F3 Marina Location

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Building the nation’s second fully automated drystack marina of its kind posed complex staging and scheduling challenges. The six-story, 130-foot-high structural steel and precast concrete building is on a tight waterfront site in Fort Lauderdale’s bustling 17th Street Causeway tourism and marine district. Before constructing the 1,750-ton structural steel frame, Miller’s team worked with Florida Power & Light to convert overhead power lines to an underground run. During preconstruction, Miller’s team resolved clearance issues for the structure’s massive automated crane, which had to be shipped in 100-foot-long sections, then assembled and installed in the building’s central wet well.

The team sequenced construction scheduling for the 400-foot-long building in seven sections, starting at both east and west sides and coming together at the middle for closure. That enabled steel erection to move back and forth between east and west sides of the project, creating space for other trades to skin and start MEP work as each steel section was built. At times the project team had three cranes, 15 booms and four forklifts working inside the building. Thousands of bolts and plates connected the steel structure. When the two ends met at the building’s center, there was a quarter-inch tolerance to install the final bolts into the plate/beam connections, and the bolts slid right into place.


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F3 Marina Girders Install (59,000 lbs. each)

Client: Founders 3

Architect: Rinka

Size: 59,000 SF

Awards: 4 Craftsmanship Awards + ABC Eagle Award

Miller Construction