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and two MRI suites. The shell will be ing the roof and installing the windows. cast Co. of Kissimmee, Fla., was able to
built for the remaining three floors and About 95 percent of the building is archi- maintain a similar pace, bringing the pre-
their function will be determined at a tectural precast concrete with basic store- cast structures to fruition as the project
later time, Wade says. The building will front windows, some at the floor level, pace quickened.
be named after Frank and Carol Morsani Wade explains. As the company notes, in November
for their longtime support of USF. Designed by Alfonso Architects, the 2006, the largest pour in its history took
Work on the faculty medical office main entrance and elevator tower will be place on site. With a total of 5,000 cubic
building, which Ajax will also construct, clad in translucent linear glass in varying yards of concrete, the pour lasted 13 hours
begins in October. This five-story, 100,000- shades of color, as well as composite metal and incorporated 400 tons of rebar steel.
square-foot complex will be built adja- panels to increase the aesthetic appeal of Sixty-five concrete trucks transported the
cent to the CAHC and will serve as the the facility. Nine full-time Ajax employ- material. This concrete was used to for
administrative offices for the USF Phy- ees are working onsite with an additional the mat foundation for the building,
sicians Group. The building is valued at 150 subcontractors at the project’s peak. which is 34,000 square feet and roughly
roughly $18 million. Bids are being reviewed for the 100 per- four feet deep.
“USF has never had a full-blown hospi- cent tenant improvement portion of the
tal that is also a teaching venue as well as work, including flooring, drywall, paint Well-Known Approach
a functional hospital,” Wade says. At pre- and others. The CAHC North Clinic is Founded in 1958, Ajax has provided con-
sent, the university’s nursing and med- expected to open in June 2008. struction and construction management
ical program students use the VA hospi- According to Wade, subcontractors throughout the Southeast for 50 years.
tal adjacent to the campus as a primary have kept the schedule on track and, in Wade says the company is well known
interface between academia and clinical some instances, ahead of schedule. Struct- for its team approach to construction,
experience. ural concrete subcontractor Capform Inc. earning it repeat business. “We gain
of Tampa was responsible for erecting ongoing relationships quickly with
Making Progress the reinforced concrete frame. By divid- clients as evidenced with the USF proj-
The North Clinic was topped off in late ing the job into three production areas – ects,” Wade asserts. “We develop timely,
April. At the end of August, the precast east, west and center – Capform tackled cost-effective solutions that will exceed
concrete exterior of the building was com- the job with vigor, placing it six weeks the technical, operational and functional
pleted and Ajax is now working on plac- ahead of schedule. In addition, Gate Pre- requirements of each project.” ■

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