The $420-million construction of a 1.27-million-sq-ft midfield terminal and airside development included a terminal, concourses for 40 gates, airside apron, roadways, utilities and special systems. The project also included a 22-ft-thick apron of 518,000 sq yds and underpavement hydrant fueling system. Photo Courtesy Of Hunt Construction Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal Building at Indianapolis International Airport Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards Some of its elements: segregation of waste materials performed on-site to facilitate recycling; extensive daylighting implemented through use of clerestories, curtainwall (250,000 sq ft) and skylights (50,000 sq ft); low-water-usage plumbing fixtures; a lighting control system

Cottingham & Butler wanted to create a 1st floor presence for its 21st century insurance firm while being respectful to the history of the company and the 100-year-old building that houses its offices. PHOTO BY JOEY WALLIS PHOTOGRAPHY Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards To maintain historic characteristics of the original time period, the local architect installed prism glass in the transom area above the windows of the exterior walls. This installation magnified the amount and intensity of natural light coming into the open plan. Key Players Owner: Cottingham & Butler, Dubuque, Iowa General Contractor: Conlon Construction, Dubuque,

Covidien’s Webster Groves, Mo., Pilot Plant, the research and development center for oral solid dose research, focuses on formulation research for generic pharmaceuticals, primarily involving Covidien’s active pharmaceutical ingredients. This pilot plant adds significant capacity to the company’s product development capability by permitting Covidien to work on four products, simultaneously. Photo: COURTESY OF CRB BUILDERS Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards The design of the new $21.5-million pilot plant in Webster Groves, Mo., empowers Covidien’s scientists to develop up to five new drug products simultaneously. The equipment and the processing suites were built to handle potent compounds, to

Danisco, a food ingredients, enzyme and bio-based solutions company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, commissioned the $7-million design-build construction of a walk-in storage freezer that is the coldest in the United States and the largest in the world. Photo: COURTESY OF TRI-NORTH BUILDERS, INC. Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards The facility in Madison, Wis., is used for the advancement of and research in dairy cultures to make cheese, yogurt and probiotics. The project team took 10 months to design a 7,000-sq-ft walk-in freezer to operate at -76° Fahrenheit and a corresponding 11,000-sq-ft building addition to house this ultra-cold

The project constructed the first new office building completed on Campus 2 at the Verona, Wis., headquarters of Epic Systems Corp., a world-leading provider of medical software. Photo courtesy Epic Systems Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards Campus 2 joins Epic’s existing Campus 1 on the headquarters site, allowing the company’s 3,400 employees to all work at one location. Key Players Owner: Epic Systems Corp., Verona, Wis. General Contractor: J. P. Cullen & Sons Inc., Madison, Wis. Design Firm: Cuningham Group, Minneapolis Building K is a three-story, 171,866-sq-ft building that houses 415 offices, a 225-person meeting room, and

Photo: © J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc. Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards Parking Ramp Y on the Epic Systems Corp. Campus 2 in Verona, Wis., is a four-level, 752,212-sq-ft underground parking ramp that houses 2,080 parking stalls. Though the ramp covers the area of six football fields, its vegetated green roof makes it invisible on the surface. Four driving tunnels lead in and out, and six pedestrian tunnels connect the ramp to the company’s training center and nearby office buildings. One million cu yd of rock had to be blasted and excavated to make the 47-ft-deep hole

The city of Chicago’s $51.5-million fire station program designed and constructed four new fire stations in the Near West Side, Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Beverly neighborhoods. Photo: CONNOR STEINKAMP Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards The city of Chicago’s $51.5-million fire station program designed and constructed four new fire stations in the Near West Side, Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Beverly neighborhoods. Located to help trigger urban renewal and designed be community resources, the new single-level, 15,000-sq-ft fire stations were built on abandoned building sites or sites that were community eyesores. Key Players Owner: Public Building Commission of Chicago