09/08/2026 Daily Report

IBEW Traveler Snapshot — Tuesday, September 08, 2026 LU-26 Washington, DC has 463 open calls with heavy demand across Northern Virginia data centers and airports. Top call is JE Richards at MDC Manassas with 71 JW on a 60-hour, 6-day schedule (M–F with 2 hrs OT daily plus 10-hr Saturday) at scale. FIS at VA Data Centers offers $125/day per diem with planned OT and requires an AWS badge. JE Richards at Sterling (TUNA) adds possible 2 daily OT hours plus optional Saturday. Drug tests and background checks are standard across most calls. LU-613 Atlanta, GA shows 354 open calls with a Book 1 queue of 923 and Book 2 at 35. Multiple large data center calls in Fayette County and Fulton Industrial are running 4-10s plus 2-8s Mon–Sat at $42.00/hr, a dollar over scale. Inglett & Stubbs leads volume with calls at QTS Fayette (40 JW), DataBank (21 JW), and Wellstar Paulding Hospital (20 JW). Saturday work is optional on most calls; orientation days are limited so confirm before showing up. LU-494 Milwaukee, WI has 229 open calls with both books at 35. The headline work is at Port Washington Data Center, where Gurtz and Cupertino are each calling 30 JW at scale plus $10/hr over on 58–60 hour weeks. Westphal at Oak Creek Power Plant offers $60/hr plus $1,050/week subsistence for travelers living more than 70 miles out on 5-10s. Wisconsin electrical license required on most calls; bring physical ID documents. LU-481 Indianapolis, IN carries 152 open calls. The standout is Cupertino Electric at Greensburg (Project Fletcher BESS) dispatching Wednesday 9/9 — 5 JW for a 118-MW battery energy storage system build, 5-10s with optional Saturdays at double time. All outside work: underground conduit, MV cable pulls, and equipment setting. Drug test and steel-toe or composite boots required. Industrial Electric has 2 JW needed at Lilly Southside on straight 5-8s. LU-405 Cedar Rapids, IA is running 118 open calls dominated by data center work. CST leads with 44 JW at EWD on 6-10s paying $54.73/hr with all OT at double time. Cupertino and TriCity are also calling 10 JW each at QTS Data Center at the same $54.73/hr all-double-time OT rate. Iowa Journeyman A license required on some calls; OSHA 10 or 30 is a standard ask. VDV Techs have openings at both EWD and QTS. LU-354 Salt Lake City, UT shows 111 open calls. The top opportunity is Winward Electrical at QTS Eagle Mountain with 20 JW — scale plus a $225 incentive per 10-hour weekday and per 8-hour OT Saturday. Cache Valley Electric is calling 10 JW at Facebook Eagle Mountain with some Saturdays and another 10 JW for a Nucor shutdown starting Sept. 13 on 12-hour shifts Sunday through Friday or Saturday. Orientation for the Nucor call is Sept. 8 or Sept. 10. LU-1105 Newark, OH has 107 open calls anchored by two large Bechtel Project Cardinal calls in New Albany totaling 18 JW, offering a $300 attendance bonus at 45 hrs plus $100 bonus at 58 hrs on 5-10s. Newkirk Electric at New Albany Phase 2 Energy Center is calling 11 JW on 6-10s at $50.67/hr with DT OT if straight time is worked; busing provided. NFPA 70E and OSHA 10 are required on the Bechtel calls. Superior Group has a long call for 10 JW at CMH121 on 4-10s plus an