Sarasota County Technical Institute, Sarasota, Fla.
The 198,000-sq-ft Sarasota County Technical Institute represents the second of three phases of development. Partnered with the Suncoast Polytechnical High School, the new facility provides polytechnical and technical education on one campus for 11th- and 12th-grade students.
After first being bid in September 2008, construction was put on hold due to funding issues. Six months later, Willis A. Smith Construction recommended re-bidding and value engineering. As a result, the project was built for $32 million, or $6 million below the original budget.