Our very own Lynn Lumsden has been elected to Board of Director-Position #1 for the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of the Independent Electrical Contractors Association (IEC). Lynn has played an active role in the Houston electrical industry for over 20 years, and is the first woman to hold a board position since the chapter was formed in 1927.

The IEC Texas Gulf Coast Chapter provides a leading role for the merit based electrical shops in the Houston area and represents over 120 electrical contractors and 2,000 journeyman electricians.

Our new location gives us the space we need to accommodate our continued growth.
As a valued customer, we invite you to come see our new corporate headquarters. Our friendly staff will be honored to show you our new offices and production facilities, while describing all of the services and products we offer. We would love to show you the Prism Difference and how it benefits you, our valued customers.

 Thank you for your past support and we look forward to continued and improved service with you in the future.
Sincerely,

Blake Combs

Prism Electric provided electrical connections for the video board, which weighs in at 165,000 pounds and covers an area of 16,000 square feet. The video board surpasses the behemoth screen at Cowboys Stadium in Texas, which Prism Electric also helped to complete. Apparently there are no hard feelings: At one phase of construction, former Cowboys football player Ed “Too Tall” Jones was on hand at the racetrack as the American flag was ceremoniously secured atop the 500,000-pound steel support frame.

The project is another win for Prism Electric, which has earned global recognition for its jumbo HD video screen expertise.

The $1.9 billion project at the world’s third-busiest airport includes enhanced concessions, expanded checkpoints, reconfigured ticket counters and improved parking.

But those are just the changes travelers will see. Behind the scenes, the first phase includes replacement of all Terminal A building systems, including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection, security, building management, and voice and data. Prism Electric will execute all portions of the electrical work.

TRIP will be phased so as not to disrupt day-to-day airport operations. The construction manager is BARC, a team of four contractors: Balfour Beatty Construction, Azteca Enterprises, H.J. Russell & Co. and CARCON.

The OSHA program provides training for workers and employers to recognize and prevent safety and health hazards in the workplace and at worksites. Eighteen service technicians completed the program and received the lifetime OSHA 30 Hour Card.

In the “Joint Venture” program, service department managers provide the resources necessary to implement the OSHA training and participate directly in presentations and discussions on the application of OSHA standards to the unique situations encountered by technicians. For their part, the technicians demonstrate their dedication to professionalism by giving up a substantial amount of personal time to attend training sessions on Saturdays.

Construction also included two stories of underground parking, a dedicated central utility plant located inside the building, a radial connector bridge spanning two parking garages, and four linear accelerator vaults with 8-foot-thick walls and ceilings. Prism Electric provided electrical construction services, under MEDCO Construction’s management.

The project was completed two months ahead of schedule and within budget.

The church’s congregation pledged to fund most of the $123 million project, which is the largest-ever expansion by a Protestant church, according to church officials and local media.

Manhattan Construction Co. of Dallas was selected as construction manager and, in turn, selected Prism Electric to provide electrical construction services. All told, there will be 1.5 million square feet of buildings on the expanded campus. The new sanctuary will house nearly two miles of pews. The original sanctuary, built in 1890, will be preserved.

Plans call for new construction to be LEED-certified. First Baptist Dallas has a Construction Web Camera on its website, www.ascendio.com/fbd/.

Prism Electric installed and powered the advanced systems that control the water and light shows, which are synchronized to music. Complex lighting controls and AV systems allow for central control of all areas of the casino. The scope of work also included comprehensive surveillance and security systems.

The WinStar World Casino expansion doubled the size of the gaming floor to 380,000 square feet, accommodating 4,000 new electronic gaming machines. A 2,500-seat theater also was added.