University of Florida - Heavener Football Complex
PPI construction Management was recently awarded an Eagle Award by the Associated Builders and Contractors. Known as the Gateway of Champions, this project created a prominent “front door” for the UF football program. The new entrance and reception area were designed with a spacious atrium and multi-media displays of Gator football success. The rest of the new construction and renovation includes a new Gator room for visiting recruits and their families on game day, new coach’s offices and a major expansion of the athletic weight training facilities. The Heavener football complex is certified LEED Platinum, the first in the state of Florida. Size: 49,000 sq. ft. Cost: 21Million

University of Florida Women’s Lacrosse Facility
PPI Construction Management recently completed the new UF Lacrosse Facility and Soccer Practice Facility. The project consists of the new construction of a state of the art Lacrosse Facility and team space at the University of Florida, which includes 12,000 GSF of building (locker room, conference room, restrooms and concessions), Lacrosse practice and competition fields and Soccer practice field. Size: 12,000 square feet , Cost 14mil

University of Florida Harn Museum - Asian Art Wing
PPI construction Management just began construction on a new 22,000 GSF Asian Art Wing addition to the Samuel P. Harn museum at the University of Florida. The addition will be three stories with storage and loading dock functions on the lower level, gallery space on the main level and offices, conference and donor spaces on the upper level. In addition, there will be an exterior Asian Garden accessed from the Galleries. Being a museum, there are stringent restrictions on temperature and humidity controls, as well as natural daylight levels. Completion is expected in November 2010.

University of Florida Southwest Recreation Center Expansion
PPI Construction Management just began construction on a new $11mil, 37,000 GSF addition and renovation to the campus recreational center. The construction/renovation of the facilities is necessary to fulfill a growing demand for intramural sports, personal training, and other recreation sports uses. The centerpiece of the new construction will be an elevated 1/8mile indoor track.

Lake County BBB – PPI Construction Management
PPI Construction Management of Orlando, Florida has begun construction on the Lake County, Florida “BBB” High School. Lake High School “BBB” is a phased project featuring multiple buildings designed to support nearly 2,000 students in over 300,000 square feet of building space. The project will also contain a parent drive, bus loop, service drive, and parking. Additionally, site construction for drainage improvements will be a key part of the project. The building will feature structural masonry and a brick exterior with a modified bitumen roof system. The budget for Lake County High School BBB is $58 Million.

Lake County High School BBB
PPI Construction Management is starting construction on a new Lake County high school in Minneola. The school will encompass 5 buildings, totaling 350,000 square feet, and include 1600 student stations as well as athletic fields for football, baseball, and softball. The school is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2011.

Valencia Community College Building #11
PPI Construction Management will be installing a 102.4Kw photovoltaic solar array at Building #11 on Valencia Community College’s West Campus. The system will provide approximately 9.5% of the building’s electric power needs and will be operable by late October.

Lake Sumter Community College Joint Use Library
A dedication ceremony was held Friday, September 25th at the Cooper Memorial Library on Lake-Sumter Community College’s South Lake Campus in Clermont. PPI Construction Management built the 47,000 square foot, 2-story library facility that not only accommodates students from LSCC and UCF but also residents of Lake County as well. The building includes numerous computer stations and a story room and reading garden for children.

LEED Platinum Certification
The University of Florida Football Offices and Southwest Stadium Expansion project delivered by PPI Construction Management was recently awarded the LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. This project is the first LEED Platinum building in the state of Florida, and is the first LEED Platinum athletic facility in the United States. Additionally, this project is the first educational institution in the Southeast to achieve LEED Platinum.

Marion County Schools - Classroom Additions
PPI Construction Management was recently selected to provide Construction Management services for classroom additions at Shady Hill and Saddlewood Elementary Schools in Ocala, Florida. The classroom additions are single story, block and brick with double-loaded corridor. Each structure will feature 10 classrooms with shared teacher planning and bathroom per two classrooms. Additionally, overhead exterior will be pitched, standing seam with HVAC mezzanine. Estimated budget is approximately $8 Million.
 

News Archive