Beck adds logistics between local projects

The Beck Group was able to start one major community project on the same day another opened, which created a bit of a logistical project for the Dallas-based contractor's local office.

Beck was responsible for building the new $36-million Salvador Dali Museum along the St. Petersburg waterfront. The 66,400-square-foot concrete and glass museum, which is larger than the city's original facility and built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, formally opened Jan. 11 at 11:11 a.m., in keeping with the surrealist artist's fascination with numbers.

Earlier that morning, Beck broke ground on the University of South Florida's $30-million Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa. The 90,000-square-foot facility is designed to combine health-care training with simulation-based education.