Draper & Associates implemented our systematic scheduling process. Our task/action oriented scheduling system was utilized to focus the Streets of MayFair Team to pursue design, permit, and construction simultaneously on multiple phases, and work areas in the conversion of an existing enclosed mall to achieve re-opening by Christmas of 1996. Due to the strategies developed "Streets" never closed. Our client received the ABC Eagle Award for "Excellence in Construction."

Streets of Mayfair was the conversion of a formerly upscale 70's style enclosed specialty center into a 300,000 sf urban retail entertainment center. Streets of Mayfair literally turned the 3 story, 4-city block mall "inside out" to re-orient the shops and entertainment venues onto the lively urban streets of Coconut Grove, Florida. The architectural team was tasked to create a pedestrian scale urban "festival" village. Work included restructuring all public circulation spaces, relocating 8 escalators, elevator extensions, removing 2 nd level post-tensioned slabs to create high bay retail areas, new storefront locations, removal of internal ramp structures and complete code compliant upgrades to all utility systems. Recapturing former parking and office space into net retail and restructuring underground parking involved extensive demolition and reconstruction of the post-tensioned structure. The adjoining 4 star Mayfair Hotel was separated into an independently operating facility for subsequent resale. Public amenities included video walls, Tivoli lighting, extensive mosaic tile, extensive landscaping and graphic treatments throughout the facility.

The post-tensioned structure of Streets of Mayfair represented unique scheduling and management challenges in heavy demolition of a post-tensioned concrete structure and new post-tensioned construction interior to an active facility. The project plan required constructing new tenant spaces, relocating existing tenants, then complete demolition and reconstruction of the tenant spaces into new entertainment venues. Draper & Associates conducted project strategy and schedule development sessions with the owner, contractor, architect and primary subcontractors. This resulted in a Work & Access Sequence Plan that defined the multiple levels of concurrent construction needed to meet the December 1996 opening. Primary strategic considerations were the concurrent design and tenant changes, maintaining public use of the facility, along with the access difficulties inherent to a dense urban area.

Draper & Associates implemented our unique Project Advocate services to focus the project team on the critical strategies, contract structures, material procurement, design, permitting, and tenant 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.

Project Advocacy supported the multiple path construction sequence and created the issue resolution atmosphere. This was required to manage the original $5 million design package and integrate $6 million of increased scope. Streets of MayFair opened exactly on schedule in December of 1996.

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