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Construction workers are using aerial lifts and cranes to assemble the frames and panels that will form the outer shell of the new Mote Science and Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) at Sarasota’s University Town Center.
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Workers install insulation panels on the steel structure that forms the outer shell of the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA). Aluminum panels will soon cover the insulation, forming a shiny white cone surrounding your new aquarium.
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Members of the media walk through the 10,000 square foot multipurpose room during a tour of the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA).
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An 18-foot-tall, 31-foot-wide acrylic panel provides guests in the multipurpose room with a view of the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Moote SEA)’s 400,000-gallon Gulf of Mexico exhibit.
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A worker walks beneath curved acrylic panels that allow visitors to observe fish in the 400,000-gallon aquarium in the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Moote SEA) Gulf of Mexico exhibit.
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One of the last remaining concrete pours is the floor of the Gulf of Mexico exhibit at the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Moote SEA).
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Electricians prepare conduits in one of three educational laboratories at the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA).
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Welders work on the stairs of the three-story atrium at the center of the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA). You can take the escalator to the 3rd floor.
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A welder works on the stairs from the second to third floor of the central atrium of the new Mote Science Education Aquarium (MoteSEA).
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The conical shell of the new Moat Science Education Aquarium (Moat SEA) is starting to take shape as workers assemble the steel frame and install panels.
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