ty Series digital dimming system delivers significant total installed cost (TIC)
savings on a project, earning recognition by PCL Construction Services, Inc.

FORT COLLINS, CO, August 26, 2005 HUNT Dimming, the Fort Collins, CO-based
lighting controls manufacturer, is pleased to announce that it has been honored by PCL
Construction Services, Inc., a leading construction firm in North America, for significant cost
savings achieved on a recent high-profile job utilizing a HUNT Simplicity
Series digital
dimming system, profiled in its QUEST Bulletin, attached below.

Simply stated as the art of bringing superior value to the construction process for all
clients from project start to project finish, PCL considers the daily pursuit of construction
excellence as their quest. A recent successful project utilizing HUNT Dimming equipment
helped them accomplish this by delivering a superior total installed cost (TIC) and providing
substantial savings to the project owner, and earning HUNT a coveted write-up by PCL.

It is truly a honor to be recognized by such a respected company as PCL, noted A. J.
Glaser, President of HUNT Dimming. Our Simplicity
Series Digital Dimming System,
with plug-and-play technology, is revolutionizing the dimming industry. The historical
approach to system installation, where a factory technician is required for start-up, is
disappearing. A total installed cost (TIC) analysis, such as done by PCL, accounts for the full
costs associated within the hidden profit center called turn-on service. Whether performed by
the factory or its representative, the project owner always ultimately pays for turn-on service,
and the cost is often difficult to breakout or identify on the equipment proposal.

Most gratifying is that this analysis was performed by a leading construction firm with many,
many actual cost comparisons utilizing other manufacturers dimming products. For them to
recognize and document the true and substantial value offered by HUNT Dimming is
significant, noted Glaser.

For additional information, contact HUNT Dimming at (970) 484-9048 or visit:
www.huntdimming.com/digital_dimming_systems.html


For additional information on PCL Construction Services, Inc. visit:
www.pcl.com


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Date:
July 29, 2005
Bulletin:
2005-29
Changes are Inevitable
Submitted by Blake Holtom, PCL Construction Services, Inc., Orlando
What do you do when an owner changes lighting
dimmer requirements at the last minute, yet still wants to
meet budget and project completion dates?
The Mansion on Forsyth Park is a Victorian-style
mansion originally built in 1888 in the heart of historic
Savannah, Georgia. An ambitious plan to convert the
property into the first and only local five diamond luxury
hotel property was accomplished by renovating 18,000
square feet of an existing historic mansion and adding a
109,485 square foot hotel.
The Mansion on Forsyth Park
While change orders are inevitable on a project of this
scope and magnitude, minimizing the delay for changes
as well as the associated costs can add great value to
an owner.
Critical to this project was an elaborate lighting plan that
proved to be a difficult moving target. The dimming
equipment supplier, HUNT Dimming, provided and
installed approved equipment only to find several weeks
later that many fixture types, wattages, and circuits had
changed from the original lighting configuration.
To keep the project on schedule, PCL site management
tackled the lighting layout and dimming problem. Project
engineer Blake Holtom called HUNT directly and found
that the dimming system could be changed easily and
for a lower cost than expected with HUNTs unique
dimming panel and field reprogramming approach. Blake
explained the revised lighting scheme on the telephone
to a HUNT engineer who made the lighting changes in a
software program as they spoke. HUNT delivered a
laptop computer the next day containing the program
changes and Blake uploaded the revised scheme from
the laptop to the dimming panel using a direct cable
connection in ten minutes. No further equipment or
special factory scheduled dimming technician was
required for on site programming and there
was no additional cost to PCL. This
simplified approach to dealing with
dimming equipment installation and
changes saved time for PCL and money
for the owner.
Blake estimates that based on the dimming
systems original purchase price of
$30,000, depending on a second tier
specialty subcontractor to make the
changes would have cost as much as
$7,500. This is in addition to the $1,500 -
$2,500 charged for on-site factory
assistance by most other dimming manufacturers.
Equally important was the time saved. Only 24 hours
was required from the time the problem was identified
until the time it could be solved in the field. By using the
modular and scalable dimming equipment supplied by
HUNT, together with the can-do attitude of the Mansion
on Forsyth Park project team, PCL was able to save The
Mansion owner close to $10,000 and expedite the
scheduled opening date of this world-class hotel.
Uploading lighting changes to the dimming panel
Hunt Control Systems Inc:
www.huntdimming.com
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