Embassy Suites Denver-Downtown/Convention Center
E Light Electric Services, Inc. has recently completed downtown Denver’s newest addition to the hotel market. Located at 1420 Stout Street, the Embassy Suites Hotel is directly across from the Colorado Convention Center and steps away from the light rail. As a gateway to the city’s rejuvenated downtown scene, this 17-story, 403 room hotel stands in the shadow of the newly constructed convention center.
E Light served as the electrical contractor for this 21-month construction project. The project team consisted of: General Contractor, WPM Construction, Architect, Dennis D. Smith and Engineer, Epic Consultants/Green Light Engineering.
This is the largest Embassy Suites hotel in Colorado and will be the fourth largest Embassy Suites hotel in the Americas. Plans are underway for this project to be Denver’s first LEED® certified hotel. This certification means that the building meets the standard for environmental management systems that aim to reduce the environmental footprint of a business and to decrease the pollution and waste a business produces.
Amenities
This hotel offers the perfect setting for business or pleasure and is a gateway to the city’s rejuvenated downtown scene. A contemporary convention property, the hotel is within walking distance of the best attractions in the downtown Denver area.
The hotel amenities include: Elements, a full-service, casual dining restaurant and plans for an additional leased restaurant; retail space; a state-of-the-art fitness facility; spa; indoor pool; business center and full valet service with a three-story, underground parking garage. The conference space includes 22,500 square feet and 14 separate meeting rooms.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Extensive coordination was incorporated into this project to successfully construct the 320,000 square foot hotel. This project involved tunnel form construction, which reduces money and time to build a structure because both walls and decks are formed in one operation. With meticulous coordination, E Light electrician’s worked to coordinate their conduit runs with concrete workers in a simultaneous, fast-paced manner.
“Tunnel forming systems are ideal for projects that offer repetitive forming opportunities, the more repetitive steps there are, the greater the benefits,” said E Light Superintendent, Eric Nelson. “Speed is paramount with this construction method, and we were able to reduce time and cost by utilizing our own prefabrication capabilities and thorough pre-planning.” All electrical components were cut to length for installation in the concrete forms and installed for just-in-time delivery.
This project demonstrated many of the principles of Lean Construction, which emphasizes coordination between design and construction. The coordination between the different trades during construction allowed the superintendents to act as primary planners for greater efficiency impacts.
About E Light Electric Services, Inc.
E Light Electric Services, Inc. is a Colorado owned and operated electrical construction company with a focus on large-scale electrical systems. We provide design-build, design-assist, budgeting, value engineering and maintenance services for a wide array of clients. Visit our website, www.elightelectric.com for further details on how E Light builds and maintains superior relationships.
Lean Construction is a production management-based approach to project delivery — a new way to design and build capital facilities. E Light Electric is a charter member for the state of Colorado serves on the Core Governing, Finance and Program Committees for the Lean Construction Institute of Colorado.