Gran Destino Tower at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
Structural | Lodging, Residential/Hospitality
Structural
Lodging, Residential/Hospitality
Project Overview
The Gran Destino Tower at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort is a beautiful 450,000-square-foot, 15-story expansion to the resort. Baker’s scope of work included furnishing and installing all cast-in-place concrete work for all excavations, layout, reinforcing, post-tensioning, fine grading, compaction, backfilling, soil treatment, vapor barriers, as well as grade beams, walls, columns, structural floor, and roof systems. Baker also collaborated on the installation of the entrance fountain along with the floating garden experience. The project received an Eagle Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors Central Florida Chapter. This project was completed by our Orlando, Florida, team.
Client
Balfour Beatty
Location
Orlando, FL
Size
21,500 cy
Completion
May 2019
Additional Project Details
The Gran Destino Tower at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort is a beautiful 450,000-square-foot, 15-story expansion to the resort. It combines Spanish architectural elements reminiscent of Antoni Gaudi and surrealist artist and friend of Walt Disney, Salvador Dali.
Balfour Beatty was brought in as the general contractor, working closely with Disney, WDI, HKS, and Baker to create Disney’s first “lifestyle hotel” featuring high-end design elements and amenities. Disney’s Coronado Springs continued operations throughout the duration of the project, requiring Balfour Beatty to coordinate schedules to minimize guest impact.
Baker’s completed package included furnishing and installing all cast-in-place concrete work for all excavations, layout, reinforcing, post-tensioning, fine grading, compaction, backfilling, soil treatment, vapor barriers, as well as grade beams, walls, columns, structural floor, and roof systems. In addition, Baker collaborated on the installation of the entrance fountain along with the floating garden experience. Delivery of the materials posed a challenge because of nearby resort operations, which created a great deal of pedestrian traffic in the area and required detailed traffic control plans.
The project received an Eagle Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors Central Florida Chapter.