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Dunn Development delivers aviation, air cargo, controlled environment and commercial construction across the region, self performing both general construction and electrical scopes under one team. We execute complex work inside secured, occupied and continuously operating facilities.

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100+
Projects Delivered
12+
Years in Business
150,000 SF
Largest Single Facility Upgrade
General + Electrical
One team. One point of accountability.

Selected clients, owners, prime contractors and project partners

Southwest Airlines TSA DHL CBRE Parsons Schindler TK Elevator Fisk Electric ARCO Murray JBT OEC Wolfberg Alvarez & Partners Frontier Airlines LATAM Cargo & Corporate SACO Airport Equipment Adelte Thermal Concepts Hill York Avianca Rapid Pulse Transpire-Bio Home Depot Federal Aviation Department El Al Israel Airlines Nagl Medtech Overhead Door of South Florida Louis J. Aguirre & Associates P.A.

A decade inside South Florida's airports — alongside the region's largest prime contractors, carriers, and agencies.

What We Do

Specialized environments.
Full cycle delivery.

Every project below shares one requirement: the facility keeps operating while we build. Meeting it takes security badging, escort protocols, contamination control, and overnight phasing, and it is where Dunn Development has spent more than a decade.

Specialty

Airport & Aviation Construction

Terminal renovations, concourse improvements, tenant buildouts, and elevator/escalator modernization support inside active operations at Miami International and Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International. Badged crews, airside logistics, and phasing plans that keep gates open. We build without shutting you down.

Specialty

Cargo Facilities & Caster Decks

Specialized construction for air cargo operations — including caster deck systems, one of the most specialized scopes in cargo facility work. From deck installation to full life safety upgrades: sprinkler systems, fire pump houses, and underground mains, delivered while freight keeps moving.

Specialty

Clean Rooms & Controlled Environments

Controlled environment construction for biomedical and pharmaceutical clients: modular panel systems, specialty ceilings, and HVAC integration built to protocol. Plenty of contractors say they can build a clean room. Ours are on this site.

Specialty

Commercial Electrical Construction

Dunn self performs electrical alongside its general construction scope — so power distribution, lighting, life safety circuits, and equipment connections are delivered under one contract and one accountable team, not handed across a trade boundary.

Commercial Interiors & Renovations

Office buildouts, tenant improvements, and space conversions — break rooms, work areas, and front of house upgrades for commercial and institutional clients. The same discipline we bring to secured environments, applied to your square footage.

Civil & Underground Utilities

Underground utilities, drainage and stormwater systems, excavation, grading, and paving for commercial properties — including utility work beneath active truck courts and airport aprons, where sequencing is everything.

Project Takeover

When a project goes sideways, we step in: site assessment, plan and contract review, subcontractor evaluation, and a realistic path to completion.

Preventive Maintenance Programs

We look past the failure to the pattern behind it — UPS batteries hitting the end of a three year life span across every room, the same component failing in one pit and then another a few weeks later. We build your program from manufacturer maintenance data, set the intervals, and tell you what to keep in stock before it breaks.

Selected Projects

Complex work.
Proven execution.

Selected projects that reflect Dunn Development's experience delivering work in active, secure, and highly coordinated environments.

Interior of a 150,000 square foot air cargo terminal in Miami with caster deck buildup bays and freight staging, modernized by Dunn Development. Cargo · Life Safety

Air Cargo Facility
Life Safety Modernization

Miami, FL Dunn's role: Prime Contractor

Complete life safety modernization of a 150,000 square foot air cargo facility: full sprinkler system replacement, a new fire pump house, and 16 inch underground mains installed beneath an active semi truck court — with cargo operations running throughout.

The challenge

An air cargo terminal cannot pause. Freight arrives on aircraft schedules, and a shutdown propagates to carriers, forwarders, and customers within hours. This project required replacing the facility's entire fire protection system while that facility stayed in continuous operation — and running new 16 inch underground mains directly beneath the truck court that every inbound and outbound load crosses. The underground work alone meant opening, sequencing, and restoring sections of the busiest paved surface on the property without ever closing it.

