Last week I had the chance to visit with Hunt\Moss JV (http://www.huntmossjv.com/) to see how they were using technology and understand a few things about this pretty cool project. First a thank you the Hunt\Moss for taking the time out of their hectic day to share a little with us (and for sharing the renderings included in the post), it was a great experience. Second, a little background on the project:
The new ballpark's footprint will have a south-east orientation, with unobstructed views of Miami's skyline made possible by six operable glass panels. The ballpark will be located on the parcel of land bordered by NW 6th Street to the north, NW 4th Street to the south, NW 16th Avenue to the west and NW 14th Avenue to the east. With a capacity of approximately 37,000 seats, the retractable roof, air-conditioned ballpark will be built on 928,000 square feet on the former Orange Bowl site. The ballpark will celebrate Opening Day in April 2012 and will attract a wide variety of events throughout the entire calendar year. (Excerpt from Marlins Site)
As for the actual project, I have to say that I was impressed with the efforts that they are going through on this job to leverage BIM (Revit), Clash Detection and Coordination (Navisworks), Document Control (Buzzsaw) and the support from the Field team.
Walking through the jobsite was a real treat, its not something that I get to do a lot of and I am glad this is one project that I had the chance to really see. I think it may have been one of the cleanest sites ever and maybe the hottest of course (but I suppose that is what you get when your in Miami right?). Some of the shear size of things like the ductwork and the track the operable roof will sit on are pretty amazing. One of the interesting construction facts that they pointed out was how everything is constructed from Home Plate, so they have that area protected and take all survey points from that position
I took a few pictures and thought I would share:This one was taken as you walk into the out field. It shows the fixed roof in the background, luxury boxes and some of the seating.
More seating and the track for the operable roof. When you get up close to the precast, this is some pretty neast stuff with all the angles.
My favorite view: standing behind home plate looking at the entire downtown skyline.
If your interested in following the construction yourself, the Hunt\Moss JV team has a webcam that you can access anytime. Here is the link: http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/fla/ballpark/webcam.jsp
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