EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE: IT'S NO CLICHé TO SAY THAT SUCCESS COMES WITH DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.
At Suffolk, we recognize that working with education clients is a specialty in and of itself. In fact, we’ve divided our Education construction into three distinct areas of specialization: Higher Education, Public, and Independent. Our dedicated Suffolk teams understand that these Education clients are always part of a larger community and that their stakeholders are our clients as well. From the earliest stages of our education construction projects, we work hard to deliver the most accurate estimates, the most detailed, carefully developed schedules and a seamless construction plan that maximizes safety and minimizes disruptions on campus.
“Suffolk Construction has attended to details both small and large; they have advised the university on several value-engineering efforts, and made it all work. They have achieved the results that are important to us.”
— Senior Director of Facilities Planning and Management,
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SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION CELEBRATES TOPPING OUT AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES SEAWATER COMPLEX
Suffolk Construction, the University of Miami and community leaders, gathered to celebrate the milestone Topping Out ceremony for the new Marine Technology Life Sciences Seawater Complex on January 9th...
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION CELEBRATES TOPPING OUT AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES SEAWATER COMPLEX
MIAMI, FL, January 17, 2013 - Suffolk Construction, the University of Miami and community leaders, gathered to celebrate the milestone Topping Out ceremony for the new Marine Technology Life Sciences Seawater Complex on January 9th. Once completed, the two building complex will provide oceanographers, meteorologists, marine physicists, and engineers the opportunity to use unique, state of the art equipment for their research and studies. An open atrium will connect the two buildings: The Surge-Structure ATMOSPHERE interaction (SUSTAIN) research laboratory and the Marine Life Sciences Center. This new facility will establish the University of Miami as the only university in the world to house a wind-wave-storm surge simulator, capable of generating Category 5 hurricane force winds in a 3D test environment, as well as the National Resource for Aplysia, where scientists will culture and study sea hares.
MIAMI, FL, January 17, 2013 - Suffolk Construction, the University of Miami and community leaders, gathered to celebrate the milestone Topping Out ceremony for the new Marine Technology Life Sciences Seawater Complex on January 9th. Once completed, the two building complex will provide oceanographers, meteorologists, marine physicists, and engineers the opportunity to use unique, state of the art equipment for their research and studies. An open atrium will connect the two buildings: The Surge-Structure ATMOSPHERE interaction (SUSTAIN) research laboratory and the Marine Life Sciences Center. This new facility will establish the University of Miami as the only university in the world to house a wind-wave-storm surge simulator, capable of generating Category 5 hurricane force winds in a 3D test environment, as well as the National Resource for Aplysia, where scientists will culture and study sea hares.
Taking part in the longstanding tradition, Dago Diaz VP of Educations for Suffolk Construction reflected on the progress of the project to date, expressing his excitement to be able to work with the University of Miami, the city, and the surrounding community.
University of Miami Professor Dr. Schmale personally thanked Suffolk Construction and all of the workers for their diligence and dedication to see this project through to its completion date in late 2013. He also reflected on the early beginnings of the vision for this one of kind building.
Following the speakers, attendees took the opportunity to personally sign the beam, which was then lowered into place with a traditional evergreen tree. More than 100 people attended the ceremony including the Suffolk Construction site team, local subcontractors, researchers and faculty from the University of Miami. The ceremony was followed by a barbeque lunch and a raffle for the workers.
The project which broke ground in June 2012 was designed by the world’s leading aquarium architects. The 81,000 square foot state-of-the-art complex, located on the Virginia Key campus of the University of Miami, will be used to study the relationship between the oceans and human health, including the effects of harmful algal blooms and pharmaceuticals discharged into the oceans. Funded in part through a $15 million U.S. Department of Commerce American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant awarded by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), the project will be completed in late 2013.
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