Press Release
Dynalectric Company - Georgia Honored With First Place Specialty Contractor Award For Atlanta Marriott Marquis Renovation
ATLANTA, GA – June 25, 2009 – Dynalectric Company-Georgia has received the first place Specialty Contractor Award from the Georgia Branch of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) for its renovation work at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Atlanta. One of Marriott's flagship properties and considered an architectural masterpiece, with 1,663 guest rooms and 160,000 square feet of meeting space, the Marriott Marquis is the largest convention hotel in the city of Atlanta and the third largest hotel in the entire Marriott system.
Dynalectric-Georgia, a premier electrical contractor serving the southeastern United States, is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE:EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses.
The Specialty Contractor Award is part of the AGC's Build Georgia Awards program, which seeks to honor excellent construction projects throughout the state. The key judging criteria for the program includes exceptional project safety performance, meeting the challenge of a difficult job, innovation in construction techniques and materials, application of sustainable building practices and/or green construction methods, excellence in project management and scheduling, and excellence in client service.
"We are thrilled to have received this recognition, which is a testament to a great client who allowed us to play a significant role in restoring one of Atlanta's iconic buildings to its original grandeur,' commented Robert Wilson, President of Dynalectic-Georgia. Dynalectric's expertise in executing highly complex and demanding renovation projects to exacting standards and demanding specifications has long been our hallmark and in this instance was, again, exactly what our client required."
Dynalectric's work involved installation of new electrical and lighting systems, including advanced life safety, fire alarm, voice/date and MATV (master antenna television) systems. The work was performed throughout 318,000 square feet of diverse public spaces, such as the hotel's signature 50-story atrium (the largest in the world), as well as three floors containing restaurants, ballrooms, meeting rooms, elevator lobbies, kitchens and back-of-house areas.
There were a number of challenges involved as part of project for Dynalectric, including the project's 9,000 light fixtures and 7,000 feet of linear fixtures, among which were a variety of unique Italian and other electrical devices, which required custom-design strategies and innovative working procedures. At each stage of the work, Dynalectric re-designed and re-circuited the entire dimming package. Additionally, just two weeks prior to the facility's grand opening, the Dynalectric restored nine 25-year-old chandeliers, each consisting of approximately 1,500 crystals. The hotel remained open throughout the renovation, requiring Dynalectric to minimize disruptions to ongoing operations and carefully coordinate work with the other contractors involved with the project.
About Dynalectric Company-Georgia
Founded in 1977, Dynalectric Company-Georgia provides total electrical contracting services to a client list that includes Fortune 500 companies, major institutions and government agencies. Projects range from microchip plants, data centers and material handling facilities to high-rise office buildings, shopping centers, hospitals, hotels and schools. Headquartered in Norcross, GA, Dynalectric Company-Georgia is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500 company with estimated 2009 base revenues of $6.0 - $6.3 billion and a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. A leading provider of critical infrastructure systems, EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments -- such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems -- in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations and government. EMCOR represents a rare combination of broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations. The 28,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst the 'World's Most Admired' and 'Best Managed'. EMCOR's diversity -- in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans -- has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results. The Company's strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry. Additional information on EMCOR can be found at www.EMCORGroup.com.
