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Projects
Rental Car Center
The Rental Car Center (RCC) is the first major structure of the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) Program under construction with an opening date of spring 2010. It is designed and is being built by the Florida Department of Transportation under the purview of Earth Tech's MIC consultant management team, with HNTB providing construction engineering and inspection services and Turner Construction as contractor. Sequeira & Gavarrete a Heery International Company, is the architect of record. Upon completion, the RCC will be operated and maintained by the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. Located between Le Jeune Road and the future Miami Central Station, its area is bounded by NW 25th Street on the north, NW 38th Court on the east, NW 21st Street on the south and Le Jeune Road on the west. All current rental car companies operating inside Miami International Airport (MIA) and many located near the airport will co-locate into the RCC's four level building. Each of its four levels is 20 acres in size; the first three floors dedicated to storage and maintenance operations and the fourth level to accommodate a spacious customer service lobby where vehicle renters may enter and choose their best option among rental car company offers - a virtual rental car shopping mall. The RCC has many notable features such as its distinctive architecture which will serve as a gateway for South Florida's visitors. It also features the first multilevel fueling system in the United States. This innovative system required careful consideration of technical and life safety challenges, and will permit a more efficient and economical car turnaround cycle for rental car companies. At full build out, the RCC will include:
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