St. Augustine Plaza is a large commercial and residential project in downtown Tallahassee. St. Augustine Plaza sits in the heart of Tallahassee to give the community a place to live and shop. We created this project to provide young people with living space and access to retail shops below their homes. The project includes a first-floor space with parking and retail stores such as a barber shop, a restaurant and a convenience store. The second and third floors include a total of 20 two-bedroom apartment units.

Woodville Highway is a two-lane, rural highway that connects traffic from Capital Circle Southeast to inner Tallahassee. A section between Gaile Avenue and Capital Circle with a school, two neighborhoods and several businesses experiences significant congestion and has caught the eye of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The FDOT has proposed widening the road to four lanes instead of two. 

Traffic in downtown Milton is a problem because the 480-foot bridge can’t accommodate the heavy volume of cars. To solve this, we proposed a new plan to keep the old bridge and build a new, wider bridge next to it. The two bridges will improve traffic flow and support Milton’s future growth.

As Florida’s population grows, surface water suffers and the drinking water supply decreases. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) introduced Senate Bill 64 to address these issues. This bill requires wastewater treatment plants to develop a plan to reuse the water they process (effluent). Instead of discharging effluent. Rather than discharging effluent into surface water, which can cause eutrophication, the water will be reused.

PDQ is a fast-food restaurant founded in Tampa, Florida. Since opening in 2011, it has added locations across the East Coast. We proposed the first PDQ to be built in Tallahassee, Florida as a fresh place for residents to eat. This responds to the lack of development surrounding municipal, state and medical offices in northeast Tallahassee.

Concrete construction is expensive, time-consuming and harmful to the environment. This method produces a lot of carbon dioxide, which is detrimental to the atmosphere. In this project, we looked at using 3D-printed concrete as a building material. We made all the walls of a four-story house with 3D printing, eliminating the need for pre-casting or formwork.

Thomas County Central High School currently has 1,580 students and counting, but it has been using old and inadequate sports facilities and practice areas. To solve this problem, the school decided to build a new multipurpose building, two outdoor practice fields (one for the band, one for the football team) and one indoor practice field.

The Dollar General project is located next to Woodville Highway. Traffic flow needed to be carefully considered before construction. We focused our design on ensuring cars and people could move around easily. Because the site was zoned for retail, we could use it for a store. According to local codes, the 10,640-square-foot building requires at least 43 parking spots and a few bike parking spots. Our design meets these needs while keeping traffic moving smoothly and adding the right greenery. We planted trees throughout the site to ensure we met proper landscape requirements.

State Road 8 (SR 8), or Interstate 10 (I-10), is a key road in Northwest Florida. The roadway is used for evacuations, freight movement and everyday traffic. Due to the region’s population growth, the road has become busier, making an expansion necessary. The increased traffic and the road’s important role in emergency evacuations show the need for expanding the roadway’s capacity.