Big Kahunas Waterpark, a resort and amenity property engineered by O'Connell and Associates, Northwest Florida.

Structural Engineering · Northwest Florida

Big Kahuna's Waterpark

Northwest Florida, FL

The work

Structural engineering for a waterpark slide, including structural foundation design and renovations with stainless steel risers attached to the pre-engineered structure, the existing pool shell, and circular concrete columns.

Location: Northwest Florida, FL
Market: Recreation and Amenity
Disciplines: Structural Engineering

Scope performed

Each line below is a discipline our staff carried on this project. The description explains what that work involves and what the owner receives at the end of it.

Regulatory Permits and Development Orders

Assembling and carrying the application through the review agencies that hold approval authority over the site.

Permit applications
Response to review comments
Agency coordination through approval

New Building Structural Design

The gravity and lateral system for a new building, designed to the current Florida Building Code and the wind exposure the site sits in.

Structural drawings
Load calculations
Signed and sealed documents for permit

Structural Renovation and Expansion

Structural design inside an existing building: openings, additions, and load path changes worked out against what is actually there.

Existing condition review
Framing and reinforcement design
Sealed documents for permit

Foundation Design

The system that carries the building into the soil, coordinated with the geotechnical report and the coastal conditions on site.

Foundation plans and details
Bearing and pile coordination
Geotechnical review

How an engagement like this runs

Work in Northwest Florida follows the same sequence at any size. Owners see the same four stages.

01
Scoping call
We ask what prompted the call, what documents already exist, and what deadline is driving the schedule. If the work does not need an engineer, we say so.
02
Field work and review
A licensed engineer or a staff member working under one goes to the site, documents conditions, and reviews the drawings and reports already on file.
03
Signed and sealed deliverable
Findings, drawings, and specifications go out under seal, written so a board can read them and a contractor can bid from them.
04
Contract Administration
During construction we review submittals, answer requests for information, perform Construction Observations, and review pay applications against work in place.

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