Nexus Center

DIVISIONS

Syracuse Construction Syracuse Communication Technical Services Group Construction Services

PROJECT MANAGER

Jeff Pratt

GENERAL FOREMEN

Andy Schaffner, LU 43 John Snay, LU 43

The Nexus Center Ice Arena is a 169,440-square-foot facility in Utica, NY featuring three multipurpose 200 x 85-foot playing surfaces that can be utilized with ice or turf. The Center also includes team rooms, a coffee shop, a restaurant/bar, and merchandise store.

O’Connell provided 13.2KV of electrical service into the facility, installation of the substation gear, and all 600V distribution. Our scope included all branch electrical power, lighting, sound systems, security systems, and fire alarms. The Syracuse Communications team also provided the network system, tele/ data cabling, and fiber backbone installation. Timing was key in this project as the schedule was extremely expedited to accommodate upcoming events. The team needed to come up with creative solutions to meet a deadline in under seven months. Senior Project Manager, Jeff Pratt, and General Foremen Andy Schaffner and John Snay, decided to work with Construction Services to support the labor demands and streamline the installations on-site. Construction Services designed detailed drawings and BIM models for the electrical rooms and prefabricated nineteen multi-panel racks and seven transformer/panel racks. Upon delivery of the equipment, racks and transformers were ready for installation.

Jeff Pratt said, “The project carried such an aggressive pace that the change in scenery throughout the facility was absolutely amazing from one week to the next. The crews performed at a level that was certainly commendable.”

Even through material delays and coordinating with eight different vendors, the OCE team was able to meet the deadline and the facility opened to its first tournament the weekend of November 11th.

Many individuals and teams are to be thanked for the success of this project, including Dale Peters, Designed Electrical Services Consultant, for his insight on the 13.2KV system, Joe Duh, Communications Project Manager, and his team for their coordination with the low voltage systems, the Technical Services Group for their efforts on this fast pace project, and Construction Services for detailed designs and assemblies, as well as everyone on the construction crew.

The project carried such an aggressive pace that the change in scenery throughout the facility was absolutely amazing from one week to the next. The crews performed at a level that was certainly commendable. Jeff Pratt, Senior Project Manager

Construction Services was contacted to coordinate the layout of several electrical rooms at the Nexus Center. In the photos above, a strategic layout was designed to house several transformers in a compact room. The transformer racks were designed and built in the prefabrication shop, after which the transformers were pre-wired and tested. Upon delivery, all of the equipment, racks, and transformers were ready for installation.