Paul Creative Arts Center

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Paul Creative Arts Center Fire Alarm Upgrade

Location

Durham, NH

General Contractor

Charters Brothers

Project Overview

Our electrical crews began upgrading the fire alarm system in the Paul Creative Arts Center at the UNH over the summer of 2025. This older building required a lot of care and attention to detail to revamp its system. The auditorium lighting was completed in the beginning of 2026 as fire alarm upgrades continued throughout the Music and Art Wings.

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A cluttered teledata rack doesn’t just look unprofessional — it restricts airflow, traps heat and makes even the simplest service call take longer than it should. When cables aren’t labeled or properly managed, troubleshooting becomes guesswork and downtime increases.📉

These photos are before and after shots from a teledata project at Babson College a few years back. Clean structured cabling improves airflow, protects your equipment, and extends its lifespan. It increases serviceability, making upgrades, troubleshooting and repairs faster and more efficient. And it reflects the level of professionalism your facility deserves.

At the end of the day, organization isn’t just about aesthetics — it’s about performance and reliability.👍

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Is Your Building Future-Ready? ⚡️

The way buildings use power and data is changing fast. From EV chargers in the parking lot to increasing data demands inside the building, modern facilities need electrical systems designed to keep up. Planning for smart building systems, scalable teledata infrastructure, and energy-efficient LED lighting upgrades today can prevent costly retrofits tomorrow.

At the same time, integrating these systems early—during electrical planning—helps ensure proper power capacity, cleaner installations, and room for future expansion. Whether it’s preparing for EV charging, supporting growing network loads, or upgrading outdated lighting, future-ready infrastructure starts with thoughtful design.🏢

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A security system isn’t just cameras and card readers — it’s the infrastructure behind it that makes it reliable. When your electrical contractor is involved from the beginning, your security system is designed with the proper power distribution, dedicated circuits, surge protection, structured cabling, and network coordination it truly requires. Without that planning, you risk overloaded panels, messy retrofits, connectivity issues, and costly change orders down the line.

By working with your electrical contractor from day one, you’re ensuring your building systems are integrated, scalable, and built to last — not pieced together after the fact.

⚡️Plan it once. Power it right. Protect it properly.⚡️

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Mar 9

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Our audio-visual team recently upgraded another conference room for a local hospital network with the installation of a 98” Newline Interactive Display along with a 10” wall mounted touch panel, ceiling microphones, camera and a custom podium.🖥️🔊

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Old lighting isn’t just dim and gloomy — it’s more expensive than you’d think.

Outdated fixtures can quietly drive up:

• Energy bills⚡️
• Maintenance costs🛠️
• Productivity loss📉
• Safety risks🦺
• Environmental impact🌱

In Massachusetts and New Hampshire, where energy efficiency incentives are strong, upgrading your lighting could save more than you think. If your system is over 10 years old, it’s probably costing you extra every single month!

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This year, we officially formed our Electrical Service Department.🛠️

Our electrical service work has grown immensely over the past few years, becoming the go-to vendor for many local hospitals and commercial buildings with anything from an emergency outage to minor service inquiries. MEC’s service team has years of valuable experience in various industries, making us the best option for any commercial property or business.

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It’s Women in Construction Week!👷‍♀️

Initiated in 1998 by the National Association of Women in Construction, this week was established to recognize and celebrate the vital role women play in the industry. From the field to the office, women continue to break barriers, lead teams, and build the future—one project at a time.🛠️

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Throwback to this high-end office tenant fit out done for a confidential client located Burlington. The modern fixtures used in this project really made it stand out in our office space portfolio.👔

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The fit out of a new daycare center in Woburn is underway where our electrical and teledata crews are assisting to bring this project together.

Taking place alongside Martignetti Construction as the general contractor, this job has an estimated completion date of April 2026.🛠️

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We thought this caricature trend was too fun to pass up on.👀

Meet some of the MEC management team and their positions surrounded by a few of their interests and hobbies!

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Feb 18

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Part of our crew had a great time visiting the DPR Construction Boston office today for a Lunch & Learn meeting with their team.

These meetings are a great opportunity to educate general contractors or potential clients on the full span of our service offerings while also networking over a bite to eat.🍔

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Feb 16

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Our electrical team is currently underway with a fire alarm upgrade project within the Paul Creative Arts Center at the University of New Hampshire. We have recently been working in the music and art wings and are preparing to switch over the old fire alarm panel to a new one.🧯

The MEC Team specializes in professional fire alarm installation for commercial properties, delivering reliable, code-compliant systems tailored to each building’s unique needs. Our years of experience allow us to understand the critical importance of early fire detection and seamless integration with existing electrical infrastructure.

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