Sail Harbor: Ft. Myers, Florida

Sail Harbor was our second project using the Outinord’s tunnel forming system. The key was speed and

quality for the client, so we started with the standard Outinord design details and modified these to eliminate

steps within the construction sequence. The look was to be typical Florida stucco but also to have elements

of lap siding with stucco coins and banding.

The original plan was to pour smooth concrete and then add these elements during construction. We revised

this which was accepted by the design team and the client was to incorporate these elements onto the steel

form system. Also since this was a hurricane zone requiring 140 mph construction, the typical metal stud

and stucco in-fill walls we replaced with steel form concrete panels. Which we cast onsite.

Initial budgeting showed that we not only could shorten the construction duration by up to five months but

the savings in costs would be in the area of 4 million dollars. A small learning curve was experienced but a

revision to the mix design solved the problem by not only eliminating quality flaws but allowing us to strip

forms 12 hours after completion of the pour. Once stripped of their forms, the town-homes were ready for

final paint and windows.

We also used a “battery” form to cast our front closure walls onsite and ahead of schedule, eliminating 4

additional days to the buildings construction sequence. These forms incorporated banding, lap-siding and

coin features welded to the forms. At the peak, we were closing over forty homes a month, punched and

ready for occupancy.

Sq. Ft. 800,000

Stories: Two – Tunnel formed concrete

Cost total: +/-54,500.00 construction

Delivery: GMP / design build

Schedule: 16 months – including interiors.

Position: VP of Construction / Design-lead