This full service hotel was one of Milender White’s earliest major projects. The seven-story building includes post-tensioned concrete decks and totals 146,000 sq. ft. with 174 suites, nine meeting rooms with over 5,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, a business center, a fitness room, an indoor pool and an outdoor spa.
The owner, Corporex, challenged our project leaders to value engineer $1 million out of the project budget in less than 72 hours – about $2 million in today’s dollars. We worked over the weekend and met the challenge. A key decision was to self perform the vertical concrete package, which saved time and money for ownership.