The semi-truck parking lot at the I-10 rest stop in Okaloosa County, Florida had an ongoing capacity issue. There were not enough parking spaces to accommodate the number of trucks entering the stop. As a result, truck drivers had been parking on the road shoulder and other less than ideal areas. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) secured the funding to expand the parking lot. Our team was tasked with designing a new parking lot while mainly focused on maximizing stalls per acre.

In Collier County, Florida, there is a demand for amenities related to health and wellness. Gulf Coast Ventures is a developer in South Florida that focuses on increasing commercial development.  They created a concept for the Naples Health and Fitness Plaza that consisted of three one-story buildings including an athletic training center, a Vale Food Co. restaurant and a physical therapy facility. We designed a site on an undeveloped 4.5-acre parcel of land in Collier County. We were responsible for creating a site, utility, grading and drainage plan. 

A recent increase in the number of students at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering required renovations to the building to preserve the quality of life on campus. Inside Building A, our client wanted additional teaching and study space. We delivered floor plans with enough space for 300 additional students. The existing atrium of Building A was designed to be filled with two floors which fill in the empty overhead space. To make space for the renovation, we removed the metal sculpture in Building A. 

Our senior design project was a residential home in Tallahassee, FL. The house is approximately 36,000 square feet and lakefront. The overall problem with the project was the size of the home. This caused issues with location of utilities, drainage and unique shapes. 

The Torreya State Park Campground Paving and Regrading project was focused on upgrading the infrastructure and accessibility of the park’s Weeping Ridge Campground. Torreya State Park is in Bristol, Florida. It is a popular site for hiking, camping and birdwatching. The site is on a high point in the park and contains a dirt road that loops around the site. The park is kept up and owned by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This project had several key parts: paving the campsite road, upgrading the camper/RV spaces by adding parking pads, and meeting drainage needs.

The Wakulla Regional Songbird Well and Water Treatment Plant struggles with poor water quality. It is in a neighborhood of Wakulla County in Crawfordville, Florida. The specific problems with the water quality include poor taste, unpleasant odor and a brown-pinkish color during the winter season. 

Imagine a road within Moody Air Force Base called Stone Road. It’s taken a beating from heavy military trucks and bad weather, making it dangerous for the military personnel who use it.

Our goal was to make Stone Road better in a few ways:

Our “Village of Estero Sprouts Grocery Store” project addresses a pressing need in Estero, Florida: convenient access to a grocery store for its residents. Our focus was to transform previously vacant land into a thriving commercial property. We designed the site plan, encompassing critical elements such as a 30,000-square-foot grocery store building, a well-equipped loading dock, a spacious parking area, pedestrian-friendly walkways, essential water, and sewage infrastructure, and efficient drainage systems.

Our project was a new site design for a Starbucks location in the Westwood Square Shopping Center at the corner of West Pensacola Street and Ocala Road in Tallahassee. The design includes a drive-through and parking area, facing West Pensacola Street. 

The Jackson Hospital Urgent and Wound Care Center is a proposed urgent care facility in Marianna, FL at a highway intersection. Urgent care facilities treat non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Marianna lacks access to this type of medical care. A new urgent care center will provide residents with better access to affordable, convenient healthcare To improve access to affordable healthcare, we considered existing site conditions. The existing site was a gas station. Based on architectural plans, we completed the structural design of a 115 x 80^-ft. single-story building.