News

July 2011 (St. Petersburg, FL)  –  St. Anthony (BayCare) Medical Office Building - BayCare Health Systems has awarded Mason Blau Architects the new 75,000 square feet Medical Office Building project at St. Anthony. McCarthy will provide the structural consulting for the team.

July 2011 (Tampa, FL)  –  LA Fitness South Tampa - McCarthy has teamed with ARC3 Architecture for a two story 56,700 square feet LA Fitness Club in South Tampa that includes an adjacent four story 102,000+ square feet parking garage.

July 2011 (St. Petersburg, FL)  –  St. Anthony Hospital Parking Garage - McCarthy teams with Harvard Jolly Architects on a 7-level 273,322 square feet parking garage with elevated walkways.

July 2011 (Haiti)  –  McCarthy and Associates has been awarded the structural design of buildings in Port-a-Prince, Haiti to be used by the United Nations in the rebuilding of the country.

June 2011 (Clearwater, FL)  –  Congratulations to McCarthy and Associates employee, Christopher Lee, for earning his P.E., S.E. and LEED Green Associates licenses.

February 2011 (Pinellas County, FL)  –  Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center - Pinellas County Commissioners have just awarded Harvard Jolly Architects with McCarthy and Associates teamed as the structural consultant for the Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center. The primary structures are to be hardened to PC3 and PC4 wind performance categories of approximately 230,000 square feet.

February 2011 (Seminole, FL)  –  Seminole Public Works Operations and Administration EOC Buildings - McCarthy teamed with Mason Blau Architects on a project for the City of Seminole. Both buildings were designed for Category 5 hurricanes. The Public Works Operations Building is only 1 of 5 buildings in the State of Florida to receive the honor of LEED-Platinum and the Administration Building the LEED-Gold recognition.

February 22, 2011 (Largo, FL)  –  Pinch-a-Penny Pools - McCarthy and FleischmanGarcia Architects are awarded the 150,000 square feet Manufacturing Plant for Pinch-a-Penny Pools. Both firms are in the midst of construction for the Corporate Administration and Distribution Center tiltup buildings that will occupy more than 255,000 square feet.

January 1, 2011 (Clearwater, FL)  –  Mike McCarthy has been appointed to serve another term on the Pinellas County Licensing Board, Countywide Board of Adjustment and Appeals-Building.

November 24, 2010 (Clearwater, FL)  –  McCarthy welcomes Justin Duncan to our firm as a structural designer. Justin is a graduate with honors in Civil Engineering from Florida State University, and has his Masters from the University of South Florida.

November 12, 2010 (Lakeland, FL)  –  Christoverson Humanities Building - The dedication of the three story 25,000 square foot academic building at Florida Southern College. McCarthy was the structural consultant with Robert A.M. Stern Architect, New York, NY.

August 2010 (Clearwater, FL)  –  Public Works Responders Building - McCarthy was the structural consultant on the newly dedicated $30 million Public Works Responders Building for Pinellas County, Florida. The building was designed for a Category 5 Hurricane winds and has been given a LEED-Silver recognition.

July 15, 2010 (Clearwater, FL)  –  The Strand at Clearwater Centre - McCarthy and Associates has been named the structural consultant for the latest re-development of Downtown Clearwater on this 15-story residential tower surrounded by parking, townhouses, retail and office totaling over 300,000 square feet.

May 13, 2010 (Tampa, FL)  –  Waste Management MRF Facility  –  McCarthy teams with Harvard Jolly Architects for a new 72,400 square foot state-of-the art Materials Recovery Facility.

April 10, 2010 (St. Petersburg, FL)  –  Galaxy Hotel  –  Our firm was selected to provide the structural consulting on a new uniquely modern designed hotel with a radiused curtain wall and an 11th floor.

March 19, 2010 (Ft. Myers, FL)  –  Diversified Yacht Services  –  McCarthy has been named the structural consultant for a 7,262 sf Harbour Master Building having two elevated floors over parking on grade and a 41,802 sf Yacht Service Building that has 69'4" clear height tiltup panels located in a FEMA V-zone.

January 1, 2010 (St. Petersburg, FL)  –  Boca Ciega High School  –  McCarthy and Associates has teamed with Harvard Jolly Architects to finish the second phase project at Boca Ciega High School. The renovation of the gymnasium/auditorium and music buildings became a reality August 2009, with the rest of the $50,000,000 new "Green" facilities set for completion in January 2012.

January 1, 2010 (Clearwater, FL)  –  Mike McCarthy has been invited to join the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee 24, “Flood Resistant Design and Construction” as they rewrite the 2005 Edition of this National Standard.

December 2, 2009 (St. Petersburg, FL)  –  Eckerd College  –  McCarthy and Associates, Inc. is honored to work with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) on the installation of an Organic Rankine Cycle solar engine and collection troughs at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL.

August 1, 2009 (Miami, FL)  –  GOYA Foods Warehouse  –  Our firm has joined with Rodriguez Pereira Architects in Miami on the GOYA Foods Warehouse. This is a precast double tee and tiltup one story 304,000 sf warehouse with an additional two story, 25,000 sf office building.

April 27, 2009 (Miami, FL)  –  Hyundai Motor and KIA Motor Distribution Center  –  McCarthy has just completed design of a new 400,000 square feet distribution facility in Miami, Florida to service Hyundai Motor and KIA Motor in Latin America.

December 1, 2008 (Winter Garden, FL)  –  Winter Garden Village  –  TCA has awarded McCarthy and Associates with the Tilt-Up Achievement Award for the outstanding use of tilt-up concrete construction for the Winter Garden Village project in Winter Garden, Florida. The project is an open air mall with over 210,000 square feet of retail shops.

July 7, 2008 (Bonita Springs, FL)  –  Bonita Springs Retirement Village  –  McCarthy and Associates has been selected as the structural engineer for the new Bonita Springs Retirement Village in Bonita Springs, Florida. The project includes a 6 story independent living building with a 4 story assisted living building along with a one story commons building totaling approximately 400,000 sf. The project Architect is AG Architects of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

June 30, 2007 (St. Petersburg, FL)  –  Eckerd College  –  McCarthy has been retained as the lead firm for Hurricane Assessment Program under a FEMA Grant. This is a joint venture with nationally recognized hurricane and flood experts.