Attached to the International Swimming Hall of Fame, the iconic Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center holds historic and cultural significance, having hosted Olympic gold medalists like Michael Phelps as well as children’s swim meets on a 5-acre peninsula in the Intracoastal Waterway.
When Shawmut Design and Construction took on the two-level Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina Event Center expansion, they knew the structure would have a unique concrete and steel design.
Due to the size and complexity of its $900-million South Runway expansion project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, project owner Broward County Aviation Dept. divided the massive redo into two separate, but still complex, contracts.
This ambitious project replaced Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s original 5,300-ft runway by expanding and elevating it to an 8,000-ft-long, 150-ft-wide structure that extends over the existing airport perimeter road, Florida East Coast Railway and U.S. Highway 1.