MZI Group Wins ComEd Supplier Diversity Award



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Arthur Zayas Miller, 

president and CEO of MZI Group.



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MZI Group is an electrical, utility,

mechanical contractor



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based out of Chicago,



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working in downtown markets,

utility markets.



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We also have a mechanical division.



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It started off as just building,

developing three-flats, real estate,



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and then it turned into,



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the next thing we're doing is electrical

and mechanical.



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Then in about 2007,



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I was introduced 

to a gentleman at ComEd



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that said that there may be

some opportunities there.



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When ComEd decided 

to do the infrastructure,



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we've gotten so much experience

that now we're following the work.



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So diversity for our company,



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I'm very proud of, in particular,

a project that we just completed,



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retrofitting all the Cook County jails.



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And on that job where we had

over 30 IBW electricians,



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85 percent were minorities.



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Our lawyers are a Hispanic firm,



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our accounting is a 

Hispanic woman-owned firm,



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we buy from diverse supply houses.



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So I think it's a big thing



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that as a firm that's given 

an opportunity by ComEd,



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that we're making sure

that we're going back



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and giving back to the communities,



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hiring from within the communities

that we're serving.



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A lot of corporations

in the private sector,



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they have goals,

but they're just goals.



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ComEd reinforces them,

which is a great thing



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because that's what allowed us

to get to where we're at.



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They're real.



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They're out here helping

smaller businesses



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and making sure that 

they can be successful and smart.