Draper & Associates was retained to implement systematic scheduling process. Draper & Associates task/action-oriented scheduling system was utilized to focus the Las Olas Riverfront construction team simultaneously on multiple phases, work areas and activities in the completion of a new urban/entertainment center to achieve a June 19, 1998 opening.

Las Olas Riverfront is a three level, three city block urban retail entertainment destination center situated in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale on the New River. Las Olas Riverfront was the bold conversion of former slums and school board properties into an urban entertainment mecca. A 23 screen Regal theater with a 30,000 SF "Escape" was the integral anchor to this facility in the heart of Fort Lauderdale's entertainment district. The Escape represented the second rollout of the "Escape" concept for Regal Theaters. The architectural team was tasked to create a pedestrian scale urban "festival" Spanish colonial village. Expansive wood clad canopies and Spanish inlaid tile created the look and feel for this upscale facility.

The structure of Las Olas Riverfront represented unique scheduling and construction, portions of the facility were a topped precast double tee system, other portions were conventional cast post tensioned structure, roof structures were composite lightweight concrete slab on bar joist system. The site presented its own host of challenges, bounded by a railroad mainline, the river, existing structures and active city streets, material handling essentially paced the project. Further complicating construction was the three-story high volume escape which required extensive detailed coordination to assemble.

Draper & Associates conducted project strategy and schedule completion development sessions with the owner, contractor, architect and primary subcontractors. This resulted in a completion schedule that not only identified the construction issues, but also included a plethora of unresolved design and permitting issues that had to be overcome. Our primary client restructured his forces to create focus teams to lead areas to completion.

Following schedule development, Draper & Associates implemented our unique Project Advocate services to focus the project team on the critical strategies, material procurement, design, and permitting change issues. The facility was literally scheduled in 3D in order to allow the team to envision the impacts of one activity on the spaces above, below or adjacent.

Draper & Associates Primary responsibilities included:

• Develop the Project Completion Strategy with the Project Team
• Develop & Coordinate the Logistics/Sequence Plan
• Develop Overall Project Completion Schedules
• Identification & Tracking of Key Long Lead materials
• Define & Develop Design & Permitting Schedules
• Develop Near Term Schedules
• Conduct Project Coordination meetings
• Conduct Owner/Architect/Contractor meetings
• Provided Project Advocacy to focus problem resolution
• Bi - Weekly performance reporting
• Program Management Advisory Services