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2021 IEC NATIONAL AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS – COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY C
ENCORE ELECTRIC

IEC Rocky Mountain

US Olympic and Paralympic Museum

The 2021 nominees: Central Electric for SAISD Irving Academy, Encore Electric has been working on this project for more than five
Encore Electric, Inc. for US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, years and is grateful to be a part of the GE Johnson construction
Enterprise Solutions for First Baptist Church, Titan Electric team. It was a complicated and extremely detailed build, with a
Georgia for Signature FBO/Elite project, Titan Electric Georgia planned user experience like no other and features the latest in
for Osprey, Weifield Contracting Group for Lakewood Data technology and comforts, all with power and electricity provided
Center Remodel Project. by the Encore Electric team. Encore Electric had a constant
presence on the site for more than 800 working days!
With Pikes Peak – one of Colorado’s most iconic mountain
peaks – as a backdrop, the world’s newest and soon to be most Encore Electric was tasked with doing the electrical install and fire
iconic museums, the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum is alarm on the project. This included providing power throughout
truly a sight to behold. The museum, standing tall in the middle the facility and conduit rough in for most of the exhibits in the
of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the culmination of museum. This provided a big challenge for the Encore Electric
five years of planning, fundraising and design. At 60,000 square team, starting with the design work in preconstruction. Those
feet, it is the only comprehensive Olympic and Paralympic teams had to take the owner’s and general contractor’s vision
museum in the United States. The US Olympic and Paralympic for the project and design these systems sight unseen.
Museum opened to the public in July 2020 and is expected to
host more than 350,000 visitors annually while creating up to
60 new, permanent jobs in the Colorado Springs area.

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