Let me preface this by saying: I'm sure the Marlins have done their due diligence. Although, I don't see how groundbreaking in July is a good idea. It's a month into Hurricane season and about 6 weeks before peak season. Now, I know you're all gonna say: "but we would deal with this every year of construction anyway." Very true but lets say construction starts Nov.1st that would give the Marlins 7-8 months of clear sailing 9 months before they seriously had to worry. I'd say it's most crucial now being the first year of construction... thoughts?

Let me preface this by saying: I'm sure the Marlins of done their due diligence. Although, I don't see how groundbreaking in July is a good idea. It's a month into Hurricane season and about 6 weeks before peak season. Now, I know you're all gonna say: "but we would deal with this every year of construction anyway." Very true but lets say construction starts Nov.1st that would give the Marlins 7-8 months of clear sailing 9 months before they seriously had to worry. I'd say it's most crucial now being the first year of construction... thoughts?

 

 

we start in july. delaying it would be unwise...especially since dont know we are actually gonna hit by a hurricane.

Let me preface this by saying: I'm sure the Marlins of done their due diligence. Although, I don't see how groundbreaking in July is a good idea. It's a month into Hurricane season and about 6 weeks before peak season. Now, I know you're all gonna say: "but we would deal with this every year of construction anyway." Very true but lets say construction starts Nov.1st that would give the Marlins 7-8 months of clear sailing 9 months before they seriously had to worry. I'd say it's most crucial now being the first year of construction... thoughts?

 

 

we start in july. delaying it would be unwise...especially since dont know we are actually gonna hit by a hurricane.

 

I agree, delaying it it's not really an option, specially since the window to have the stadium completed is not exactly big, they can start in July, deal with any of the weather issues and ride them out for the moment and then push hard during the 7-8 months of clearer weather.

I know nothing of construction or engineering, but I am sure the constructors have hurricanes in mind and will build during the hurricane season accordingly.

Think about it. In any normal construction, the foundation has to be done first before stuff can come out of the ground. Now, this is no ordinary construction, like your house. It's a large public works project, with a whole complexity of laws and regulations that come with it. Things like that are purposefully long to finish in order to gain the confidence of the public who would be using the facilities within. Now, let's say that it takes about six months to do the foundation (I don't really know the right answer because it's not my area of expertise). That would be a good amount of time dedicated to digging up the ground, checking the soil, drilling holes through for pipes, water and sewer, etc.. You're already going into December/January before starting the concrete, the pipes, the wires, etc..

 

I have no idea what the people in charge of the project would be doing but, following recent projects of a similar type, I'm expecting a lot of moving parts to be involved, a lot of workers involved in many different areas of concern, to get stuff going so that the project itself doesn't get pushed back too far. If they believe that they can use the months of July through December to get things started, then they're going to push for those months. Also, a ton of money is involved. So we have to believe that the project managers want to start in July.

We can't delay this stadium because there MIGHT be a hurricane. South Florida is always in the sights of a potential hurricane. We can't delay a long project like a stadium for no major reason.

Weather delays are always figured into contruction projects. Aside from what happened a couple years ago, hurricanes actually striking South Florida isn't something that happens with regularity. There will be plenty of delays because of other things. Like rain. Can't pour concrete in the rain. Can't weld in the rain. Do we stop construction for 6 months of every year just because that's how long our rainy season is? No. You figure those delays into the schedule the best you can and then give bonuses to the companies that actually finish ahead of their schedules, hoping one cancels out the other. More times than not it does.

 

A hurricane is basically 3 days of no work. The day before, the day of, and the day after. Then it's mostly back to biz as usual. Some clean up, yes. But you hire extra laborers for that.

If there were hurricanes, they would delay construction no matter when we break ground.

Why delay construction now before we know of any hurricane coming? Why not delay the construction when we actually know a hurricane is coming? I happen to think the latter is a better idea.

Let's put this one to rest. The numbers are out. For Miami-Dade County the chance of getting a tropical storm is 8.5%, a hurricane is at 6.1%, and a major hurricane is at 2.9%.