“We needed to have everyone on the same sheet of music.” “It took a collaborative effort across the entire team from management to operational staff to trades,” says Kyle Goebel, chief of staff at Suffolk Construction, which joint ventured with Yates Construction on the project. Highlighted by the prominent guitar-shaped hotel tower that rises 450 ft above Hollywood, Fla., the 3.2-million-sq-ft master plan, which included 13 individual projects, was delivered in 30 months by thousands of craftspeople backed by hundreds of management and operations staff members. In the eyes of the jury for this year’s Southeast Best Projects competition, the design and construction team on the $1.5-billion expansion and renovation of Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Hotel and Casino put on a performance worthy of a standing ovation.
