A former parking lot, this beautiful new waterfront park features a solar powered public restroom, state-of-the-art playground area with an aviation theme, shade structures with picnic tables, and areas to view the incoming air traffic at the adjacent Albert Whitted Airport.

The design was molded around the annual Grand Prix event, as was the construction schedule in order to accommodate the City’s commitments and needs for that event.

A public dedication and grand opening ceremony was held February 10, 2008 to introduce the new park to the community.

The new 13,000 sf elevated addition to the City’s recreation center complex has meeting rooms, a multipurpose room, restroom facilities, and administrative offices. Renovations to the existing gymnasium building include new HVAC system for the entire facility, and new operations/maintenance offices.

Outside there is a new six lane swimming pool with slide and water features, pool pavilion with restroom facilities, pump/chemical storage room, and a separate community outdoor pavilion that can be used for small concerts and the like.

Other work included associated on-site and off-site improvements such as driveways, parking lot, dumpster enclosure, landscaping, storm drainage, site utilities, sidewalks, etc.

This project was the first phase of redevelopment of this complex and was funded by a Community Development Block Grant. Scope included the removal of three existing, 2-story masonry buildings and construction of two 3-story apartment homes and two 2-story town homes for a total of 21 units.  Work also included complete site development of the affected areas within the existing complex.

Each building is masonry on the ground floor with hollow-core plank between floors, wood framing on the second story with wood truss and metal roof systems. Interiors have laminate flooring, insulated windows, ADA accessible appliances and bathrooms.

As a pre-qualified construction manager for the City's Capital Improvements program, Hennessy Construction Services was selected for renovation of the Mahaffey Theater. The demolition of Bayfront Arena in 2004 cleared the way for extensive improvements that will keep the 2000 seat performing arts center as a prominent free standing venue on the City’s waterfront.

The scope of work included renovation of approximately 95,000 square feet and replacement of the building’s mechanical, plumbing, fire protection and electrical systems. Two new 3-story showcase glass atriums highlight the south and east elevations. A 4,000 square foot addition provided a new lobby, new elevators, new stairwells and new public restrooms. The entire building received new roofing and exterior stucco skin. Work also included the addition of an elevator in the adjacent parking garage and improvements to the parking lot, sidewalks and landscaping.

This project features a concrete masonry structural addition to the existing Museum of History. The new museum space houses the back-of-house spaces including archives, offices, storage, library and workshop spaces. The major construction components are a steel truss system with metal roof, stucco on concrete masonry and plastic laminate

A new office and laboratory building for the St. Petersburg branch of USGS, the design of this phase creates a focal point along 4th Street South in downtown St. Petersburg. The roof construction for this one-story building includes the installation of a concrete slab on metal deck under a modified bitumen roofing system to allow for future expansion of two additional floors.

Exterior construction includes a combination architectural face brick, aluminum curtain wall system and stucco to match the existing master plan theme of the campus. Interior construction includes offices and laboratories with intricate wall and interior perimeter wood trim.

In February 2002, the County hired Hennessy as a General Contractor to construct a new storm hardened building over the existing structure for Category 4 hurricane protection.

The overall project included enveloping the existing 8,010 square foot structure in 12” structural split face masonry block with steel roof system and enlarging the building to create a 16,000 square foot storm hardened facility. Work also included building a new, separate 445 square foot structure to house the on-site chlorine generation system. This on-site chlorine generation system is one of the first large scale systems to be installed in Hillsborough County. Major building code upgrades, a new mechanical system and extensive sitework were included in the scope.

Hennessy worked closely with FleischmanGarcia Architecture to overcome schedule challenges that were a result of unforeseen conditions requiring removal of existing underground pipe. Fortunately, Hennessy’s own site crew handled these delays and the overall schedule was not impacted.  The project was finished within the original contract budget.

Located at the intersection of Meridian and Twiggs in the Channel District of downtown Tampa, this building is the gateway to the Selmon Crosstown Expressway that features reversible lane vehicular transportation. The Transportation Management Center is the headquarters for the Expressway Authority and also houses the City of Tampa’s traffic control room and support facilities. The construction of this project required close coordination with those of the "Intelligent Transportation System" designer.  Sophisticated electrical systems with UPS and generator equipment back-up for electrical devices, lightning and surge protection equipment were key to the success of the project.

Hennessy was chosen for this project through an RFQ and interview process. After selection, we worked together with the Authority and FleischmanGarcia Architecture. Taking the project from conceptual design through 100% construction documents, we reviewed constructability issues and provided budget estimates at schematic design, design development and at 50% construction documents. This allowed us to continue design, while maintaining the owner's budget.

The City of Gulfport hired Hennessy as construction manager to add 6,700 square feet to their existing community center facility to create a community theater.  The addition was built of concrete and masonry with a structural steel system with built-up and pre-formed metal roof systems.  

The addition created a new garden courtyard, theater foyer space, a wheelchair lift to meet ADA requirements, a full-size theatrical stage, auditorium seating for 180, lighting catwalk, and new restrooms. 

This 900-foot mosaic tile sidewalk is the one of the largest tile mosaics in North America. It won the 1999 Grand Award at the Spectrum International Awards for the ceramic tile industry. Sunsation Walkway is composed of over 2,000,000 one-inch tiles, and features 5,200 fiber optic lights, TECHNO-BEAM theater lights, and a state of the art music system.