Meeting/Event Information

Topic: MOTE Science and Education Aquarium

The unique architecture look of MOTE Sea is evident driving around UTC or down I-75.  This discussion will be about all of the different construction methods and approaches used to create this building that looks amazing from the outside, but is also mind blowing on the inside.  Millions will come to look at the fish and animals in the exhibits.  I will be focusing on the things the people that build and design always think about when they walk into a new space and look around.  How was it built?  From draining a lake and relocating native fish to multiple elevated exhibit tanks holding hundreds of thousands of gallons and acrylic that had to ordered a year before the project even started and had to be installed before the structure was complete to name a few.

About the Speaker: Allan H. Gladstone, Vice President of Projects. Whiting-Turner

Allan has been working in the construction management industry for over 24 years, all with Whiting-Turner. A graduate of Union College, he hold a BS in Civil Engineering. Allan started his career full time with Whiting-Turner after college in Baltimore Maryland and has worked all over the country. His project highlights include the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas, The Smith Center in Las Vegas, MGM National Harbor in Maryland, Dr Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando, and now MOTE Science and Education Aquarium in Sarasota.

Allan serves as Whiting-Turner’s Cultural Projects National Leader and enjoys the challenges of complex structures and architecture that make most Cultural projects unique. Now based out of Whiting-Turner’s local office is based out of Tampa, Allan has resided in Sarasota for the last 6 years.