08/19/2026 Daily Report

IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Wednesday, August 19, 2026 LU-613 Atlanta, GA — $40.00/hr, 309 open calls with Book 1 at 903 and Book 2 at 35. QTS Fayetteville data center is driving the majority of work, with Whitehead, Inglett & Stubbs, and Miller Electric TN each running large crews on 4-10s plus Saturdays for cable tray, feeder MC, and medium-voltage pulls. Inglett & Stubbs also has 20 JW slots at Wellstar Paulding Hospital (high-rise addition, 4-10s + 1-8 Mon–Fri). Most calls require safety-toed boots; orientations run Mon/Wed/Thu. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI — $52.51/hr base, 185 open calls with Book 1 at 15 and Book 2 at 19. The Port Washington Data Center is the headline opportunity — Cupertino, Gurtz, and MJ Electric are all hiring at $62.51/hr with weeks running 50–60+ hours. Wisconsin electrical license, drug test, and ID documents required on all three calls. Staff Electric and Pieper Electric have smaller Milwaukee-area calls at scale. LU-26 Washington, DC — $62.00/hr, 158 open calls. Federal and data center work spread across DC, Maryland, Virginia. Notable calls include WMATA Tagging/Relay/SCADA upgrades (5-10s, Saturdays as needed, WMATA badge required), SDC Bluefin Data Center in Ashburn, a DHS building with overtime available, and Federal Reserve conduit work. Miller Electric is working a packaging plant in Gladstone, VA with overtime available. Pre-hire drug test and background checks common; book depth not reported. LU-1426 Grand Forks, ND — $44.80/hr, 140 open calls. Parsons Electric is running two large calls (47 and 41 JW) at the Polaris Forge Data Center in Harwood on 6-10s. Total daily upside can be substantial: $100/day Mon–Fri attendance incentive, $150/day weekend incentive, $100/day ND-license incentive, and $100/day per diem for those 100+ miles out (GPS-verified, attendance-policy dependent). ND license, drug test, and 2 forms of ID required. Hunt Electric has 10 JW slots at Grand Forks Air Base on 4-10s plus 8 OT hours Friday with a $100/day incentive. LU-481 Indianapolis, IN — $48.80/hr, 121 open calls. Cupertino Electric is dispatching 6 JW starting Tuesday 8/25 to Project Fletcher BESS in Greensburg — a new 118-MW battery energy storage system with underground conduit, MV cable pulls, and 160+ equipment sets. Schedule is 5-10s Mon–Fri with Saturdays possible at double time. Drug test and steel-toe or composite boots required. Ermco has 3 JW in Lebanon on 5-10s plus a Saturday. LU-401 Reno, NV — $52.00/hr base, 116 open calls with Book 1 at 5 and Book 2 at 33. Top money is at the Sparks data center calls: EC Electric (STY-4) and Rosendin (Vantage) are both paying $62.00/hr on 5-10s. Bechtel is running 30 JW at Thacker Pass near Winnemucca on 6-10s with $100/day per diem; Newtron also has 6 JW at the same site. Briggs Electric in Carson City runs 5-10s plus 8 with 2x OT. OSHA 10, drug/alcohol test, and safety-toe shoes are standard across most calls. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA — $44.73/hr base, 108 open calls. QTS Data Center is the dominant work site. CST has 26 JW at EWD