Dunn's scope

  • Prime contractor for the full life safety modernization
  • Complete sprinkler system replacement across the facility footprint
  • New fire pump house — structure, equipment, and commissioning
  • 16 inch underground fire mains beneath an operating semi truck court
  • Electrical scope for fire pump power and life safety circuits, self performed by Dunn's electrical team
  • Phasing, permitting, and authority having jurisdiction coordination

Execution

The facility was divided into zones so that fire protection coverage was never absent from an occupied area — new system sections were installed, tested, and accepted before the corresponding legacy sections were taken out of service. The truck court was trenched in segments sized to be opened and made trafficable within a single operating window, so freight routing shifted rather than stopped. Fire watch and AHJ coordination ran continuously alongside construction.

Results

Facility Size
150,000 SF
Underground Mains
16 inch
Contract Value
$2.1M
Duration
7 months
Operational Downtime
Zero
Number of Phases
4
The same counter area mid-demolition, showing the original teal-paneled check-in desks stripped out and under active construction ahead of the buildout. Completed check-in counters at the Miami International Airport ticket counter buildout, with stainless steel ticketing podiums, numbered counter signage, and polished terrazzo flooring. Aviation

Miami International Airport
Ticket Counter Buildout

Miami International Airport (MIA) Dunn's role: Subcontractor

A ticket counter buildout at Miami International Airport (MIA), delivered as a subcontractor to CES Consultants, Inc. directly for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department.

The challenge

The work sat inside an active, secured terminal at one of the busiest airports in the Southeast. Every worker required an airport issued badge and background clearance before setting foot on site, and the buildout had to be sequenced around a live passenger check-in area without disrupting operations.

Dunn's scope

  • Subcontractor to CES Consultants, Inc. for the ticket counter buildout
  • Badged workforce management and airport security compliance
  • Interior construction: framing, finishes, and turnover of the ticket counter area

Execution

Crews were badged and cleared ahead of mobilization, with work sequenced around both the terminal's active operations and the overall project schedule set by CES Consultants, Inc.

Results

Role
Subcontractor
Delivered For
Miami-Dade Aviation Department
Completed
2026
Caster deck under installation at a South Florida air cargo facility — ball transfer deck panels, guide rails, and canopy steel with a forklift working alongside. Cargo · Caster Decks

Air Cargo Caster Deck Installation

South Florida Dunn's role: Prime Contractor

Installation of caster deck systems for air cargo handling — the ball transfer decking, guide rails, and structural support that let loaded pallets and containers move between truck, dolly, and aircraft loader.

The challenge

Caster deck work is one of the most specialized scopes in cargo construction and one of the least forgiving. The decking has to be set dead flat and precisely aligned to the handling equipment it serves: a deck that is out of tolerance jams containers, damages freight, and stops the loading operation it was built to speed up. The work also has to be threaded into an operating cargo apron, alongside live freight movement and airside traffic, under airport access rules.

Dunn's scope

  • Prime contractor for the caster deck scope
  • Structural support, canopy steel, and deck substrate preparation
  • Ball transfer deck panel installation, alignment, and tolerance verification
  • Guide rails, stops, transition plates, and safety guarding
  • Electrical rough in and equipment connections, self performed by Dunn's electrical team
  • Airside logistics, badged crews, and coordination with cargo operations

Execution

Layout was established and verified against the handling equipment before any deck panel was set, so alignment was proven rather than discovered at commissioning. Installation was staged bay by bay, keeping adjacent bays available to operations throughout, and each completed section was load checked and released back to the cargo team before the next was opened.

Results

Deck Area
12,000 SF
Number of Bays
6
Contract Value
$1.4M
Duration
4 months
Operational Downtime
Zero
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General Construction + Electrical

General construction and electrical capability under one accountable team.

Most owners hire a general contractor, then watch the electrical scope disappear behind a subcontract they don't control. Dunn Development self performs electrical alongside its general construction scope — directly or under direct management — so scope gaps, sequencing conflicts, and finger pointing between trades stop being the owner's problem.

One contract, one point of accountability
The general and electrical scopes are held by the same firm. There is no second contract to administer and no seam for a schedule slip to hide in.
Sequencing decided internally
Rough in, inspection, and closeout are scheduled against the construction plan directly, rather than negotiated with an outside sub whose crews are committed elsewhere.
Qualified for secured environments
The same badged, background checked crews that handle the construction scope carry the electrical work — no second round of airport or facility clearances to obtain.

Typical electrical scopes

Delivered on airport, cargo, controlled environment, and commercial projects.

