The Powder Room, an engineering project by O'Connell and Associates, Panama City Beach, Florida.

Civil Engineering + Structural Engineering · Panama City Beach

The Powder Room

Panama City Beach, FL

The work

Combined civil and structural package for the indoor shooting range and retail building at US Hwy 98 and Griffin Blvd: site infrastructure and permitting, and the stemwall and slab foundation, steel frame and steel truss roof.

Infrastructure design included paved areas such as roadways, sidewalks and parking, potable water and sanitary sewer utilities and a stormwater drainage and management system. Permitting included a Panama City Beach Minor Development Order, Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD) Environmental Resource Permit (ERP), Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Water Distribution Permit, and a FDEP Wastewater Collection Permit.

Structural Engineering

The project consisted of the design of structural foundations, floor and roof plans, and the development of a compilation of structural details necessary to provide final working drawings, documents and specifications for a new indoor shooting range and retail building located on the corner of US Hwy 98 and Griffin Blvd in Panama City Beach, Florida measuring approximately 18,000 sq. ft. The structure consisted of a conventional stemwall and slab foundation, custom steel frame, light gauge steel and reinforced masonry walls, cast-in-place stair and elevator shafts and a steel truss roof system.

Location: Panama City Beach, FL
Market: Commercial and Retail
Disciplines: Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering
Scale: 1.8 acres · 18,000 sq. ft. · indoor shooting range and retail building

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.

Land Development and Site Design

Turning a parcel into a buildable site. Grading, layout, utility routing, and a drawing set a reviewer can approve.

Site and grading plans
Utility layout
Construction details
Quantity basis for bidding

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

How an engagement like this runs

Work in Panama City Beach 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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