Aquarium Construction

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 20, 2024

Mote SEA Builds $132M Facility in Southwest Florida

When it opens its doors early next year, the Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) in southwest Florida will include exhibits totaling more than one million gal. of water, featuring sharks, coral reef species, manatees, sea turtles and other wildlife....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 02, 2022

JE Dunn Builds Kansas City Zoo's New $75M Aquarium

As the single largest undertaking in the Kansas City Zoo's 112-year history, a new, 600,000-gal. aquarium has crews working through a winter conditions plan to keep construction going through Missouri's coldest months....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 11, 2020

Connecticut's Maritime Aquarium Undergoes Major Improvements

A popular New England tourist attraction is undergoing major changes. Work is under way on a new seal exhibit and 4D theater at Connecticut's Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, in response to the scheduled reconstruction of a railroad bridge adjacent to the facility....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon November 18, 2019

Nearly 15 Years After Katrina, an Aqarium Rises on the Gulf Coast

People in Gulfport, Miss., don't like to talk much about Hurricane Katrina, and understandably so, but they do like to talk about what you might call the silver lining of that dark cloud — the $93 million Mississippi Aquarium....

Georgia Aquarium - Thu October 18, 2018

Georgia Aquarium Breaks Ground on Expansion 2020

Earlier this year, the Georgia Aquarium revealed plans for a new gallery featuring sharks — one of the most misunderstood species in the ocean. The official groundbreaking ceremony was held for Expansion 2020 on Sept....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon August 27, 2018

Gulfport Eyes Major Tourism Boost With $93M Aquarium

As the future home to alligators, river otters, river fish, dolphins, stingrays and shorebirds, the world-class $93 million Mississippi Aquarium will serve as a major tourist attraction when it opens in Gulfport in early 2020....

Fri April 28, 2017

Texas State Aquarium Announces Caribbean Journey Grand Opening on May 13

The Texas State Aquarium has set May 13 as the official grand opening date for Caribbean Journey. The grand opening of the $58 million building marks the realization of 30 months of construction and three years of planning, rewarding guests with several new engaging and interactive experiences and catapulting the aquarium into one of the nation's premier aquariums....

Anita Lee - Tue January 17, 2017

The Lowdown on Gulfport's Mississippi Aquarium

The $65 million Mississippi Aquarium planned for downtown will be unique. The city unveiled the aquarium design to the general public Friday morning on the vacant site overlooking Gulfport's harbor....

Brenda Ruggiero - Fri November 11, 2016

Texas Aquarium's $56M Expansion

The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, Texas, is undergoing a $56 million expansion project that is designed to introduce guests to the Western Caribbean. The new 65,000-sq.-ft. (6,039 sq m) wing, known as the Caribbean Journey, will more than double the Aquarium's indoor exhibit space....

Wed November 18, 2015

North America’s Largest Aquarium Benefits from Mini Crane

Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA is North America's largest at over 600,000 square feet. Despite its massive size, a recent remodel of the facility to include a new display benefited greatly from a Maeda Mini-Crane....