SERVICES: Conventional steel and pre-engineered hybrid design

This state-of-the-art 125,000 sq. ft. indoor practice facility for the Miami Dolphins is a hybrid between conventionally designed steel and pre-engineered components. Primary steel framing consists of custom designed steel plate-girder columns and rafter moment frames, with concentric braced frames in the longitudinal direction.

The building has an eave height of 60 ft. and a clear span just under 210 ft. For efficiency, our design team used gauge wall and roof secondary framing. The building was designed to withstand the extreme winds of the Miami coast and adhere to the Florida Building Code.

The facility also includes several equipment and viewing platforms, including a cardio deck that overlooks and overhangs the indoor fieldhouse. No columns were allowed on the field for this mezzanine, so the MP2 design team designed a special three-dimensional truss to support the floor and bring most of the load back to the end frame.