When Florida Hospital-Tampa embarked on a $53.7-million project to add a larger 91,000-sq-ft emergency department, the hospital hired Robins & Morton, which had recently delivered another nearby facility for the owner.
To build the city of Orlando’s five-story Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Balfour Beatty-led project team had to overcome numerous challenges, including major public funding issues and several subcontractor defaults.
The $72-million Pinellas County Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center project called for the complete demolition of existing buildings on a 40-acre campus and replacement with new, storm-hardened facilities such as a sheriff’s administrative building, emergency operations and dispatch centers, a 1,248-space parking garage and an energy plant to supply emergency power and cooling.
