Lodge on the Desert
Wilson Electric was selected to provide electrical services for the Lodge on the Desert hotel. The historical hotel renovated 35 guest rooms and added thirteen suites and 103 new rooms, as well as 10,000 square feet of meeting and event space. The iconic Tucson property was first built as a private residence in 1931, and began operating as a hotel in 1937. Each renovation has been designed to reflect the original Southwest architecture.

Desert Diamond Casino
Wilson Electric was selected as design-build electrical contractor for Desert Diamond Casino for the Tohono O’odham Nation. The 190,000 square foot project included a large casino floor with slots, bingo, and card games. The resort-style facility also has meeting rooms suitable for large conventions, food and beverage venues, and staff offices for business operations and marketing departments. We also provided CCTV, access control, security, structured cable, sound systems.

Hilton Canopy

Wilson Electric was selected by Sundt Construction to provide electrical services for the new Canopy by Hilton hotel in the heart of downtown Tempe. The $60 million, 200-room hotel spans 14 floors and features a lobby-level café, a gym, more than 3,000 SF of meeting space, a rooftop pool and terrace bar, cabanas and a fire pit. Sundt Construction is building the hotel on behalf of Driftwood Acquisitions & Development and the project broke ground in May of 2018 with completion in November 2019.Canopy by Hilton is a lifestyle brand that embraces its locale, providing guests with authentic and unique local experiences. Each Canopy property is designed as a natural extension of its neighborhood with connections to local art, food, drink and culture.The electrical scope of services includes: installation of 2000A temporary power for construction phases of 14-story hotel complex, extension of 3000A APS utility to a new service section, provision and installation of a 250KW generator, with multiple transfer switches, installation of 2000A vertical distribution busway, (30) branch circuit panel boards, (12) dry type transformers, electrical services to (4) elevator cars, (2100) light fixtures, (188) guest room branch power and lighting installation, (3000) receptacles, (1300) lighting switches, 3D VDC (BIM) design and coordination. Wilson Electric’s low voltage division, Netsian Technologies installed the fire alarm system, low voltage communication cabling, access control and security.

IFly Indoor Skydiving
IFLY Indoor Skydiving. This 10,144 sq ft ground up project is a four story building with a wind tunnel powered by four 350hp fans fed through harmonic filters and VFD’s to minimize vibration. Project also included the installation of a 200 ton chiller to maintain the climate required for this system, installation and termination of all of the instrumentation control wiring for the monitoring of the wind tunnel interlocks through the PLC cabinet, a UL listed lightning protection system, and a turnkey fire alarm system. The building was fed with 3000A 480V SES to power the electrical systems for the wind tunnel. Added scope included phone, data and camera systems.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park New Mexico
The Wilson Electric New Mexico team was responsible for the complete installation of new electrical and emergency lighting systems throughout the Carlsbad Caverns and demolition of the existing system once the new system was energized. The work included a complete 2400V electrical system with over 75,000’ of cable installed to transformers, panels, receptacles and emergency light fixtures. Wilson Electric has been awarded the second phase for Carlsbad Caverns which includes the installation of over 1,000 LED feature lighting fixtures throughout the caverns complete with DMX wireless control.

Scottsdale Princess Resort
The Scottsdale Princess Resort has 649 total guestrooms and a 72,000 square foot meeting and function space, including the Grand Ballroom: the largest hotel ballroom in Arizona.

AMC Theatre
AMC theatre facilities.

Harkins Theatre
Harkins theatre facilites.

Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain
Located in the High Sonoran desert in Southern Arizona, the four-story resort includes 250 guest rooms, 24 individual casitas, signature Ritz Carlton amenities, four restaurants, and a 17,000 square foot spa on 850 acres. Wilson Electric provided electrical installation and distribution for the ground-up construction of the hotel, spa and fitness center, which totaled 328,000 square feet.

Starr Pass Marriott Resort
Wilson Electric and NETSIAN Technologies Group were members of the Design-Build team, providing electrical, fire alarm, telecommunications/data, security and audio visual installations. The new construction included the main resort complex as well as a two-story above-grade and below-grade parking structure attached to the hotel and ballrooms. NETSIAN custom designed, installed and programmed the audio-visual systems throughout the facility and completed all communications cabling.