PowerComm Inc. Awarded $ 7 Million Contract

PowerComm Inc. announced that the company had been awarded a contract to provide electrical equipment and services for the Suncor Accommodation Complex Project in Fort McMurray Alberta. The project is being managed by EllisDon Construction Services Inc. of London, Ontario and is one of the most unique ever undertaken in Northern Alberta.

The overall project is valued in excess of 205 million dollars. This Project consists of an Amenities Building which is 73,000 square feet and will incorporate an administrative / housing office, fitness facility, kitchen, dining room, lounges, TV rooms and building maintenance area. It also consists of building a complex which will be 284,000 square feet. It will have 15 wings with each wing housing 100 rooms for a total of 1500 beds. The final phase will be to build a parking lot to accommodate 600 vehicles.

Construction has begun with an anticipated completion by August, 2009.

The components awarded to PowerComm are valued at approximately 7.1 million dollars and work is expected to commence shortly. “This project is truly exciting as it gives PowerComm an opportunity to be involved in a truly “State of the Art” accommodation project,” commented Larry Walton, PowerComm’s General Manager of Operations.

“This is a very exciting project for PowerComm to have been awarded,” said Wayne Rutherford, President and CEO. “It is our first opportunity to work with EllisDon, one of Canada’s most highly respected companies,” he continued. “We have been with EllisDon before, but on the roster of winners as one of ‘Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies,’ so we are really thrilled to now be working together,” he concluded.

This contract brings PowerComm’s backlog to in excess of $19 million, the highest it has ever been.