The Agora Mall construction site is located in the
heart of Santo Domingo where Abraham Lincoln
Avenue and John F. Kennedy Avenue converge.
The eco-friendly mall, slated for completion in
early 2012, is the country’s first building to be
LEED certified. It has been designed to realize a
40% decrease in energy consumption and up to
40% in water usage. Spanning 120,000 square
meters, the mall will offer a 1,800 space parking
garage, a food court, a number of sit-down
restaurants, a movie theater, entertainment
park area and more than 180 retail shops. Once
finished, it will represent an investment of $100
million U.S.D. in Santo Domingo’s economy
The Agora Mall construction project, among
the largest in the Dominican Republic, was on
an extremely tight construction schedule. Requiring
considerable equipment needed during
construction and nearly 500 laborers on site each
day, the project demanded precision scheduling
and coordination. To assist in the coordination of
construction progress, the contractor wanted to
use equipment and materials they were familiar
with to save time and money on the job site.
Imbert Dominguez turned to the product solutions
of Dayton Superior and Symons® brand
to help them in maintaining their demanding
schedule. Dayton Superior provided Aztec®
Castle Chairs, Clean StripTM J1 EF form release,
Bar Lock® and B12A 15mm threaded bar along with Symons brand FormRight™ for the structure’s
vertical walls, Steel-Ply® forming system
for all the beams and conventional shoring. In
addition, Ace Forming (a distributor of Symons
by Dayton Superior products out of Puerto Rico)
supplied Symons FrameFastTM shoring and aluminum
joists to support the building’s beams.
The products were used in the construction of
the mall and the attached parking garage.
“We would like to thank Danny Durazo and the
Dayton Superior and Symons by Dayton Superior
team for the outstanding service we received,
which undoubtedly contributed greatly to the
final outcome of the project. We have enjoyed
our business relationship with this team and
look forward to using your equipment in future
projects,” said Eduardo M. Dominguez-Imbert,
Owner of Imbert Dominguez.