marlins ballpark
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CIT 236 Spring 2012 (Site Development)
Miami Ballpark
Sherif TeaimaFeb. 10, 2012
Project Highlights Location: Miami, FL. Owner: Dade County, FL. Operator: Miami Marlins. Cost: $550 million. Capacity: 3,700 Seats. Start of construction: July 1st,2009. End of construction: March 5th,2012. First official game: April 4th,2012. Architect: Populous architects (Kansas city). GC: Hunt and Moss construction.
Marlins Retractable Roof Marlins is the nation’s first retractable roof
baseball park engineered to withstand 146 mph winds. (structural design by Walter P Moore)
Retractable roof features:Consists of three moving panels skirted by 2 fixed panels that achieve the spaceship-like shape, of total weight 7,800 tons of steelUpper panel: 578 ft x 260 ft and 2 lower panels: 548 ft x 145 ftMoved by traction system powered by ten 76-hp electric drive motors
Early stage in site work
Early stage in roof construction after the retractable-panel trusses been erected.
4 Falsework Towers were used to erect 5 truss sections for each movable truss panel
Falsework towers
Completion of roof constructionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj1U4A4DP-Y&feature=bf_prev&list=FLn3EwjihrAMomv6cJXnkTbw&lf=mh_lolz
Marlins LEED creditsMiami Marlins is the first Silver LEED
certified ballpark with a retractable roof in the country .
Some of the LEED points are earned through:Water reductionRecycle of construction wasteUse of local materials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mYA-bR0FU0&list=FLn3EwjihrAMomv6cJXnkTbw&index=2&feature=
plpp_video
WORK CITED• www.enr.construction.com Accessed
02/04/2012• www.miami.marlins.mlb.com Accessed
02/06/2012• www.youtube.com Accessed
02/04/2012 • Google images Accessed 02/07/2012