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EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS – COMMERCIAL 2021 IEC NATIONAL AWARDS

COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY B
TUTOR ELECTRICAL

SERVICE INC.

IEC Fort Worth/Tarrant County

Rowlett Fire Station No. 2 & Emergency Operations Center

The 2021 nominees: Bret’s Electric for Nelnet Rampart Remodel, Bret’s Due to the constraints of the municipal bond package funding this project, Tutor
Electric for Temple Grandin Equine Center, Central Electric for SAISD Electrical Service, Inc. initiated a scope refinement process to drive value into the
Davis MS Renovations, DeRock Electric Company for Metso Minerals project and reduce the overall cost of the electrical scope of work. Over the course
Office Renovation, Independent Mechanical Inc. for Two Doughboy, of three months, every design component was evaluated to identify areas where
R&A Enterprises for Aspen Street Lodge, Titan Electric Georgia for cost savings could be generated without sacrificing the needs of the end users.
Emory Sports Clinic and Tutor Electrical Service, Inc for Rowlett Fire
Station No. 2 & Emergency Operations Center. Significant savings were gained through a completely re-imagined approach
to the incoming electrical service and power distribution system. Initially, the
In April 2020, Tutor Electrical Service, Inc. was selected to provide design team had settled on a 1,600A, 120/208V, three-phase system due to
subject matter expertise and real-time cost data as a member of concerns over available floor space for transformers if a 480V system was
the design team tasked with conceptual development of a new Fire installed. Tutor Electrical Service, Inc. was able to demonstrate that an 800A,
Station and Emergency Operations Center for the City of Rowlett, 480Y/277V system was a more cost-effective solution, and that concerns
Texas. The project would include a 4,200 sq. ft. fully-enclosed concrete about available floor space for the electrical system were unwarranted.
storm shelter within the Fire Station structure to house an Emergency
Operations Center, Network MDF Room, Main Electrical Room, and Additional savings were generated from the building lighting systems by
Dispatch. The project would also include a separate building to house adjusting fixture counts, lumen levels, and substitution of alternate fixture
specialty fire apparatus for water rescue, a brush fire truck, and other types, without sacrificing design aesthetics or required foot-candle levels.
accessories. The site development would incorporate an existing Also, at the request of the Fire Chief, integrated, processor-based lighting
regional emergency communication radio tower, a modular fire training controls were replaced with localized line-voltage switching for cost
tower, and remote power pedestals to service fire apparatuses and savings and ease of use. In total, the cost savings generated by the
ambulances visiting the site for training. Tutor Electrical Service, Inc for "value-engineering" efforts allowed the overall project electrical budget
Rowlett Fire Station No. 2 & Emergency Operations Center. to be reduced by approximately 22%.

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