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IBEW Local 429
2001 Elm Hill Pike Nashville, TN 37210 Tel: (615) 889-4429 Fax: (615) 874-1253 |
WE GOT IT!
http://www.youtube.com/user/ibewlocal429  Local 429 Contractors Secure the Music City Convention Center ProjectLocal 429 members have reason to celebrate. Our signatory partners at Conti Electric in a joint effort with our newest signatory contractors, Marine Electric and Universal Electronics Inc, have been awarded the most desirable construction project in Middle Tennessee, the Music City Center. The $685 million dollar Convention Center will be the largest project in the downtown area in several years. Electrical contractors have had their eyes set on the Music City Center for the last 24 months. In February of 2010 members of Metro City Council approved the funding for the 1.2 million square ft building and began the bid process. A large profile project of this magnitude will have everyone in the construction industries attention. Now IBEW members will have the ability to show this city, and the rest of the Middle Tennessee area, that we can complete any project in front of us and have the skills to install it right, the first time. This construction project will speak volumes of what our membership is truly capable of, including the showcase of state of the art green technologies, like the planned green roof and a solar panel installation the size of a football field. The Music City Center will set a standard in large-scale green building. The Music City Center is planned as an architectural masterwork, capturing Nashville's style and complementing the city's unique character. It will be a world-class convention center and it will educate convention goers from all over the world about green buildings who will take those ideas home with them. This project is the soon to be standard of new construction in Nashville with plans to receive the highest LEED certification available in construction. Conti Electric has estimated 325,000 man hours will be needed to complete the Music City Center in the 36 month time frame being handed down from the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA). In contrast, Local 429’s signatory partners turned in just under 580,000 man hours across our entire jurisdiction for the entire year of 2009. Estimates also show a peek of around 200 electricians needed, and an average of 100 to 150 electricians throughout the majority of the project. Marine Electric has already provided a few men to the project and will be looking to put Journeyman and Apprentice calls in as early as next week. Local 429 would like to thank everyone that has made this opportunity a reality for our members and congratulate Conti Electric, Marine Electric, and UEI on their ongoing success, and thank them for being such gracious partners throughout this entire process. Check out the video on Local 429's youtube channel to see the efforts of union members in action at: http://www.youtube.com/user/ibewlocal429 [Back...] |