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Perry-McCall completes Asian Bamboo Gardens and Komodo Dragon exhibit at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
Jacksonville, Fla. (March 6, 2009) – Perry-McCall Construction, Inc. recently completed construction on the new $2.7 million Asian Bamboo Garden and Komodo Dragon exhibit at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The exhibit – the first project to showcase Asian culture at the Zoo – will be featured at grand opening festivities March 6-8.
Built with traditional Asian materials and techniques, the garden includes an elaborate water feature that runs through rocks and lush landscaping. The lotus pool features varieties of Koi that visitors can view from a large pavilion, decorative sidewalk, or from bridges.
The Komodo dragon exhibit – home to two of the largest lizards in the world – offers a view into the otherwise elusive lizards’ habitat and is also being utilized as a breeding facility for the rare species. Other features of the Asian Bamboo Garden include the moon gate entry feature, the orchard pavilion and a bamboo mist forest.
Perry-McCall provided value engineering on the project’s front end to fit within the Zoo’s budget. “I was involved in every phase of this project from the hard bid to value engineering to the day-to-day management, so this was my baby,” said Erin Young of Perry-McCall, project manager for the exhibit. “It’s not every day that you have a chance to build an exhibit at the Zoo much less one for komodo dragons. It’s been an exhilarating experience.”
This project marks the third time Perry-McCall has provided construction management services for the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in the last five years. Perry-McCall also completed the Zoo’s play park, an interactive children's play area featuring eleven specialty education zones within a four-acre development site, as well as raised walkways that allow guests to encounter the Zoo's giraffes at their level.
Perry-McCall, founded in 1989 in Jacksonville, has grown from a small partnership serving one region into an established, client-focused construction management, design/build and general contracting firm servicing the Southeastern United States. For more information, visit www.perry-mccall.com or call (904) 292-2645.
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