JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Engineers and building crews continued to evaluate and clear up the injury on the new Jacksonville Fairgrounds Exposition Middle on Tuesday after a portion of its skeleton structure collapsed in a storm over the weekend.
An insurance coverage inspector was set to evaluate the injury on Tuesday after engineers additionally carried out an evaluation on Monday. In the meantime, crews continued to take down any security hazards on the new building website off Normandy Boulevard on Jacksonville’s Westside.
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Jacksonville Fairgrounds President/CEO Invoice Olson instructed News4JAX the preliminary construction was about one-third full.
“Our building venture supervisor referred to as me and instructed me about it,” Olson stated. “Now we have a digicam mounted on the market, so I used to be ready to go surfing and have a look for myself.”
The assist beams took the preliminary hit from the heavy winds and tipped over. No accidents have been reported.
In September 2024, the town authorised the brand new website for the Jacksonville Fairgrounds after issuing a allow for building to start out on an expo corridor, workplace area and amphitheater. The venture is predicted to value at the least $17 million.
The Metropolis Council first authorised the redevelopment of the land and a lease settlement with the Duval County Truthful Affiliation in April of 2023, a yr after Jaguars’ proprietor Shad Khan’s Iguana Investments Florida LLC agreed to purchase the present fairgrounds property downtown.
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The venture was anticipated to be completed by early subsequent yr, because the fairgrounds are slated to maneuver from their conventional location within the sports activities advanced space downtown to the brand new Westside location by 2026.
Olson stated the injury will possible solely delay building for a couple of weeks.
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