Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Florida State University
In 2021, Axias opened its office in Tampa, Florida, with a plan for growth into another East Coast market. Under the leadership of Vice President Steve Lee, Axias has seen success with a strategy focused on key sectors and strengths, including defense, government, higher education, and cultural facilities. A defining factor in Axias' success has been capitalizing on existing relationships with A-E firms and relationships in other markets.
In the Defense sector, our Tampa-based cost engineers have played a pivotal role in supporting significant projects for the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) at Kings Bay in south Georgia and Marine Corps Support Facility (MCSF) Blount Island in Jacksonville. Axias provided cost engineering, scheduling, and cost and schedule risk analysis (CSRA) support on $100 million+ projects at both bases. Additionally, Axias has been instrumental in assessing the costs of smaller-scale hurricane recovery projects at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Air Station Key West.
Axias' Federal government resume is also growing in Florida with work for the National Park Service, a longstanding client. Our Florida team has supported projects in the iconic Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. With Puerto Rico being in our South East region, under the purview of our Tampa office, we also started the cost management effort on the planned renovation and expansion of the Hato Rey Federal Courthouse.
In Education, we have built on Axias' success with major institutions and leveraged our experience in the sector to secure a cost estimating, value engineering, and scheduling services contract with Florida State University. We have also completed projects for the University of Florida and Sante Fe College in Gainesville. Our work in the Education sector also extends to the K-12 segment, where Axias has worked on projects for public and private schools in the State.
Our recent work has also been in the Cultural sector. Axias is part of a multi-disciplinary AE team engaged in various projects at the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens (Vizcaya). Vizcaya is a historic estate located in the Coconut Grove area of Miami. The Estate, with a prime location on Biscayne Bay, was built between 1914 and 1922 and resembles a 16th-century Italian villa with stunning architectural details and intricate detailing in its main house, gardens, and sculpture gardens. Vizcaya is a National Historic Landmark, and significant preservation efforts have focused on maintaining and restoring the Estate’s original beauty. The projects Axias is engaged in include ADA improvements, MEP, Fire Protection upgrades, and addressing previous hurricane-related damages.
With an impressive track record and a pipeline of projects on the horizon, including a significant State Government Office Building project in Tallahassee, Axias' momentum in Florida shows no signs of slowing down. We've recently added more staff to our Tampa-based team and continue to leverage the strength of our 37-strong Axias team to win and execute projects in the State.