Commercial Electrical, Low-Voltage & Lighting Controls | Coralville, IA
Project Facts
- Location: Iowa River Landing, Coralville, IA
- Size: 105,000 sf
- Timeline: January 2023 – April 2024
- Nelson’s Role: Electrical and low-voltage contractor, lighting controls design
- Owner: City of Coralville
- General Contractor: Mortenson
- Engineer of Record: MGN Consulting Engineers, Inc.
- Services: Electrical construction, low-voltage construction, demolition, lighting controls design (bar/restaurant area)
Overview
Nelson Electric won the Hyatt Regency’s guest-room remodel on a hard bid, then earned the fitness center and the bar/restaurant scopes on the strength of that work. Across the project, Nelson handled electrical and low-voltage construction, demolition, and lighting controls design for the restaurant and bar—a 105,000 sf interior remodel that brought the hotel up to the national Hyatt Regency standard.
Scope of Work
Nelson upgraded light fixtures, lighting controls, electrical devices, and smoke detection throughout the hotel, and designed the lighting controls for the bar and restaurant area. The work spanned all guest rooms, two new guest rooms, an expanded fitness center, and the renovated restaurant, bar, and patio.
The Challenge
The hotel stayed open for business throughout construction, so work couldn’t disrupt guests. Separately, the original electrical panels were built without arc fault protection, which code now required—and there wasn’t enough room in the existing panels to add it conventionally.
Nelson’s Solution
To keep the hotel running, Nelson sequenced the work so no more than two floors were ever under construction at once, allowing the remainder of the building to operate normally. For the arc fault problem, Nelson added arc flash protection at the individual circuit level in the guest rooms rather than at the panels, and worked directly with the state to get the approach approved.
The Result
The Hyatt Regency came away with two new guest rooms, a full remodel of its existing 286 guest rooms, an expanded and upgraded fitness center, an upgraded restaurant, bar, and patio, and new smart lighting throughout—all delivered without closing the property.
