Echelon Report 011: The Index Rebounds to 97.1, but Weather Does Most of the Work
The ERDI rose 1.5 points to 97.1. Weather stress and Echelon’s contractor-panel signal contributed 1.73 points, while financing weakened and search barely moved.
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The ERDI rose 1.5 points to 97.1. Weather stress and Echelon’s contractor-panel signal contributed 1.73 points, while financing weakened and search barely moved.
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Deal Ledger 009 finds 396 Washington contractor-principal additions and removals, plus bounded Rhode Island movement and screened changes across five more states.
The ERDI fell 3.3 points to 95.6. Search demand and Echelon’s contractor-panel signal accounted for 3.03 points of the decline, while the market-facing average slipped below seasonal norm.
Sila Services presents 47 distinct brand names across 15 states. Echelon verified a covered-state floor of 12 active company licenses across seven brands.
Deal Ledger 008 finds 13 California core-trade additions, 29 active Florida company replacements, coordinated Ohio movement, and two Minnesota revocations.
Echelon separates 295,284 electrical license units from 163,379 tiered worker credentials and explains why neither is a national worker count.
The ERDI rose 3.7 points to 98.9 as contractor review velocity recovered, but the five market-facing components fell 2.1 points and search demand dropped to 98.4.
PORTS-Pike contractor intelligence covering Bechtel, Kiewit, skilled trades, permits, power, local licenses and the 10 GW Piketon Ohio data center.
AI data center construction is colliding with shortages of electricians, pipefitters, and HVAC workers. Echelon tracks the licensed workforce.
Texas records captured a confirmed HVAC rebrand and a legacy company-name cleanup, while Ohio showed an active plumbing license moving between
operating companies. The evidence points to one clear rebrand, one administrative alignment, and one unresolved qualifier move worth watching.
The ERDI fell 4.7 points to 95.2, but the decline came from a sharp drop in Echelon’s contractor review-velocity signal. The other five components
averaged 102.9, search demand rose to 113.7, and four of six components remain above seasonal norm.
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