08/29/2026 Daily Report

IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Saturday, August 29, 2026 LU-26 Washington, DC has 325 open positions across 51 active calls — one of the busiest halls in the country right now. JE Richards alone is running 125+ heads across three sites (MDC Manassas, AS02 Sterling, IAD Fredericksburg) at $62.00/hr with schedules hitting 60 hrs/week (M-F 8s + 2 OT daily + Saturday 10 hrs). Pre-hire drug test, background check, and 2-day safety training required on JE Richards calls; Dynalectric's data center call adds US citizenship and ID/SSN requirements. VarcoMac has 20 JW slots for conduit work at the Federal Reserve. LU-613 Atlanta, GA is stacked with 324 open calls concentrated on data center buildouts around Fayetteville and Fulton Industrial. Top calls run 4-10s + 2-8s Mon-Sat at $40.00/hr scale with 6–6:30 AM starts. Whitehead (41 JW) and Inglett & Stubbs (37 JW) lead the board; orientations are date-specific so call ahead. Book 1 sits at 919, Book 2 at 35. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI is driving heavy toward the Port Washington Data Center, where Cupertino, Gurtz, and MJ Electric are pulling 30, 15, and 13 JW respectively at $62.51/hr (scale + $10 over) on schedules up to 60 hrs/week. Wisconsin electrical license and physical ID documents required on all Port Washington calls. Staff Electric and Pieper round out the board with local Milwaukee work at scale. LU-481 Indianapolis, IN shows 126 open positions but individual call sizes are small. Industrial Electric has the most active call — 3 JW for the IU Launch Accelerator downtown, 5-8s M-F plus 8 hrs Saturday, 6 AM start, drug test required. PME Services and Indiana Electrical Services each have single-JW long calls on standard 5-8s. Book status not posted. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA is the premium earner on today's board. CST is running 50 JW at the EWD Data Center on 6-10s at $54.73/hr with 2x OT on all OT hours — 60-hour weeks here add up fast. Cupertino and TriCity are pulling similar numbers at QTS on the same $54.73/hr + 2x OT package; Cupertino also has a 2nd-shift slot with a 17.3% shift differential. OSHA 10 or 30 and a JW Class A license are standard requirements across the board. LU-401 Reno, NV has 88 open calls with Book 1 at 11 and Book 2 at 49. Bechtel leads with 31 JW at Thacker Pass (Winnemucca) on 6-10s at scale + $100/day per diem. Multiple data center calls in Sparks are paying $10 over scale ($62.00/hr) — Rosendin at Vantage and EC Electric at Edgecore both offer that bump. Bombard Electric at the STY Campus is paying $57.39/hr. OSHA 10 and background checks are common across calls. LU-175 Chattanooga, TN has 87 open positions split between data center work and TVA nuclear. Adman and Lawson are combining for 26 JW at DNN4 Data Center in Dalton, GA at scale. Energy Solutions and Day & Zimmermann have 8 JW each at TVA nuclear plants (Sequoyah/Watts Bar) on 6-10s — those require TVA nuclear clearance, OSHA 10, and REAL ID. Base scale is $37.92/hr. LU-1105 Newark, OH has 85 open positions with standout pay at two calls. Newkirk