TRC Worldwide Engineering, Inc. has been named as the structural engineer for the New Margaritaville Beach Resort. The resort is an 8 story hotel on top of a 9 level parking garage pedestal. With a building height of 196ft, the total building sq. ft. is approximately 870,000.

Space

• Ground floor: lobby, kitchen, storage, receiving, FPL vault, restaurants, Margaritaville Bar & Restaurant and back of house
• Second floor: spa
• 3rd thru 9th floor: parking garage
• 10th floor: banquet kitchen, grand ballroom, meeting and board rooms, salons, hotel administration and housekeeping
• 11th floor: recreation deck and hotel rooms
• 12th thru 17th floors: hotel rooms.

Key Structural Components

• Foundations: concrete pile caps and augercast piles
• Columns: Cast-in-place concrete columns
• Post-tensioned concrete transfer beams at levels 2 and 11
• Garage: Cast in place post-tensioned concrete slabs
• 11th Floor: Cast in place post tensioned concrete slab with transfer beams
• 12th thru roof: tunnel form construction (cast in place reinforced walls and slabs)
• Lateral load resisting system: Cast in place shear walls around elevators and stairs

Design Team

• Client/Architect: Adache Group Architects
• Structural Engineers: TRC Worldwide Engineering, Inc.
• New Construction: 870,000 GSF
• Construction Cost: $ 100 Million

source: http://www.trcww.com/our_portfolio/hospitality/Margaritaville-Hollywood-Beach-Resort.html