This 1956 image depicts the world record, long-span, glue-laminated timber arches being assembled for a 3,500-seat jai alai front in West Palm Beach, Fla. The arches had a clear span of 242.5 ft, a rise of 74 ft, and a circumferential length of 294 ft.
The Progressive Infrastructure Planning to Ensure Sustainability project—or PIPES—is an initiative led by the city of Tampa to address its aging underground infrastructure.
The Galen College of Nursing Orlando campus renovation presented complex challenges that required careful coordination, flexibility and problem-solving from the design and construction team.
Situated on an 18-acre barrier island, the nearly 1.1-million-sq-ft project required meticulous planning to navigate tight environmental regulations and logistical constraints.
As part of the base-wide recovery effort following 2018’s Category 5 Hurricane Michael, the project team designed and built two five-story dormitory buildings, each with 240 rooms.
Originally designed as part of an integrated solar combined-cycle system, this 500-acre site contained more than 1,100 solar collection assemblies with nearly 190,000 mirrored parabolic troughs, all of which had to be dismantled and removed with no glass debris left behind.
Part of a $200-million marine infrastructure project designed to dramatically expand the shipyard’s capacity to service both U.S. Navy and commercial vessels.