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Resorts World Casino and Hotel

LOCATION: Queens

OWNER: Resorts World Genting

CLIENT: Plaza Construction

BUDGET: $41.6 million

DESIGN FIRM: Perkins Eastman

CONSTRUCTION TYPE: Ground-Up Construction

SIZE: 500,000 square feet

STATUS: Completion 2021

Resorts World Casino and Hotel

Completion 2021

LOCATION: Queens

OWNER: Resorts World Genting

CLIENT: Plaza Construction

BUDGET: $41.6 million

DESIGN FIRM: Perkins Eastman

CONSTRUCTION TYPE: Ground-Up Construction

SIZE: 500,000 square feet

STATUS: Completion 2021

About the project

In its effort to exceed accommodations for more than 10 million annual guests, Resorts World Casino and Hotels, Genting New York, and Plaza Construction hired Gilston Electric to team up for the casino’s $200 million expansion. The high-end hospitality site demanded a best-in-class electrical system for a new ground-up nine-story, 400-room hotel, casino floors, retail shops, and back-of-house areas.

 

The project was a fast track 18-month build with unprecedented safety precautions in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, across 64 acres, and nearly 500,000 square feet. Gilston fit out the site with a reliable and economically responsible use of electrical power, as well as an additional 30,000 square feet of casino space.

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  • 3,800 light fixtures and 6,500 switches in 400 hotel rooms.
  • Power for 34 rooftop condensers, 435 fan coil units, four smoke purge fans, and two energy recovery units.
  • 2,000 linear feet of color changing LED cove lighting and 900 light fixtures for walkways, canopies and back of house storage rooms.

  • Two 1,200 amp automatic transfer switches connected to the existing emergency generator plant.
  • 4,000 linear feet of medium voltage feeders with spare conduits for future expansion.
  • 14,000 linear feet of 600 volt feeders.

  • 34 new electrical closets to house 124 panelboards and 18 step-down transformers.
  • 500 kW uninterrupted power supply with three 400 amp power distribution units.

  • Critical system power distribution for 16 information technology equipment rooms and 2 audio visual frame rooms.

  • Underfloor power for 850 additional slot machines.
  • 7,000 light fixtures with six Lutron dimming panels and DMX color changing capability.

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