2014 Project Award Winners
BEST OVERALL DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR &
DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR TRANSPORTATION
Florida Region Design-Build Project of the Year
SR 710 Big John Monahan Bridge Replacement Design-Build
Indiantown, FL
| Design-Builder: | Cone & Graham, Inc. BJM Bridge | |
| Owner: | Florida Dept. of Transportation, District 4 | |
| Engineer: | Wantman Group, Inc. | |
| Specialty Consultants: | Lakes Engineering, Inc. | |
| Progressive Design & Engineering, Inc. | ||
| Tierra South Florida, Inc. | ||
| Land Design South (a Division of WGI) | ||
| Garcia Bridge Engineers | ||
| Specialty Contractors: | The Signal Group, Inc. | |
| Bonn-J Contracting | ||
| GRL Engineers | ||
| Nature's Keeper | ||
| Other Key Professionals: | Mr. Fausto Gomez, PE, Project | |
| Manager, FDOT District 4 |
The Big John Monahan Reconstruction project included a unique and strategic land purchase that allowed a bridge shortening of nearly 1000', resulting in approximately $15 million in taxpayer savings. The Cone & Graham/Wantman Group, Inc. Team set 84" FIBs spanning 185' the longest FIBs ever set in Florida. The Team also received a perfect Contractor's Past Performance Rating of 110 on a large-scale design-build contract and completed the project an impressive 104 days ahead of schedule.
OFFICE BUILDINGS
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Project of the Year
LifeLink Foundation Corporate Headquarters & Laboratories
Tampa, FL
| Design-Builder: | R.R. Simmons Construction Corporation LifeLink |
| Owner: | LifeLink Foundation |
| Architect: | kNovations, LLC |
| Engineer: | Stantec Consulting Civil & Planning |
| Specialty Consultants: | TLC Engineering for Architecture |
| Center for Innovative Structures, Inc. | |
| Associated Space Design, Inc. | |
| Hardeman Kempton & Associates, Inc. | |
| Specialty Contractors: | Florida Masonry |
| TriCity Electric | |
| BCH Mechanical | |
| Site Crafters |
This 81,000 square foot facility provides LifeLink the type of collaborative space they have deserved for years. For the first time since founding, LifeLink finds itself under a single tent to better serve their donors and recipients. LifeLink changes peoples lives through their important mission of sharing life giving organs and tissue. R.R. Simmons is very proud to have served the LifeLink Foundation and constituents on this mission of hope.
WATER/WASTEWATER
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Project of the Year
Town of Davie Green Water Project
Davie, FL
| Design-Builder: | AECOM DavieGreen |
| Owner: | Town of Davie, Florida |
| Architect: | AECOM |
| Engineer: | AECOM |
| Specialty Consultant: | Garth Solutions |
| Florida Design Drilling Corp. | |
| Specialty Contractors: | Youngquist Brothers, Inc. |
| Sinns & Thomas Electrical Contractors, Inc. | |
| Metro Equipment Service, Inc. | |
| Lanzo Construction Co. Inc. | |
| Garney Construction (formerly Encore Construction) |
The Town of Davie, Florida, utilized Progressive Design-Build project delivery to implement a $127 million combined water treatment and water reclamation system project that provides a long term alternate source of potable water and produces treated wastewater effluent for reuse. With a vision of Making Davie Clean through Green, the Town contracted with AECOM to design-build a new facility engineered to scale up with anticipated growth and demand, while preserving natural resources.
TRANSPORTATION
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Honor Award
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (SR 115)/21st Street Interchange
| Design-Builder: | Archer Western |
| Owner: | Florida Dept. of Transportation District 2 |
| Engineer: | GAI Consultants |
| Specialty Consultants: | Universal Engineering (Geotechnical) |
| Michael Baker Group (Bridge Design Support) |
FDOT District Twos MLK Parkway/21st Street Interchange project in Jacksonville began in November 2011 and was completed in May 2014. This $31M effort involved the design and construction of improvements to enhance corridor safety and improve access to JAXPORTs Talleyrand Marine Terminal. Archer Western and GAI Consultants provided the realignment of SR 115 between Phoenix Avenue and East 15th Street, a new interchange between SR 115 and 21st Street, and improvements to the existing Phoenix Avenue Interchange.
TRANSPORTATION
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Honor Award
SR 423 / SR 434 John Young Parkway Extension Design-Build
| Design-Builder: | Southland Construction, Inc. |
| Owner: | Florida Dept. of Transportation District 5 |
| Engineer: | Dewberry Engineers |
| Specialty Consultants: | Comprehensive Engineering Services |
| Omni Communications | |
| Other Key Professionals: | Jacobs Engineering (CEI) |
The SR 423 / SR 434 John Young Parkway Extension Design-Build project widened, extended and realigned SR 423 to connect to SR 434 at Edgewater Drive. Work included widening from 4- to 6-lanes 1 mile of the existing roadway from Shader Road to US 441, construction of two new flyover bridges over US 441 and the Florida Central Railroad and a 1-mile new alignment extension connecting John Young Parkway to Forest City Road/SR 434.
