April 17, 2025 Dependable Partners: E.S. Boulos Delivers Reliable Electrical and Telecom Services for MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
Client and contractor celebrate long history of projects
For more than 80 years, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center (MHMMC) and E.S. Boulos Company (E.S. Boulos) have forged a relationship built on collaboration and trust. Leveraging the national resources of their parent company, MYR Group Inc., E.S. Boulos continues to support Portland’s premier medical facility by providing industry-leading electrical and telecommunication (telecom) technology installed with precision, efficiency, and safety.
In May of 2024, E.S. Boulos and MHMMC wrapped up their latest successful project together: the electrical construction and telecom installation of the new Malone Family Tower. This seven-story addition to the hospital is designed to keep the hospital at the forefront of medical care. The project was one of their most complex to date and included the electrification of 20 operating rooms, 96 new single-patient beds, a new post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) suite with 44 post- and pre-op recovery rooms, a new central sterile processing facility, and the telecom technology connecting it all.
A One-Stop Shop for a Longstanding Partner
By offering the hospital comprehensive services that combine electrical and telecom capabilities for more than 30 years, E.S. Boulos has been a one-stop shop for MHMMC, streamlining projects, reducing costs, and ensuring seamless execution.
“You get to know how [the hospital] works,” said Ron O’Brion, a now-retired E.S. Boulos superintendent who worked at MHMMC for about 15 years, “And they appreciate the knowledge we have.”
MHMMC can rely on E.S. Boulos to tackle any issue fast due to their extensive experience in New England’s health care sector and the company’s inner knowledge of MNMMC’s main campus.
“MHMMC has relied on us as we have a strong understanding of their facility,” said Jesse Klimaytis, a senior project manager for E.S. Boulos. “We have an understanding of their needs as patients and as clients.”
E.S. Boulos has always placed an important emphasis on being a dependable partner, because it translates directly to cost and time savings for clients. In fact, when faced with the dire supply chain shortages on the Malone Family Tower project that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, the team worked to ensure they would have all the materials necessary for the work before even bidding the project.
“There was at least a year lead time on cable, so very early on we were looking at trying to get material without even having the job yet,” said E.S. Boulos teledata Project Manager Dan Broy, “We worked together with the owner and the distributors to make sure that if we got this job we’d be able to get the material.”
Dedication like this is why MHMMC has come to recognize E.S. Boulos’ commitment to reliable project outcomes.
“They expect it,” O’Brion said, “And we take pride in getting it done.”
Healthcare Expertise Drives Project Efficiency
Working in hospitals presents unique challenges, such as adhering to strict guidelines and operating around a 24/7 schedule. E.S. Boulos’ familiarity with MHMMC’s facilities has been key to overcoming these obstacles.
“The efficiency that we gain with the knowledge of the facility that we have is hard to match,” said Scott Marquis, president of E.S. Boulos. “Anybody else coming in would have a difficult time coming in cold and trying to complete some of the projects, especially in the existing facility, because they will have no way of knowing what it’s going to take to get power feeds, lighting feeds, or emergency circuits from where they are to where they need to go.”
E.S. Boulos has reliably and safely handled complex projects over the years, and MHMMC has come to value this dependable service. In fact, the Malone Family Tower project required more than 127,000 workhours, and the team proudly reported zero recordable incidents.
“It’s been a good relationship through many, many years, and we’ve done some incredible things here as far as infrastructure changes that affect the whole complex,” said Rick Fickett, a now-retired E.S. Boulos crew member who joined MHMMC construction back in 1966, “I’m very proud to say that we’ve done it all, sometimes without the hospital even knowing we were there.”
A Partnership Built on Trust
The combination of experience, capability, and trust that goes into all E.S. Boulos’ work for MHMMC has enabled them to accomplish impressive telecom and electrification feats, and we believe it will continue to translate into a successful future.
“I almost treat it like a work family in a way,” Klimaytis, who has been working at MHMMC since 2013, said. “We have a level of trust with each other.”
E.S. Boulos is helping customers across the northeast with their comprehensive commercial construction capabilities.