Award of Merit - Transportation Originally built in the 1970s to accommodate traffic around the former Market Square Arena, the old I-65/70 Interstate ramps served as a barrier between the Indianapolis near-eastside and central business district. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The “ski jump”—as the cumbersome ramps were called by local residents—went up and over the railroad tracks, dividing the neighborhood and hindering the area’s growth. MSA’s demolition in 2001 rendered the ramps unnecessary and provided the perfect opportunity to remedy the area’s flow and economic health. Seizing that opportunity, Project Open Market was developed to spur economic growth

Located in downtown Chicago at the north end of Grant Park, the 300 East Randolph building is a uniquely expanded build-to-suit headquarters and multi-tenant office tower.

Award of Merit - Health Care The new state-of-the-art Herrington Recovery Center is located on Upper Nashotah Lake in Wisconsin and blends into its surrounding natural setting. Photo: Aerialscapes Inc. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The Herrington Recovery Center is an inpatient residential treatment center for professionals with substance abuse problems. It is licensed to care for 19 patients at a time with an average stay ranging from 45 to 60 days. The center is an addiction treatment center designed for business executives and professionals, providing a five-day evaluation for professional, intensive residential treatment, comprehensive continuing care planning, private

Project of the Year - Government/Public Building The newly unveiled Schwiebert Park is a 5-acre urban multi-use park that runs along the banks of the Mississippi River in Rock Island, Ill. Photo: Gere-dismer Architects div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" When the Mississippi is in its channel, the park provides visitors with sweeping views of the river, an open air stage, playground areas, interactive fountain, an overlook shelter, waterfront promenade, bike trail and beautiful landscaped grounds. However, when the river floods, removable flood walls provide vital protection. An important feature of the park is the elevated grass lawn near the

Award of Merit - Health Care This replacement hospital includes a six-story patient tower, a two-story diagnostic and treatment center, cancer center and emergency department totaling 645,273 sq ft with 255 private patient beds and appropriate services. Photo: Brian Fritz Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" One of the unique features of this project is a 15-acre geothermal lake that is used to heat and cool the facility in addition to being an aesthetic feature. The total project site is 154 acres. One of the biggest challenges of the project was learning how to develop a relationship with the

Project of the Year - Industrial The Advanced Technology Center is one of the largest high-power test facilities in the U.S. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The facility enables S&C Electric Co. to accelerate development and delivery of innovative electrical switching and protection products in the U.S., including the automatic service restoration, energy storage and power quality equipment needed for the Smart Grid. The 43,000-sq-ft structure hopes to achieve LEED Gold certification, making it the first industrial building in the Chicago metropolitan area to hold such a rating. There were a number of challenges related to the correct installation

Award of Merit - Interior Design/Tenant Improvement Turner Construction provided preconstruction and construction services for this tenant build-out of a 32,420-sq-ft electronic trading firm. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project consists of 122 trading desks, office space, reception area, lounge area and conference rooms. The space is on a 6-in raised access floor and houses a 2,500-sq-ft server/data center. The project includes substantial supplemental cooling requirements and features state-of-the-art communication and audio/visual equipment. The new office also incorporates sustainable design and construction features and is targeted to receive LEED CI Silver certification. From the onset of the project,

Award of Merit - Small Project This new ground-up 18,334-sq-ft, two-story health center also includes a 54-space parking lot with a green retention area, live green roof and geothermal heating and cooling system. Photo: Ballogg Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The building plan has 15 exam rooms, behavioral health facilities and five dental operatories. The facility was awarded LEED Gold for green design and is to be used as a medical office/practice for a non-profit service provider on Chicago’s West Side. The major challenge facing the construction team at the start of excavation was the discovery of buried,

Award of Merit - Renovation/Restoration This was an historic renovation of a 105-year-old, Missouri Electric Light & Power Co. plant into a 58,072-sq-ft, high-tech office space. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Shortly prior to starting construction, the owner decided to add an underground parking structure in the building. This required excavating down 13 ft inside the two buildings and removing unforeseen conditions. As crews removed the thick concrete slabs and concrete structures below grade, they took the necessary measures to ensure that they did not vibrate the masonry structure to the point of failure. As a result of this

Project of the Year - Specialty Project Several challenges were presented throughout the Johnson Controls’ headquarters project. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" These included the phasing of multiple buildings; coordination of electrical, tele-data and HVAC systems below the Power Solutions Building raised floor; and bringing on-line the multitude of innovative mechanical systems on the project. The greatest challenge was coordinating the phased occupancy of the three major buildings and the central energy plant serving them. The amenities building went into use in January 2009. This building was designed to utilize CEP hot and chilled water; however, the CEP, located