Bayfront Tower is set to begin a $10 million, two-year renovation project that includes painting the exterior 29-story building a new color scheme, a new roof and hurricane-hardened floor-to-ceiling windows on the balconies. As the work on the 29-story condominium in downtown St. Petersburg begins, a 450-foot crane, one of the largest in the Southeastern United States, will be in front of the building, according to a statement. “The board was able to take advantage of very low interest rates and secured a loan from Bank United to provide capital, which, when combined with reserve contribution, will finance the entire improvement over a 10-year period,” said Ted Mallin, president of the board for Bayfront Tower, in the statement.

Clearwater-based Creative Contractors is leading the project as construction manager. St. Petersburg’s Wannemacher Jensen Architects and Griner Engineering, is leading the design of the aesthetic and common areas, and the mechanical and electrical work, respectively. C.B Goldsmith Architects, also in Clearwater, will be handling the roof. Bayfront Tower has 255 residential units and 13 commercial units.

From the Tampa Bay Business Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2014/01/07/bayfront-tower-to-begin-10m.html

In May 2013, Griner Engineering was selected as the City’s engineering consultant for Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

In our 45 years of business, Griner Engineering has been fortunate to have developed a long working relationship with the City of St. Petersburg. We have provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering design services for several City projects. Some of our projects included the renovation of the Municipal Office Building, the historic renovation of the City Hall Annex, Municipal Pier and Albert Whitted Municipal Airport.

Under this agreement, Griner Engineering recently completed the HVAC upgrades for the City’s Main Library and the City’s Museum of History.

Griner Engineering provided the mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering design for this 14 story hotel scheduled for completion April 2016. Designed by Santiesteban & Associates, this hotel will be located in Clearwater Beach and will be part of Hampton’s new Forever Young design initiative, featuring modern guest space that is multi-functional and convenient as well as comfortable.

Construction began in late 2011, of a three-story, 95,000 square foot medical office building on the campus of St. Anthony’s Hospital located in St. Petersburg, Florida. This project is part of the ongoing expansion and upgrade of this full service BayCare facility. Griner Engineering was contracted by the project’s Architect, Mason Blau & Associates, Inc., to provide mechanical, plumbing and fire protection engineering design.