CIVIC
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Honor Award
Murray Park Aquatic Center
South Miami, FL
| Design-Builder: | Recreational Design & Construction, Inc. |
| Owner: | City of South Miami |
| Architect: | Zyscovich Architects |
| Engineer: | Schwebke-Shiskin & Associates, Inc. |
| Specialty Consultants: | Aquadynamics Design Group, Inc. |
| Construction Consultants of Florida, Inc. | |
| Curtis + Rogers Design Studio, Inc. | |
| Edwards & Partners, Inc. | |
| Louis J. Aguirre & Associates, PA |
WATER/WASTEWATER
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Honor Award
Government Cut Utility Relocation Projects
| Design-Builder: | Ric-Man Construction, Inc. |
| Owner: | Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department |
| Engineer: | Hazen and Sawyer, PC |
| Specialty Consultants: | Jacobs Associates |
| Specialty Contractor(s) | Michels Corporation (FM Micro-tunnel Leg 1) |
| Super Excavators, Inc. (FM Micro-tunnel Leg 2) | |
| Mears Group Inc. (WM HDD) | |
| Other Key Professionals: | AECOM, Design Criteria Professional |
| Parson Brinckerhoff, Construction Management/Inspection |
The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach Countys Renewable Energy Facility No. 2 (PBREF No. 2) is the cornerstone of its integrated waste management system. Part of a renewable energy campus including a LEED® Platinum-Certified Education Center, PBREF No. 2 was designed to augment the existing facility, bringing total processing capacity to 5,000 tons of post-recycled municipal solid waste daily, generating approximately 160 Megawatts of electricity, and reducing the volume of landfilled waste by 90%.
TRANSPORTATION
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Merit Award
US 27 (SR 25) Interchange at SR 50
| Design-Builder: | PRINCE Contracting, LLC |
| Owner: | Florida Department of Transportation |
| Engineer: | Atkins Global |
The project scope consisted of design and reconstruction of two four-lane rural arterial roadways to six-lane divided suburban and urban arterial roadways, as well as the replacement of an existing interchange including reconfiguration of the ramps to loop ramps in each quadrant. Major work elements included concrete and asphalt paving, a two-span bridge structure built on steel H-pile foundations, drainage system improvements, signalization improvements including interconnect construction, retaining walls, MSE walls, lighting, signagge and striping.
TRANSPORTATION
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Merit Award
Selmon Expressway Deck Replacement and Widening
| Design-Builder: | Granite Construction Company |
| Owner: | Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority |
| Client: | Florida Dept. of Transportation District 7 |
| Engineer: | Parsons Transportation Group |
| Specialty Consultants: | ICON Consultant Group |
| Suncoast Design | |
| Ardaman & Associates | |
| Dan Brown & Associates | |
| Scheda Ecological Associates | |
| CardnoTBE | |
| Volkert | |
| Specialty Contractor: | Sonny Glasbrenner, Inc. |
| ATS Drilling, Inc |
This $64 million design-build project re-decked and widened approximately 1.5 miles of the existing Selmon Expressway in Tampa, Florida. Elevated over 16 city streets, the expressway was widened from four to six lanes while maintaining two open lanes of traffic at all times. Work also included the installation of precast bridge beams, 240 drilled foundations, CIP concrete piers, and replacement of existing bridge decks.
TRANSPORTATION
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Merit Award
I-295/Collins Road Interchange & Collector-Distributor Roady System
| Design-Builder: | Superior Construction Company |
| Owner: | Florida Dept. of Transportation District 2 |
| Engineer: | Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. |
| Specialty Consultants: | Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. |
| Ghiotto & Associates, Inc. | |
| Environmental Resource Solutions, Inc. | |
| F.R. Aleman & Associates, Inc. | |
| Specialty Contractors: | Miller Electric Company |
| Other Key Professionals: | GAI Consultants (CEI) |
This project was the design and construction of the new I-295/Collins Road Interchange and Collector Distributor road system from north of Roosevelt Boulevard to south of Morse Avenue. The CD road system is used to access the Blanding and Collins Interchanges. The project required construction of new bridges over the Ortega River and Blanding Boulevard, widening of the southbound span of the CSX Railroad and modifications to the Blanding Blvd. ramps.
INDUSTRIAL/PROCESS/RESEARCH FACILITIES
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Merit Award
Northrop Grumman, Center of Excellence Building 228
Melbourne, FL
| Design-Builder: | The Austin Company |
| Owner: | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| Architect: | The Austin Company |
| Engineer: | The Austin Company |
In early 2013, Northrop Grumman designated their Melbourne, Florida, campus as a Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence, ultimately uniting multiple aspects of Northrop Grummans manned military aircraft programs on a common site. Northrop Grumman selected The Austin Company as a strategic partner to provide planning, architectural design, engineering and construction management services for Building 228, a new 210,000 SF program management, engineering and lab building to support expansion of the campus. The project was implemented in just 14 months.
WATER/WASTEWATER
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Merit Award
Main Street Water Treatment Plant Orange Street Reservoir Replacement Project
Jacksonville, FL
| Design-Builder: | Haskell |
| Owner: | JEA |
| Engineer: | Black & Veatch |
| Specialty Consultant: | Flagg Design Studio |
JEA selected Haskell to design and build the advanced ozone treatment system and add finished water storage capacity to the 24 MGD facility. The project consisted of replacing the existing 3 MG ground storage tank, an evaluation of Alternative Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Removal Systems for odor control and the installation of the advanced ozone system. The project completion date was critical to meet regulatory requirements and Haskell ensured the plant remained operational to provide continuous service.
WATER/WASTEWATER
DBIA Florida Region Design-Build Merit Award
Central Sumter Utility Wastewater Treatment Facility
Sumter County, FL
| Design-Builder: | Garney Construction |
| Owner: | Central Sumter Utility Company, LLC |
| Architect: | KP Studio Architect |
| Engineer: | BESH |
| Specialty Consultant: | BESH |
| Specialty Contractor: | North Lake Electric, Inc. |
This project for Central Sumter Utility Company, LLC consisted of the design and construction of a 2.0 MGD wastewater plant. Construction included two oxidation ditches, a mixed liquor splitter box, two 70' diameter clarifiers, headworks, RAS/WAS pump station, effluent filters, chlorine contact basin, hypochlorite building, four sludge holding tanks, an emergency generator, an electrical building, a sludge press building with belt press equipment, a plant recycle pump station, and yard piping.
