Award of Merit - Renovation/Restoration This project called for the conversion of a former state automotive emissions testing facility into a corporate office headquarters. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This utilitarian box was reconfigured to provide interior office space in the area that was once drive-thru automotive testing bays. A new curvilinear fa�ade expanded the street frontage and created a sophisticated entry and identification feature for the new building. CB+E acquired the structure with the intent to convert it to new corporate offices for its business. The design challenge was to capitalize on the existing high bay drive-thru areas

With most of 2010 in the books, it looks as though experts who predicted a long, slow recovery from the nationwide recession have accurate crystal balls. The University of Illinois’ Flash Index for October showed that the Illinois economy appears headed in the right direction. The October reading rose to 93.8, up from 93.5 in September. Unemployment is still high, home sales are still slow and money is still hard to borrow for all but those with the highest credit ratings. But in talking with contractors and architects, there are faint glimmers of hope that 2011 will be another small

Cost: $97 million The University of Wisconsin�s Biochemistry II building is an interdisciplinary facility that will replace the 1956, 1937 and part of the 1912 wing of the existing Biochemistry complex. Photo: Courtesy Of Flad Architects Biochemistry II, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts This teaching and research building will bring undergraduates, graduate students and staff together from departments in the college of agricultural and life sciences and the medical school. The new, 250,000-sq-ft facility will include laboratories for 20 research groups, three teaching auditoriums, three smaller classrooms, three biochemistry instructional laboratories, an animal

Cost: $150 million Located at 215 West Washington Street in Chicago, the 50-story building is the first high-rise rental residence to be built in Chicago�s Loop in 15 years. The building features 389 studio/convertible, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartment homes. Photo: Courtesy Of Doka Usa Ltd. 215 West Apartments, Chicago Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The tower also includes a 12-story parking garage and 14,000 sq ft of retail space at street level. The project was completed three months ahead of schedule due to the use of Doka USA�s unique formwork systems. The project was one of the

Cost: $45 million Ayres Associates designed the reconstruction of 5 mi of I-94 from the Badger Interchange (I-90) on the east side of Madison, Wis., to just east of the CTH �N� interchange. Photo By T-bo Photography I-94 Reconstruction, Madison, Wis. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The existing four-lane segment from I-90 to CTH �N� will be reconstructed and expanded from four to six lanes. The project includes the construction of eight new bridges, replacement of two box culverts and temporary widening of four existing bridges for traffic staging. Extensive traffic control plans are required to maintain four

Cost: $486.7 million The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission�s Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program is a two-phase program to improve 802 of the state�s lowest-rated bridges by October 2014. Photo: Courtesy Of Missouri Dept. Of Transportation Missouri Bridges Project 554, Multiple Cities, Missouri Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts In the first phase of the program, 248 bridges have been identified for rehabilitation, and many of those are already under construction by other contractors. They are being put out for bid in groups according to location, type or size to expedite the design and construction process. In the

Cost: $60.5 million Monroe Clinic�s need to accommodate growth, to attract and retain top caregivers, to continuously improve their ability to offer health care are the drivers for this project. Photo: Courtesy Of Kahler Slater Architects Monroe Clinic Hospital, Monroe, Wis. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The northwest addition project will house both hospital and clinical services, providing expanded and more convenient access to care. Some features of the campus expansion include: � Convenient day-surgery access and private exit. � An emergency helipad and covered ambulance entrance. � An expanded family birth center featuring large birthing suites. �

Cost: $466 million The University of Chicago Medical Center�s New Hospital Pavilion will be a 21st-century technological and architectural tour de force, designed to accelerate medical progress and to leverage the close collaboration between the university�s world-class clinicians and researchers for the benefit of patients. New Hospital Pavilion, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The futuristic 10-story, 1.2-million-sq-ft hospital pavilion, designed by renowned architect Rafael Vi�oly, provides a high-technology facility that combines the optimal setting for patient care and collaborative clinical research with the flexibility to adapt to and drive forward rapid changes

Cost: $370 million This project requires the new construction of a 800,000-sq-ft, nine-story replacement hospital for Parkview Regional Medical Center, supplying 430 beds to the surrounding communities. Photo: Courtesy Of Hks Inc. Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Ind. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts This new facility includes a brand-new, state-of-the-art core hospital, central plant, heart center and other additions. The contractor is using Building Information Modeling for all above-ceiling trade coordination, clash detection. The MEP contractor is utilizing the technology to prefabricate sections. Key Facts Start/Completion: September 2009/June 2012 Owner: Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, Ind. General Contractor:

Cost: $270 million Silver Cross Hospital�s new replacement hospital is located minutes from the existing campus and supports the hospital�s mission of quality services and healthcare for the growing community. Photo: Courtesy Of Rtkl Associates Inc. Silver Cross Hospital, New Replacement Hospital, New Lenox, Ill. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The all private and family-friendly 289-bed hospital features 184 med-surgery, 16 pediatric, 30 OB, 22 ICU, 20 behavioral health and 17 rehab beds. The 600,000-sq-ft facility includes 11 surgical suites and an Emergency Department with 39 private treatment rooms and one CT Scanner. The Imaging Department has two