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Aerospace / NASA Completed December 1996

A building for a six-point-four-million-pound rocket.

Kennedy Space Center · Cape Canaveral, Florida
Interior view of the Apollo-Saturn V Center showing the suspended Saturn V rocket with visitors below
Apollo-Saturn V Center NASA · December 1996
Contract
$38,000,000
Duration
18 months
Status
Ahead of time
Architect
Morris Architects
Client
Delaware North Park Services
Position
Project Superintendent / Manager
Project brief

One of the highlight projects of a career.

The Apollo-Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center attracts visitors from around the world. It is equivalent in volume to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. — an awe-inspiring monument to the Apollo program.

The facility houses an actual Apollo Saturn V rocket, weighing 6.4 million pounds. The project includes two theaters, a restaurant, multiple permanent exhibits, and a VIP viewing lounge and terrace, where dignitaries watch Space Shuttle launches from the former Banana River viewing site.

One of the highlight projects of W&J Construction — and of my personal career. The project was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget in an 18-month time frame.

The scope required pre-construction coordination with the Space Center, the rocket-moving operation (documented in dedicated schedule photos), and integration of custom exhibit millwork with a 165-foot clear-span structural roof. The gala grand opening was attended by Gene Cernan (last astronaut to walk on the Moon) and Buzz Aldrin (first-mission lunar module pilot).