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 April 3, 2007

Work Underway at the "Dunk" home of the Providence Bruins

Providence, RI - City Lights Electrical Co., Inc has been awarded the contract to provide electrical upgrades to the Dunkin Donut Center "The Dunk" the home of the Providence Bruins and the Providence College Men's Basketball Team. Once completed the arena will seat 14,500 including twenty (20) luxury boxes. The project work schedule will be intense from May 15th through November 1, 2007 with all work being completed within the arena area. The balance of the work will be completed by 10/4/2008

The electrical scope of work includes the wiring of the new luxury boxes, a new lobby and elevator, a 6000 ampere service and upgraded distribution system, emergency generator, fire pump, lighting including a show dimming system. 

A new state of the art Fire Alarm and voice evacuation system will  be installed and connected to a Smoke Evacuation System. The fire system consists of 100 smoke detectors, 40 heat detectors 3000 feet of linear heat detection, 20 loud speakers, 150 speaker strobes, 25,000 feet of pipe, and 180,000 feet of wire.

City Lights Project Executive Eugene Hubert, Project Manager Mark McConnell and General Foreman Mark Sullivan will manage thirty five electricians and apprentices from IBEW Local Union 99.

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