Manasota Key Condominiums

Boulder Pointe Condominiums

On Manasota Key

Construction Zone

Welcome to The Boulder Pointe Condominiums Construction Zone. Boulder Pointe is a Page Development project. During the coming months we will be presenting a series of photographs and descriptions showing construction progress at the complex. We will be updating this page on a regular basis as the work there continues.

Last updated: September 1^st, 2006

Boulder Pointe is a Gulf front condominium under construction in the Middle Beach area of Manasota Key at 5050 North Beach Road. This exclusive complex will include 19 units in 3 buildings overlooking a wide expanse of beachfront. It will feature deluxe waterfront condominium homes that are generously sized with elevator service to each of the 4 floors and covered parking. The complex will feature 2 heated swimming pools, a tennis court, landscaped grounds and much more.

The main attraction is the beach; this is what it’s all about. The views from the Gulf Front buildings will be spectacular.

The building contractor, Ohlman Construction was mobilized at the site and work commenced around the first of April, 2005 with the ground clearing and the demolition of the existing structures on the site. The old Sea Beach resort and a single family home and other buildings are razed to the ground.

The existing Gulf front structures have now been removed from the site.

These are the before and after photos. Before on the left after on the right.

The site contained a grove of native palm trees. Many of these have been relocated along the south side of the property to create a 25’ wide buffer area between the complex and the adjacent property. Here we see some of the construction trailers that serve as on-site offices for Ohlman Construction.

The site is now prepared and ready for construction as of May 1, 2005

It is August of 2005 and the summer has seen the installation of the piling and foundation systems throughout the complex. Each piling was individually located on the site from the master foundation plan.

After the pilings were installed, forms were built to encase the concrete pilings and create the pads that have been poured on top of them.

Some of the pads are truly massive; the center support pad for Building 1 took 53 yards of concrete to pour, that is almost 9 full loads from the concrete trucks that poured non-stop to complete that one pad.

Once the foundations are all finished, the structures will go vertical above ground level. So far, everything built to this date will be buried and unseen, but it is good to know that these elegant buildings are built on rock solid foundations.

November 2005

Bring in the big rigs – it’s time to go vertical

The foundations for both of the Gulf front buildings are now in and complete. They will bury all those tons of concrete and steel in the pilings and the foundation platforms – never to be seen again, but what a comfort to know that the building will be here 100 years from now.

On the left, the foundations for Building 2 are completed. On the right we see the center elevator shaft rising with the 2 staircase towers on either side.

Here we see the foundations for building 3 that will overlook the swimming pool and tennis court.

December 2005

Building 2 is now rising above ground, here we see the support columns that will hold up the 1^st floor of the building.

The stairway and elevator towers of Building 1 now rise above what will be the 3^rd floor level.

By mid January of 2006, the elevator shafts at Building 1 rise at the site.

Behind the elevator and staircase structures the formed pilings rise over their foundations.

The heavy lifter sets the forms in place once the rod-busters form the steel reinforcements and the concrete is pumped in after the form and rebar structures are prepared.

At Building 2 the same work proceeds a couple of weeks behind the 1^st building.

Building 3 piling pads are being formed and poured at the same time.

Progress at Boulder Pointe through January of 2006

March of 2006 brought a great deal of activity to the site. The concrete work on Building 1 was completed and most of Building 2 coming right behind.

Building 3 tower is also under construction. Time for big equipment; the heavy lifters are here to set the steel that is being delivered daily.

The steel frame of the building takes shape by mid March of 2006.

Concrete and Steel

By the end of the month, pre-stressed concrete slabs start to arrive on site. The floors will soon be set and go up very quickly compared to other styles of construction.

By April of 2006 the floors are being set. It’s quite a sight to see the components go up and over and then settle into place.

April 10^th 2006 the first floor of Building 1 has been set.

During the month of May of 2006, the floors are being set, level by level and building by building.

By the 1^st of June, building 1 has topped out and floors are ready to be set in Building 2.

The towers of building 3 are nearly complete now and the steel frame is nearly complete on Building 2

Interior selections for the units are now under way. Call or e-mail to set your appointment to complete your interior choices for tile, carpet, plumbing fixtures, cabinetry and counter tops.

Scaffolding now surrounds Building 1 as of the last week in August of 2006. The staircases have been installed and poured, all concrete floor and roof systems are now in place and the interior layouts are going in.