Summary: Just a decade after opening the Wild Horse Pass Casino in Arizona’s Valley of the Sun, The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) began to add a mixed-use replacement that will help alleviate a number of community and facility issues facing the two tribes that call the GRIC home.

Taking up the challenge of constructing the Wild Horse Pass Casino and Hotel on a fast-track schedule is Phoenix-based general contractor Kitchell Contracting. Bergelectric is providing value engineering that is resulting in thousands of dollars in cost savings and specialty-department services that are making schedule acceleration possible. Berg’s overall responsibility encompasses electrical installation for power, lighting controls, fire alarms, generators, uninterrupted power supply (UPS) and site lighting for the entire 413,000-s.f. mixed–use development.