Transforming a swampy, unused 10-acre site in downtown Clermont, Fla., into a stormwater management facility that doubles as a city park required innovative engineering.
This 703 ft-tall, 62-story condominium tower in downtown Miami “is arguably one of the world’s most challenging builds,” says Brad Meltzer, president of project contractor Plaza Construction.
Though built as one of the largest mass timber projects in the country, the 156,000-sq-ft First Tech Federal Credit Union corporate office was erected in a relatively short time.
Overcoming unexpected weather and unique design demands, crews transformed an aged industrial complex into a sleek, modern tech campus filled with daylight and amenities.
The first step in a campus-wide transformation, the construction of Vanderbilt University’s E. Bronson Ingram College—a masonry-and-stone-clad residential building featuring Victorian and collegiate Gothic architecture styles—challenged the team with its detailed aesthetic elements, starting from the top.
Paul Schwabacher stands outside NYU Langone Health’s Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion near the East River, bent over a stripe of lighter-hued concrete on the walkway that circumvents the hospital.