Miami, Florida

Miami Beach Convention Center Expansion

2023 Project of the Year Vision Award – Urban Land Institute (ULI) Southeast Florida & Caribbean | 2022 Award of Merit – American Institute of Architects (AIA) Florida | 2021 Reconstruction Awards Gold Award – Building Design + Construction | 2021 American Architecture Award – The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design & The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies | 2021 Honor Award of Excellence (“Divine Detail”) – American Institute of Architects (AIA) Miami | 

A premier event and meeting space, the expansion of the Miami Beach Convention Center offers four exhibition halls, 84 meeting rooms, four junior ballrooms, and a 60,000 SF grand ballroom, along with a sea-inspired façade and more than 12 acres of green space including two public parks. The update also includes an 800-car parking garage.

ClientGreater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
Architects:Fentress and Arquitectonica
Size3 Stories | 70 Feet (21 M) tall | 1,400,000 SF (111,000 SM)
SustainabilityLEED Silver
Office:Overland Park
Completion:2020

The long-span, open, exhibition spaces of the structure as well as the custom, aluminum fin curtain wall rely on structural steel framing. On time and accurate review of fabrication drawings for compliance with connection design expedited delivery of fabricated steel and erection.

Our team coordinated connection points and support frames early in the design process, reducing onsite adjustments, and coordinating the steel detailing to improve accuracy and ensure fabrication efficiency.