Indiana Convention Center Expansion Carmel Performing Arts Indianapolis Children's Museum Expansion Indianapolis Central Library Noblesville City Hall Duke Energy Center (Cincinnati Convention Center) Indianapolis Zoo Dolphin Pavilion and Meerkat Exhibit Eiteljorg Museum Renovation Indiana State Fairgrounds 4-H Building 

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Indianapolis, IN
Owner: ISCBA
Scope: Electrical & Telecommunications
Scheduled Completion: December 2010
Value: $29,000,000

The Indiana Convention Center Expansion will add 254,000 square feet of exhibit space, 63,000 square feet of meeting rooms and 100,000 square feet of pre-function space. An indoor, street level, climate controlled connector will link the convention center to Lucas Oil Stadium. The project is divided up into two majors sections. The Administration section includes the addition of new meeting rooms, offices, and Kitchen. The additional Exhibition Halls are the other main focus of the project.

ERMCO’s work on the project includes the electrical, fire alarm system, voice/data, security, CCTV, and the access control.

Carmel, IN
Owner: City of Carmel
Scope: Electrical & Telecommunications
Scheduled Completion: 11/2010
Value: $10,000,000

The Carmel Performing Arts Center located in Carmel Indiana is intended as the focal point of Carmel City Center, a new Mixed-use development which will serve as the new town center for Carmel. The Performing Arts Center will be a 154,000 square foot 1600 seat concert hall, and will support all forms of classical music. It will also accommodate various other forms of acoustic and amplified concerts and operatic performances.

This project offers numerous construction challenges all centered on maintaining the center’s acoustic values. With numerous interior elevation changes and high dome ceilings coordination with all trades has been paramount.

The project has incorporated the use of (BIM) or 3D modeling as the main form of coordinating the installation of all MEP trades materials. With the help of ERMCO’s Construction Services department and their expertise in 3D modeling along with work assignments and prefab, ERMCO is overcoming the challenges of this project as we now head for the November completion date.

Indianapolis, IN
Owner: Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Scope: Electrical
Completion: 2009
Value: $1,140,000

ERMCO completed the electrical work for the Indianapolis Children's Museum’s $15.7 million expansion of its facilities. The project included a new two-story welcome center complete with dinosaurs prying there way in and an expanded sky-walk across Illinois Street connecting to the parking garage, which will allow visitors to enter the museum without being exposed to inclement weather.

The expansion also included two new drop-off lanes on Illinois Street, a safer school bus entry, an improved bus shelter, a bicycle port and an expanded branch of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library inside the museum. The expansion added 37,500 square feet to the 433,500-square-foot museum -- its largest expansion since 2004, when the parking garage and sky-walk were built.

Indianapolis, IN
Owner: Indianapolis Marion County Library
Scope: Telecommunications Rough-In & Electrical
Completion: 2008
Value: $10,200,000

ERMCO's work on this project included Historical Lighting Renovation, Custom Furniture Package, Electrical Distribution, Emergency Electrical Distribution System, Busway and CableTray Systems, Fire Alarm and PA Systems, and Telecommunications Rough-in. The project included a new 6-story glass tower, a 2-story parking garage and the remodel of the historic Cret Building built in 1917.

ERMCO's versatility was highlighted through the custom furniture and custom lighting packages included in our contract. To insure the integrity of the historic building, original light fixtures were refurbished and custom lighting was created to match those fixtures. Custom lighting systems were also incorporated into many pieces of the specially designed furniture such as shelving and computer tables. Another interesting aspect of this project is that over two miles of LED lighting was used.

Our prefabrication department was key to the success of this project. With challenging on-site scheduling and so many unique and custom features, many of the components were constructed and stored in our pre-fab facilities, and then delivered to the jobsite for "just-in-time: installation.

