August 6, 2007, Orlando FL: Like a well orchestrated concert, the conductor is WELBRO Building Corporation who will orchestrate the pouring of the concrete for the mat foundation on which the new Hilton Orlando Hotel at the Orange County Convention Center will be constructed. Planning for this monolithic pour started months ago and will continue right up to the twelfth hour.
Statistics for the mat foundation:
- 73,066 square feet
- 2,616 tons of reinforcing steel
- 8,700 cubic yards of concrete
- 215 workers, technicians and supervisors
- 9 - 15 concrete pumps
- 171-200 concrete trucks
- 9 concrete plants
The project is located at 6001 Canadian Court, Orlando, FL 32819. Visitors and press are welcomed and will be conducted to a safe viewing area. Access the site on Canadian Court off of International Drive.
Hilton Orlando Hotel will be a 1,400-room, 18-story hotel which will sit on 26.4 acres in the heart of Orlando's tourism district, south of the Orange County Convention Center. It will include 52 suites, a 15,000-square-foot spa and fitness center, several restaurants and bars, and about 130,000 square feet of meeting space, including 38 meeting rooms and a 50,000-square-foot grand ballroom. The hotel will link to the convention center via a pedestrian sky bridge.
Completion scheduled for August 2009. HKS Architects is the Architect of Record.
WELBRO Building Corporation has been building continuously in the Florida construction market for 28 years and is consistently ranked among the nation’s top contractors by Engineering News Record (ENR) and “Best Employer” by the Orlando Business Journal. WELBRO is a dominant force in the hotel/hospitality, education and commercial office markets. Other major project types include retail/commercial and special use facilities.