Congrats to our BX Craftsmanship Award Winners of 2023!

Steve Driver, Nick Davis, Chris Fooce, Andre Adams, and George Derenburger. We are so proud of their hard work and dedication to Hilton 2.0.

Situated in downtown Columbus, Hilton 2.0 is one of the largest hotels in Ohio, with a 28-story, 350-foot rise. Connected to the Greater Columbus Convention Center and the existing Hilton, this second hotel signifies the continued growth of Columbus.

This 460,000 sq. ft. new build offers over 47,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, several ballrooms, 463 guest rooms, as well as a rooftop panoramic bar overlooking the city.

On a .56 acre with limited laydown area, our work consisted of all electrical installations throughout the hotel. This involved a new AEP service, which included (1) 13.2kV Medium Voltage Switchgear, (2) 13.2kV/480V Utility Transformers, and (1) 1MW Generator. Mid-City’s scope included feeding power to all guest rooms and suites, installation of one full-size kitchen, three partial kitchens, and several ballrooms, including a 15,000 sq. ft. grand ballroom. We installed over 100 different light fixture types for this installation, one of which was over 5,000 pounds and composed of nearly 550 components. Additionally, our electricians installed a fire alarm system that ties between three different buildings (Hilton 1.0, the Convention Center, and Hilton 2.0) and a complex lighting control system integrated with AV, room schedulers, room partition controls, along with integration to Hilton 1.0.

In addition to electrical, Mid-City also completed all Teledata components, including the installation of Legrand Infrastructure consisting of over 2500 Category 6 data outlets throughout 28 floors, 3 miles of Singlemode and Multimode fiber optic backbone; Access Control and IP Surveillance systems; Audio-Visual Systems and Emergency Responder systems.

Shoutout to our prefabrication crew for providing support to Hilton 2.0 every step of the way! Thank you for being an integral part of this project and getting product on-site in a timely manner.

The BX Craftsmanship winners will receive their award at the BX Annual Meeting on November 15, 2023.