Noblesville, IN
Owner: City of Noblesville
Scope: Electrical & Telecommunications
Completion: 2006
Value: $2,300,000

This project was an expansion and remodel of the Noblesville City Hall building. The expanded building is now 76,000 square feet. Employees began moving in by November of 2006 and a grand opening public open house was held January of 2007.

ERMCO provided installation of all new electrical for the remodel of the existing building and new construction. This included new Council Chambers and conference rooms with state-of-the-art audio/visual capabilities and security systems.

Cincinnati, OH
Owner: City of Cincinnati
Scope: Telecommunications
Completion: 2006
Value: $4,800,000

The Cincinnati convention center project included an expansion, renovation, and reconfiguration of the existing building which created 200,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space, more than 100,000 square feet of meeting space including 31 deluxe meeting breakout rooms, and a 40,000 sq. ft. Grand Ballroom . Amenities included in the Convention center are programmable electronic signage, state-of-the-art fiber optics voice, data and internet capabilities, and upgraded audio/visual systems.

ERMCO, Inc. and Local Partner United Electric Co. worked together to provide the voice data, audio/visual, security, and paging systems for this project.

Indianapolis, IN
Owner: Indianapolis Zoological Society
Scope: Electrical
Completion: 2005 (Dolphin) 2006 (Meerkat)
Value: $600,000 (Dolphin) $9,000 (Meerkat)

The Indianapolis Zoo remodeled two of its main buildings during 2005-2006, the Dolphin Pavilion and Deserts Building. The Dolphin Pavilion renovation created a one-of-a-kind experience with a 30 foot diameter acrylic domed underwater room in the main performance pool and a redesigned performance area designed to look like a coastal wharf town. ERMCO, Inc. provided lighting and controls, show lighting, shade control, fire alarm system and general power for this project.

The Zoo's old Deserts Building underwent a complete interior redesign turning it into the new Meerkats Exhibit. The 80 ft. diameter transparent dome was transformed with the construction of a new holding area, an exhibit space with a glass wall containment system, new ramp and walkway designs, and new artificial rock construction. ERMCO, Inc. provided demolition, lighting, and miscellaneous electrical device installation for this project.

Indianapolis, IN
Owner: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art
Scope: Electrical & Telecommunications
Completion: 2005
Value: $1,000,000

ERMCO, Inc. provided new lighting, distribution equipment, dimming and lighting control systems, and fire alarm systems, as well as demolition work for the 45,000 square foot Eiteljorg Museum addition. This project increased gallery space in the museum by 50%, added a 6,000 square foot education center, a circular sculpture court that accommodates 300 people, a 90-seat cafe with a catering kitchen, and three acres of gardens and terrace leading down to the Central Canal. This project was awarded Honor in Construction at Monumental Affair.

One part of the project that was a challenge was that the existing utility feed to the building ran right where the new addition was going to be built. Power had to be kept to the museum during construction and a temporary feed had to be put in place until the new utility feed was installed. ERMCO, Inc. also worked with the owner to design custom lighting fixtures for the addition that matched existing lighting in the museum. This was a difficult task because of a lack of information about the original lighting. A third challenge was relocating an existing generator system to a new part of the building.

Indianapolis, IN
Owner: Indiana State Fairgrounds Commission
Scope: Electrical
Completion: 2004
Value: $1,000,000

Dow AgroSciences LLC provided a $250,000 gift to the Indiana State Fairgrounds to revitalize the third building in the 4-H Complex, formerly a girls' dormitory which was closed in 1990. Rehabilitation of the building, to be named Discovery Hall, will be complete in time for the 2008 Indiana State Fair and will become the center for multiple types of educational units focused on biotechnology and life sciences. The three buildings in the 4-H Complex on the northwest side of the Fairgrounds were originally built in 1938-39 as part of the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA); renovations on the complex's other two buildings, 4-H Exhibit Hall and Centennial Hall, were completed in 2004.

ERMCO also did the electrical work for the three major animal pavilion buildings at the fairgrounds and do all electrical maintenance and hookups year round for the many events held there.