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The Smart Financial Center is Opening!

The Smart Financial Center is Opening! And Pieper couldn’t be happier! We’ve been working on Sugar Land’s brand new performing arts center since December of 2014 to install electrical infrastructure — including specialty color changing lighting throughout the facility and DMX lighting control, as well as fire alarms, structured cabling, security-cameras and access control. The […]

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Deck the Halls

Deck the Halls Let Pieper help make this holiday season bright! With all the bright, twinkling lights and warm, powerful heaters, the holiday season can put quite a load on your electrical system. Whether you need a dedicated breaker for Christmas lights or a back-up generator for your heating system, Pieper will make sure you’re […]

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Steps Towards Safety: The Importance of Preventative Maintenance

Steps Towards Safety: The Importance of Preventative Maintenance It’s midnight on a Friday and the ER is filled to capacity. In the midst of this chaos, there is a sudden whirring sound. Then silence. Darkness. The backup generators are not kicking in as planned… Preventive maintenance (PM) is essential to any hospital’s electrical maintenance plan. […]

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Rewriting the Future of Trade Professionals

Rewriting the Future of Trade Professionals Currently experiencing a downswing in skilled workers, the construction sector is actively implementing strategies to better market professional and craft worker positions. One standout organization involved in changing the population’s mindset is Construction Career Collaborative (C3), an alliance of owners, contractors and specialty contractors dedicated to addressing the issues […]

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LEDs Lead the Way

LEDs Lead the Way An important part of our everyday lives, lighting uses about 22% of all electricity generated in the U.S., according to Department of Energy statistics. It’s no wonder that the DOE and efficiency supporters have promoted upgraded lighting technologies to improve energy efficiency and reduce building energy consumption and costs. In fact, […]

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Sound the Alarm: Causes of Fires in Commercial Buildings

Sound the Alarm: Causes of Fires in Commercial Buildings As a concerned business owner, you continually evaluate the safety of your workplace and how to improve upon it. You often do not consider electrical systems, which have become safer and more dependable as a result of strict building codes, advanced technology, solid system design, professional […]

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Transform Your Transformer

Transform Your Transformer Do you know how long a transformer is meant to last? 10 years? 20? 30? 40? The life expectancy is approximately 20 years, but rarely are transformers replaced for technical reasons only. Many transformers are retired because they become increasingly inefficient over time. If the existing transformers are older, but are working […]

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School is Never Out

School is Never Out Even after our apprentices complete their apprenticeship at the Independent Electrical Contractors of Houston (IEC), their education continues. At Pieper, they start a new phase in learning because school is never out. Each day is an opportunity to better yourself with knowledge, patience, leadership and compassion. Did you know that each […]

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Plan Ahead with Prefabrication

Plan Ahead with Prefabrication We have all seen the changes occurring in the construction marketplace. For years, we have watched as projects have increased in complexity and schedules have been compressed — all while fewer craftsmen enter the workplace and the margins shrink. Prefabrication can help meet these demands. Many components of the electrical system […]

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Staying Grounded: The Importance of Safeguarding Your Circuits

Staying Grounded: The Importance of Safeguarding Your Circuits If you’re planning on rearranging, relocating or purchasing new machines or electronics, do you have plans in place to ensure your equipment is properly grounded? Without professional grounding, dangerous shock hazards exist that could electrocute employees, cause damage to sensitive electronics or produce showers of sparks around […]

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