The City of St. Louis has contracted KWAME Building Group as project manager on the $23 million O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" KWAME is assisting the St. Louis Board of Public Service in managing all aspects of the project. Construction is underway and expected to be completed by the end of 2011. The O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex is just the second such facility built in St. Louis since the 1970s, and the first in north St. Louis. The recreation complex is located on 13 acres of land near I-70 and West Florissant Avenue. The two-story,
Design-builder Clayco Inc. and developer Venture One Real Estate LLC broke ground recently on a new 650,000-sq-ft build-to-suit regional distribution center for 3M in Park 88 Industrial Park, DeKalb, Ill. Photo Courtesy of Clayco Inc. Design-builder Clayco Inc. and developer Venture One Real Estate LLC broke ground recently on a new 650,000-sq-ft build-to-suit regional distribution center for 3M in Park 88 Industrial Park, DeKalb, Ill. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The DeKalb facility will have convenient access to air transportation for people and cargo. O’Hare International Airport is 60 mi northeast; General Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee is 132 mi
Riley Construction was recently selected to provide preconstruction and construction management services for the three-story, 23,000-sq-ft new surgical addition and remodel for the Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, Ill. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" In this new facility, primary surgical function is located on the second floor, which features four operating rooms (convertible to five) and a sterile core. It also includes a Post Anesthesia Care Unit (four recovery bays and one isolation room), Same Day Surgery (seven recovery rooms and one patient holding room), a Central Sterile Processing Department, staff support
Construction has begun on the Edward A. Brennan Entry Pavilion, a three-story entranceway linking the new hospital building under construction at Rush University Medical Center with its existing hospital facilities. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" When completed, the Edward A. Brennan Entry Pavilion will create a new “front door” to Rush’s hospital facilities. The pavilion will be located on West Harrison Street, with the new hospital building that will open in 2012 to the east and the existing atrium hospital building to the west. The project is a component of the Rush Transformation, the most comprehensive campus renovation project
Parents, students and school supporters came together recently to celebrate the grand opening of Shepherds College’s newest student housing facility in Union Grove, Wis. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" With over 85% occupancy, the new structure will provide increased opportunity and education to students of Shepherds College, the country’s leading three-year, post-secondary education program for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Designed by Zimmerman Architectural Studios and constructed by J.H. Findorff & Son of Milwaukee, the 8,200-sq-ft project features two identical buildings with the capacity to house up to 16 students and staff.
With the unanimous approval of its Board of Directors, Smith Crossing confirms it will start construction of the first phase of its expansion plan, announced Michael A. Flynn, CEO of Smith Senior Living which sponsors the southwest suburbs’ only continuing care retirement community. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" When completed in spring 2011, this new wing will house 14 additional assisted living residences and 16 units for residents with memory care needs. Concurrently, Smith Crossing will convert its existing memory care wing into accommodations for 16 additional skilled nursing care residents, according to Flynn. The second phase of Smith
In the last 15 months, the Missouri Department of Transportation has made it one-fourth of the way to its goal of 802 new and improved bridges in five years. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" When the Route JJ bridge over Richland Creek in Morgan County opened recently, it was the 200th bridge completed under MoDOT’s Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program. The old bridge was a steel thru-truss bridge that was 53 years old and 20 ft wide - enough for only one lane. The new structure utilizes concrete beams covered by an asphalt driving surface and is 26
Mayor Richard Daley recently announced the formation of a new O’Hare Express Blue Ribbon Committee to undertake a comprehensive study for express train service between O’Hare International Airport and downtown Chicago. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The O’Hare International Airport and Downtown Chicago Express rail service would complement existing public transportation options, provide potential for new jobs, investment and speedier access between airport and downtown. The new express rail service would provide a cost effective and efficient transportation option for O’Hare travelers and help mitigate congestion on the region’s roadway. The committee will study the feasibility of the new
The second phase of engineering to support the electrical systems for a 315,000-sq-ft data center facility on Chicago’s Near South Side has begun, developer JRM Technology LLC announced. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The design and construction team is now working with Commonwealth Edison to finalize engineering for the data center’s significant power needs, moving the project forward, says James R. McHugh, JRM Technology’s principal. The facility, to be located at 111 E. Cermak Road, will be the first structure in downtown Chicago designed and built specifically as a data center, McHugh says. To meet data storage energy demands,
Companies working on the $670-million Mississippi River Bridge in St. Louis have shattered geotechnical records with a 36,067-ton load test on one of the bridge’s drilled-shaft, concrete foundations. Photo Courtesy of MODOT The test consisted of drilling an 11.5-ft-dia shaft 43.5 ft under the riverbed, then cutting an 11-ft-dia socket more than 23 ft into the underlying limestone bedrock. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The test, performed in June, consisted of drilling an 11.5-ft-dia shaft 43.5 ft under the riverbed, then cutting an 11-ft-dia socket more than 23 ft into the underlying limestone bedrock. An Osterberg hydraulic load cell
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