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By Keith Loria, Contributing Editor\"MIAMI<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Skanska USA will construct the $101 million Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami, a 250,000-square-foot cultural anchor that will also include a planetarium, a 500,000-gallon saltwater aquarium, a five-story Innovation Center and caf\u00e9, a sustainable roof with a hydroponic garden, and numerous exhibition galleries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big draw for this museum is that it will have a front-and-center location right on Museum Park in downtown Miami, the cultural gateway to the city,\u201d Andy Allen, Skanska USA Building\u2019s project director for the site, told Commercial Property Executive<\/i>. \u201cIt\u2019s a big building so its physical presence, look and style is going to be an eye catcher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Combine that with the fact that it\u2019s going to include a planetarium building and different interactive programs that will be included inside the museum, in Allen\u2019s opinion, it will be a huge draw to people of all ages.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the most architecturally significant buildings being built in the country right now, it\u2019s really technologically advanced, and some of the construction details\u2014from the half-million gallon martini glass-shaped aquarium tank to the spherical planetarium\u2014those are things you don\u2019t run into every day,\u201d Allen said. \u201cIt takes a little bit sharper edge and ability to get it done the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Expected to be completed in the summer of 2016, the museum will open within the new Museum Park complex, overlooking Biscayne Bay and adjacent to the P\u00e9rez Art Museum Miami.<\/p>\n

According to Allen, Skanska shies away from the low-dollar residential stuff that doesn\u2019t take a lot of expertise, as it wants to construct more complicated and thought-out projects. The Science Museum is a great example of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do a lot of complicated or higher-add cultural community or municipal-type projects and we focus on that market because we believe that\u2019s where we can provide better value to our clients,\u201d he added.
\nJust last week, Skanska announced it was selected to build the $82 million, 375,000-square-foot decorative paint facility in Charleston, S.C., for aerospace giant Boeing<\/a>. It also won the contract to build Osceola County\u2019s planned $270 million Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center.<\/p>\n

The Frost Museum of Science, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and a member of the Association of Science and Technology Centers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to differentiate ourselves in the market, especially in South Florida, and targeting healthcare, higher-education, municipality and cultural projects; things where we can bring our talent to the table and provide better service to the client,\u201d Allen concluded. \u201cNationally, we have several projects like this under our belt, and in South Florida we have the Frost Art Museum at FIU, so it\u2019s something we are well versed in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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