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Commercial Building Design & Construction

Commercial retailers including Costco, Pep Boys and Home Depot have utilized CKA design/build and construction services. Small and medium sized retail facilities such as strip malls, high-rise and low-rise condominium, multi-family, and commercial stand-alone structures can also take advantage of CKA expertise.

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Broken Sound Country Club  Solar Energy Master Plan

Owner:  Broken Sound Country Club

Size:     1,272,266 kWh (AC) Power

Scope:  Master Plan / Consulting

Cost:     $3.26M

CKA provided master planning and ROI analysis for the largest privately held solar energy generation facility in the state of Florida.  The Broken Sound Country Club (BSCC) requested that their continuing services design/build engineering firm (CKA) generate a Master Plan for what would be the largest solar energy project in the state of Florida.  The project is capable of energy generation system providing approximately 819 kW of solar power (DC), which equates to the creation of 1,272,266 kWh (AC) power to be utilized primarily by the west clubhouse.  This proposal utilizes the concept of providing structural steel members to be installed in the parking lot of the main clubhouse that when completed, would double as shade structures for the parked cars. When all state, local, and federal incentives were identified, the ROI is experienced within 4 years for a $3.26 million project.  

Charlotte Harbor Marina  Master Plan / Construction Estimate

Owner:  Allen Heise

Size:     Two Marina Developments

Scope:  Master Plan / Construction Cost Estimates

Cost:   $24,650,220

CKA was contracted by the owner to assist in the Master Planning and Construction Cost Estimating for two marina developments in the Charlotte Harbor area, Florida. 

EastPointe ll Condominium Association  Tennis Pavillion / Mechanical Building Fire Pump Replacement Project

Owner:  EastPointe II Condominium Association

Size:     24 Story Fire Pump Replacement & Building Rehab

Scope: Design / Build

Cost:   $278,000

CKA performed design/build services for the replacement of a diesel driven fire pump providing fire protection for a 24-story condominium in addition to the building rehab due to fire. Oddly enough, the condominium association experienced a fire in the mechanical room housing the standby generator and fire pump, which was integral with the Tennis Pavillion.  The bar-joist roofing system was removed; block wall installed for additional reinforcement, and a new roof system using 6-inch concrete hollow core panels was installed. The design incorporated exhaust penetrations to prevent a future fire for both the generator and fire pump. A new FM diesel driven booster pump, 750 gpm @ 165psi was installed. The building received a complete renovation including a complete re-wire, lighting, alarm wiring, two bathrooms, overhead door, mandoors, roofing material, and finishes. 

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC)

Owner:  State of Florida

Size:     3-Acre Field Operations Facility

Scope: Site Civil & Environmental Design, Permitting & Construction Managment

Cost:   $890,000

CKA provided Design, Permitting and Construction Management for the state’s FFWCC Field Operations Facility. The facility was designed to augment the office and administrative facility built in the City of West Palm Beach’s Water Catchment Area in the north county.  The purpose of the field operations facility is to provide a storage and maintenance facility in close proximity to the administrative facilities.  CKA provided site civil, road, well and septic designs; and permitting for this 3-acre site located within the boundaries of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, FL.  

Watermark Communities, Inc.  Parcel 30.02

Owner:  WCI

Size:     22-Acre Commercial Zoned Site Plan

Scope:  Preliminary Engineering & Coordination

Cost:   $18,500,000

CKA has provided preliminary engineering design services for the site plan, utility, and FDOT design and permitting coordination to facilitate the planning efforts and final design for the subject property located in the City of Palm Beach Gardens, FL.  The site, owned by WCI, is zoned for commercial use and will augment the needs for the adjacent Mirosol/TWC/Golf Digest Community as well as serve the needs of the surrounding PGA National.  

 

 

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