The Atlantic Aviation Hangar B is a 29,500 sf facility with 26,000 sf of hangar and 3,500 sf of office space. The project includes an extra thick concrete slab to accommodate aircraft of various sizes. The building itself was a pre-engineered metal construction with an installed sliding hangar door with four internal motor operators. It included a new mechanical system with large fans within the hangar for efficient air circulation.

Approximately 30,000 square feet of the existing facility underwent extensive renovations, with an additional 26,000 square feet added on.

There are four new or renovated group exercise rooms. Studio A has 4,315 square feet and is now the largest group exercise room in Orlando. It has cushioned athletic wood flooring, a stage, sound system and ballet bar. It can accommodate up to 125 people. The new strength studio has 1,715 square feet; the yoga and pilates studio consists of 1,600 square feet; and the group cycling studio has 1,120 square feet.

Parents can leave their children in the care of the Y staff at the 3,100-square-foot, tech-infused childhood development center. The area boasts a collection of educational toys and computer games, along with a new playground outside. Other highlights of the new facility include expanded and renovated adult locker rooms, new meeting rooms and an outdoor patio, racquetball courts, a 1,400-square-foot addition to the wellness floor, the relocation of Orlando Health’s concierge services to the welcome center and the brand-new Axum Market Cafe.

Dr. Phillips Charities is the Y’s single largest philanthropic partner, having begun its relationship with the YMCA of Central Florida in 1983 when the Dr. Phillips Foundation first donated land and funding to create the Dr. P Phillips YMCA. The facility opened in 1985 and has donated more than $43.6 million to the YMCA of Central Florida in the last 30 years. It contributed $9 million toward the recent $11-million transformation.

H. J. High oversaw the design and construction of Scan Design’s latest furniture center. The Boca Raton store is their newest store location on the east coast of Florida. Located on 1.67 acres between Eddy and Bailey Street in the City of Boca Raton, this 24,000 sf furniture and accessory showroom offers the latest in upscale, contemporary designs and options from around the world.

The exterior of the facility is concrete tilt wall with exterior accents of custom stone, Accoya Wood, and Prodema Panels provide the contemporary building with natural wood that enhances the building’s unique style and elegance.  Inside the facility there is polished concrete throughout and inlaid marble accent flooring. The building also includes a 1,5000 sf backroom with dock height loading/unloading, 25’ clear height ceilings, and custom framed partitions to accentuate the furniture.

H. J. High constructed a new bus wash and detail building along with other amenities for Mears Transportation at their bus services facility on West Gore Street. The project includes a completely new 3,000 sf bus wash building with attached 800 sf equipment room, 1,500 sf new cleanout bay, renovation of the existing 1500 sf wash bay & building, completely new storm drainage system with retention pond, over 28,000 sf of new heavy duty concrete paving.

The project was completed in multiple phases all while maintaining the full operation and functionality of Mears existing wash and maintenance facilities. The new wash is able to turn out a clean bus every 90 seconds compared with the existing wash which take almost 6 minutes. The new building, paving and equipment enable the wash facilities to handle in excess of 600 buses a day at peak operating capacity.

H. J. High served as construction manager on the CenturyLink southern region headquarters building located in Apopka, Florida.

Construction consisted of a new 200,000 sf office complex featuring architectural precast, raised floors throughout, and scenic landscaping located off of State Road 436.

The CNL Corporate Aircraft Facility is a 39,000 sf project consisting of a 25,000 sf hangar and 14,000 sf of Class A offices and support areas. The facility is the largest and most complicated aviation complex constructed at the Orlando Executive Airport. The facility is a Group II aircraft hangar for storing and servicing of fueled aircraft. Because of this classification, installation included four foam cannons in the hangar in addition to the standard fire protection. These cannons were for the suppression of fuel generated fires.

Adjacent to the facility, a 30 foot tall, 35,000 gallon water tower was installed to ensure adequate supply and pressure in case of an event. The water is supplied from the tower to the facility. Foam proportioners inject the foam in the risers as it heads to the cannons. A trench drain at the front of the hangar collects the spent foam and segregates the oil from the water for proper disposal. The hangar includes a motorized sliding and stacking Aero hangar door that can be stacked to either side. The project also required the removal and reinstallation of two 50 ft site lights used for the adjacent taxiway.