The Broward County Convention Center’s East Expansion and hotel has officially been topped off. Balfour Beatty teammates and industry partners, along with local officials attended the event where the placement of the two uppermost steel beams were placed atop the 400,000-square-foot East Expansion Building and the 29-story Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel.
As part of a $1 billion multi-phased Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center project, the campus’ east expansion and new hotel is the second phase of construction executed by Balfour Beatty. The stand-alone East Expansion Building offers ballrooms, exhibit space and a kitchen that will service the entire 1.5 million-square-foot convention center. Additionally, the 801-key Omni Fort Lauderdale will be delivered with more meeting and ballroom space, multiple restaurant options, an amenity deck, roof top bar and other facilities.
The construction of the East Expansion Building and Omni Hotel follows the completion of the convention center’s first phase: The West Expansion Building. Balfour Beatty also exceeded the county’s required 30 percent Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) participation goal on this phase of construction, awarding contracts to small and local businesses.
Additionally, over the past two years Balfour Beatty teammates have been executing the project’s multi-phased work while working around the convention center’s continuous operations as well as working adjacent to two active Broward County port terminals serving two different cruise lines.
Construction is ongoing for the convention center’s East Expansion and Omni Hotel. The second phase of the project is scheduled for completion in late 2025.
For more information, visit www.omnihotels.com.
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