Overhead, an El train rumbles across Chicago's Devon-Sheridan viaduct. Below, amid cracks, spalls and exposed rebar, a network of strain gauges measures the amount of stress that has shifted from the original concrete structure to new supplementary steel shoring. Photo Courtesy of the Infrastructure Technology Institute Data culled from monitoring the structural performance of the Chicago Transit Authority's Devon-Sheridan viaduct will be used to develop models to predict the long-term performance of similar strucures. As the structure continues to deteriorate, primarily from exposure to deicing chemicals, the steel columns and their concrete footings are expected to absorb more of the
A 33-year-old urban planner whose designs have shaped cities worldwide, a 34-year-old architect who executed the Land of Lincoln's first LEED-Gold-certified apartment tower and a 38-year-old builder with a penchant for online marketing programs are among the rising stars selected as ENR Midwest's Top 20 Under 40.
CourtneyBrian Courtney has joined Chicago-based general contractor and CM Reed Construction as senior project manager. Courtney previously was senior project manager with construction manager and general contractor Barton Malow Co., where he managed a multiproject construction management portfolio. Courtney's current duties include working with building owners to develop strategic architectural plans for projects; overseeing estimating; securing permits; soliciting and negotiating subcontractor bids; and working to ensure successful and timely completion of Reed's projects. Ken Fuller has joined Miron Construction, Wausau, Wis., as an industrial project manager. His responsibilities include budgets, scheduling, preliminary estimates, coordination of construction activity, project closeout
Two Midwest projects, the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids Mich., and BP Bright Lights, a Chicago-based office facility, are among the winners of Engineering News-Record's fourth-annual Best of the Best Projects Awards, a competition among 119 Best Projects winners awarded by ENR’s seven regional publications. Winners will be profiled in the Feb. 13, 2012 issue of ENR. Photo Courtesy of Lend Lease BP Bright Lights, Chicago, was named Best Interior Design/Tenant Improvement Project for 2011 An independent panel of design and construction professionals selected 18 winners in categories ranging from green building to transportation. Projects were judged on
ENR Midwest's top 20 design and construction professionals under the age of 40 were selected on the basis of their contributions to their professions and their communities.
The $8.7-million Midway Crossings at University of Chicago locates a series of landscaped interventions resembling bridges along Midway Plaisance Park, a historic, mile-long parcel designed by famed architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
The Village of Skokie, Ill., not only made the unlikely move of selecting a dilapidated warehouse for its new $21.7-million, 75,000-sq-ft police headquarters, but it achieved LEED-Gold certification in the bargain.
A $1.2-million renovation program allowed the Minneapolis-based YouthLink Youth Opportunity Center to consolidate health care, housing, crisis stabilization and employment assistance for homeless and marginalized youths into its existing facility.
This meticulous historic restoration returned key public spaces of the 96-year-old Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport, Iowa, to their original glory, while a new, adjoining structure serves as a grand entrance for the 191,000-sq-ft facility.
The Springfield, Mo.-based John Twitty Energy Center Unit 2, a 300-MW coal-fired plant equipped with state-of-the-art emission reduction technology, ranks among the nation's cleanest and operates well below permissible limits established by state and federal laws.
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