Award of Merit - Renovation/Restoration This project required the redevelopment of a portion of an existing landmark public-transportation structure into 100,000 sq ft of open market stores, restaurants, coffee shops and kiosks at ground level underneath the Metra Ogilvie Transportation Center tracks. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Work included utility connections to a chiller plant two blocks away and suburban concourse improvements, as well as pre-construction services and build-out of French Market and Lavazza Cafe. All work was performed without disruption to Union Pacific and Metra train operations. The project team successfully navigated the development of Chicago’s first year-round

Midwest Construction’s Best of 2010 Construction and Design Awards recipients were recently chosen from a pool of 175 nominated projects in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. Credit: James Steinkamp/Steinkamp Photography Midwest Construction�s annual awards program recognizes the best construction projects in eight states. Related Links: 300 East Randolph Vertical Completion, Chicago: Judges Award - Construction; Judges Award - Design; Best Office City of Muskego Well No. 13, Muskego, Wis.: Project of the Year - Civil/Public Works (Tie) Exelon City Solar, Chicago, Ill.: Project of the Year - Civil/Public Works (Tie) Fortaleza Hall/The Commons, S.C. Johnson, Racine,

Project of the Year - Multi-Family Residential The Legacy at Millennium Park is a 72-story, mixed-use tower in Chicago. The packed-in project combines retail, academic, residential and 454 parking spaces. The building podium houses retail locations on the first floor, an expansion of the School of the Art Institute on the second and third floors, parking on Floors 4 through 12, an athletic facility connected to the neighboring University Club of Chicago on the 13th floor and residential amenities on the 14th floor. Photo: Brian Fritz Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Floors 15 through 70 include 356 luxury

Award of Merit - Small Project This project called for the repurposing of an existing distribution center to provide apprentice training, journeyman continuing education, recruiting and safety programs for the electrical industry in the Milwaukee area. Photo: Alloy Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Engberg Anderson transformed a common structure into a modern training facility that offers classrooms and labs that are flexible for demonstration and hands-on, interactive training. Breakout areas offer opportunities for social interaction and informal display of new technologies and equipment. From structural changes and abatement to hidden surprises and modifications by the owner, everything was

Award of Merit - Higher Education/Research Located on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus, The National Center for Supercomputing Applications Petascale Computing Facility is a state-of-the-art building designed to provide a secure and efficient operating environment for the Petascale system, supporting cyber-infrastructure and associated technical and research personnel. Photo: Matt Mcfarland div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The PCF will become home to the world’s fastest supercomputer, known as Blue Waters, which will operate at 10 petaFLOPs (one thousand trillion floating point operations per second). The machine will have the computing power of the current top 500 supercomputers in

Award of Merit - Green Building The Nature Conservancy of Indiana wanted a headquarters with a carbon footprint so small the building would be among the first in Indiana to win LEED Platinum certification. Photo Courtesy: The Nature Conservancy div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Its vision inspired both Wilhelm Construction and Axis Architects to complete the new headquarters to meet the requirements for LEED Platinum status. The Nature Conservancy’s new headquarters building, The Efroymson Conservation Center, is a 22,500-sq-ft, three-story office building. The exterior design elements include limestone, reclaimed brick, cement board siding rain screen system, operable windows and

Award of Merit - K-12 Education Turner Construction Co. was selected as construction manager for the new 225,000 sq ft School for the Creative and Performing Arts. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" In addition to housing some of the most technologically advanced theater and recording spaces in the region, the new facility features various dance, art, choir and piano studios and offers students a one-of-a-kind learning environment designed specifically for the arts. The School for the Creative and Performing Arts is currently the only public-private K-12 performing arts school in the country and was constructed as part of the

Award of Merit - Cultural This new 25,800-sq-ft, LEED-registered branch library in north central Davenport makes sustainability a priority. Photo: Trent Foltz Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Among the green technologies implemented are cool daylighting, water management and geo-exchange, or geothermal heating and cooling. The facility features elements that create a “destination point,” including two community rooms and a Friends of the Library bookstore with café. The library has been sited in a 14-acre park designed to include bike and walking trails and an outdoor event area. Varied soil conditions, water table and topography dictated a coordinated approach

Award of Merit - Renovation/Restoration This project required the comprehensive retrofit of an existing nursing and rehabilitation facility, including a 77,000-sq-ft, one-story brick exterior with extensive landscaping, courtyards and patios. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Careful phasing and specific planning on every level needed to be pre-determined and perfectly executed in order for all entities to come together to achieve a successful outcome. With all involved parties on the same page it allowed for a more seamless execution from the beginning of the process to completion. The first step was to educate the elderly residents and to essentially include

Award of Merit - Health Care This 158,000-sq-ft, three-story facility houses primary care and specialty doctors in an innovative partnership. Photo: Image Studios div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The freestanding ambulatory facility brings a health system, employed and independent physicians and ancillary services together as equity partners with shared services and consultation across specialties. The center is expected to have 4,100 patient registrations per week and house more than 300 employees. The overall culture on the project was one of teamwork and dedication to producing a finished product of maximum value for the owner. Each of the key team