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AZ BIG MEDIA
RED AWARDS
Two of our projects were recognized as
first place winners at the annual RED
Awards.
Hundreds of people tuned in on the
evening of March 11 to AZRE magazine's NEW MEXICO NEWS
2021 Real Estate Development (RED) From left to right: Joe Rivera, Jaime Trevizo-Perez, Manny Garcia, Brian Richards,
SFP, SFP, Josh Manker, Pat Trujillo, Amber Mitchell, SFP, SFP, SFP (SFP = Space
Awards which were held virtually. The Force Personnel). Front and (not-so-much) center: foreman Leo Tafoya and
RED Awards are the Academy Awards of Captain Kuntz of the Space Force.
the CRE industry in Arizona. In November of 2020, we were
awarded an $800k contract to build
Taking top Hospitality and reconfigure (4) data centers for
Project of the Year - the US Space Force. Work included the
the Canopy by Hilton in Tempe. oversight of an HVAC contractor to
install cooling and reconfigure ducting
in all four rooms, design and
reconfiguration of electrical
distribution to evenly distribute server
rack loads between two existing UPS's,
By Matthew Walstrom and reconfiguration of existing and
installation of new server rack branch
circuitry. Schedule allowed for approximately 90 days to
complete this seemingly impossible task. The crew worked
approximately 56 hours per week during most of the 90 day
schedule to assure the schedule was met. Foreman Leo Tafoya
worked hand-in-hand with Space Force and IT personnel to
minimize impact to ongoing operations and missions, which
Top Higher Education Project - was further complicated by the necessity of several power
University of Arizona Health Sciences outages. Leo has done roughly 20+ projects at this facility over
the last six years and is quoted as saying “this one was far
Innovation Building in Tucson. more complicated than any others.” If it was not for Leo's
attention to detail, communication skills, ability to maximize his
crew's productivity, and his overall commitment to his craft,
the company and this customer, the project would not have
been as successful as it was. I would also like to compliment
Leo's “right-hand”Amber Mitchell, for her assistance with the
entire scope, especially in regards to all the necessary
documentation and record-keeping.
Upon completion of this project, Wilson Electric, was gifted the
hand-crafted wooden flag as a special thank you from the US
Space Force for a job well done.
