performance Testing
When electrical, mechanical, and process systems are installed and equipment is successfully started up and verified, a good contractor...
Craig Drabyk
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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Control Panel Ventilation and Cooling
Ventilation and cooling are important considerations when designing a control panel cabinet or cabinet enclosure. Because a control panel...
Craig Drabyk
Aug 5, 20191 min read
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