  • Power distribution, panel and switchgear work, and service upgrades
  • Lighting, controls, and emergency/egress lighting systems
  • Life safety circuits, fire alarm interconnection, and fire pump power
  • Equipment connections for cargo handling, HVAC, and process systems
  • Tenant buildout branch circuiting, devices, and data rough in
  • Temporary power and phased energization inside occupied facilities
  • Conveyors and conveyance systems
  • EV charging infrastructure
  • Load studies
  • Electrical engineering support
Discuss a Combined GC + Electrical Scope

Project Controls & Owner Reporting

You should never have to ask where your project stands.

Dunn Development operates with the reporting, documentation, and project controls expected of a national contractor, while providing direct accountability and faster access to the people running the work. The goal is simple: give owners the same clear, current picture of the project that the field has every day.

Weekly Owner Reporting
A fixed weekly report to ownership: schedule status, budget variance, open RFIs, and upcoming milestones — sent on schedule, every time.
Progress Documentation
Wiring, framing, and MEP rough ins are documented and confirmed before walls close, so you know what happened on your job without being on site for it.
RFI and Submittal Visibility
Submittals drafted, distributed, and tracked to closure; RFIs logged and answered against a record both sides can see, not a shared inbox.
Change Event Tracking
The moment a change event is issued, it is logged and costed. No surprises at month end, no undocumented time and materials.
Searchable Project Records
Spec conflicts, finish selections, and scope clarifications resolved against a searchable project record instead of waiting for the next coordination meeting.
Closeout Documentation
Every drawing, submittal, RFI, change order, and inspection report — organized and handed to the owner complete at turnover.

What it changes for the owner

Earlier issue detection
Conditions are documented as they are built, so a conflict surfaces while it is still cheap to correct rather than at inspection or closeout.
Less administrative lag
Reporting, submittal tracking, and change documentation run on a defined cadence instead of competing with field work for a project manager's attention.
Cleaner closeout
Because records are captured continuously rather than assembled at the end, the closeout package reflects the building that was actually built.

Built for owners who expect more.

Ask to see a live owner report and the documentation package from a completed job. We would rather show you than describe it.

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Our Approach

One team. One accountable partner.

Dunn Development delivers full-cycle construction across aviation, biomedical, industrial, commercial, and public-sector environments, from ground-up construction to complex renovations and project takeovers. Senior leadership stays engaged from preconstruction through closeout, with disciplined project controls that keep budget, schedule, and ongoing operations visible throughout the work.

CONCEPTUALIZE
PERFECT
DEVELOP
MAINTAIN
Senior involvement from bid through closeout
The people you meet during the proposal are the ones running your job. Project decisions, client communication, and escalation stay close to senior leadership, not handed off after award.
Built for secured environments
Badging, escorts, background checks, and airside protocols are routine for our crews, not a learning curve billed to your schedule.
General and electrical under one contract
Dunn self performs both general construction and electrical scopes, so the work most owners split across two firms stays with one.
Transparent budget management
Open book cost reporting and regular owner's meetings. You know where your money is before it's spent.
Safety and quality, documented
  • Site specific safety planning for every project
  • Badging, access control, and secured site protocols on airport and controlled sites
  • Pre installation coordination ahead of every trade sequence
  • Inspections, punch list, and closeout management carried through to turnover
12
Years of Specialized Commercial Construction
Since 2014, Dunn Development, LLC has delivered 100+ commercial projects across the region — inside some of the most demanding environments in the industry.
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Trade Partners

Build with us.

Our subcontractors and suppliers are how the work gets done — and the good ones stay busy with us. If you're a licensed trade contractor serving the region, get on our bid list.

  • Submit your trade specialty and counties served
  • Provide your license qualifier and years in business
  • Complete a Contractor Agreement before your first project
  • Receive bid invitations matched to your trade
Work With Dunn
We work with trades including:
General Construction
Electrical
Mechanical / HVAC
Plumbing
Drywall & Framing
Flooring
Painting
Landscaping
Underground Utilities
Concrete & Masonry

Prequalification & Bids

Bidding a project in a specialized environment?

Dunn Development is available for bid invitations, subcontracting opportunities, prequalification requests, and discussions involving aviation, cargo, controlled environment, and commercial construction. Tell us about the project and we'll respond within one business day.

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