Design Build Projects

Built in 1953, the original Okaloosa County Courthouse was no longer able to keep up with the growth and demands of the community. Ajax led the Design-Build team to replace the original courthouse with a new 68,000 SF facility. The...

49th Street Bus Compound The 49th Street Compound is a 10.81 Acre Site that has a new 25,000 square foot service building built to replace the existing service building on site. This building houses both the Service and Administrative functions...

This project included the conversion of the existing Oceanway Elementary School site into a new Middle School with a student capacity of 1,200. The existing gym and music suite buildings were incorporated into the design of the new campus. The...

This project consisted of the construction of a new 7,900 SF Central Energy Plant and associated site improvements. Ajax constructed this plant for Tampa Bay Trane, who is in turn providing this infrastructure to Pinellas County Government. It included construction...

This design-build project consisted of new and replacement facilities for OCPS Fleet/Bus Maintenance, new North Learning Community Offices and new satellite Northwest Area Maintenance Offices on the existing 97-acre site. Major elements of the project included design and construction of...

The $7.4 million project provided a new 30,000 square foot classroom and laboratory facility to house the College’s growing teacher education programs, as well as the service-learning and student academic support programs. The new facility is comprised of state-of-the-art classrooms,...

This design-build project included the replacement of the Key West High School’s current competition athletic fields (football, soccer, lacrosse, track/field, softball) with an artificial turf field surface on the existing footprint. There is an eight-lane IAAF Certified S200 track surface...

The University of Florida Powell Structures Lab is an Engineering test facility that was completed using the Design Build process with Long & Associates Architects / Engineers. The Powell Structures Lab is a one story enclosed building with approximately 8,565...

The Sumter Jail will consist of a one-story, two level tilt panel housing pod building with a total gross square footage of 38,662. The building will have an inmate capacity of 256. Modular cells are included on all four (4) sides of the building at two (2) levels with a security mesh protection at the mezzanine level. There is a control room in the middle for observation and controlling the inmate population. The maintenance access is divided into a quadrant and includes a corridor for each housing pod. An enclosed fenced walkway extends from an existing building to connect to the new housing pod. Electrical renovations to the existing Bravo facility will also be included. CURRENT STATUS (as of 5/8/2020) Throughout the month of April; concrete tilt walls have been erected while patching and caulking is ongoing. Overhead rough-in for MEP is underway in preparation for behind modular cell mock-up. Installation of steel & decking has been completed. Installation of preliminary masonry block is in progress as delivery and install of modular cells are forthcoming. Building dry-in for main building has been completed and dry-in for lower roof is ongoing.

Ajax led the Design-Build team to construct two Public Safety Centers for Sumter County near The Villages and City of Bushnell. The Villages Center was designed to approximately 60,000 SF and is two stories. It included the Northern headquarters for...