Project of the Year - Civil/Public Works (Tie) The Exelon City Solar project required the construction of a 32,800-solar panel,10-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in the Historic West Pullman District on 40 acres of land owned by Chicago. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" A small operation and maintenance building was constructed to support the solar plant’s operations. In July, the team of Exelon Generation, SunPower, Turner Construction Co. with joint venture partner Riteway Huggins, dedicated the plant, which is now the nation’s largest urban solar power plant. Exelon Generation owns and operates the new power plant and markets the

Project of the Year - Cultural Construction & Architectural Design The word “collaboration” best describes the teamwork and the ability to collectively overcome challenges throughout the design and construction phases of Fortaleza Hall. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Using multiple proactive management tools, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) systems and Lean Construction methods, the team was able to identify, resolve and successfully implement the construction of Fortaleza Hall. From the conception of the project, both the project teams understood the end goal Fortaleza Hall was meant to capture. Pushing the limits of typical construction practices, there was a constant check

Award of Merit - Cultural The design of this new 10,000-sq-ft LEED Gold-certified branch library integrates cool daylighting; geothermal heating and cooling; and on-site stormwater management. Photo: Daniel Kabara div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This eye to efficiency is carried through the planning to allow the library to operate the branch with a minimum number of staff. “Floating” librarians, express check, digital reference and automated sorting are integrated into the atmosphere of this new model for library service. In the conceptual design phase of the project, the construction manager developed a very detailed cost projection based on the documents

Project of the Year - Small Project Children’s Bureau selected the team of Shiel Sexton as construction manager and Schmidt Associates as architect/engineer for its new $7.3 million state-of-the-art Gene Glick Family Support Center. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The 43,000-sq-ft building provides a warm atmosphere for the children and families of the community that it serves. The new center offers a variety of daycare, overnight stays and positive youth development programs for kids. The building features approximately 100 rooms, a multipurpose gym with a short basketball court and telescoping bleachers, a full kitchen with walk-in coolers, cafeteria, nursery

Project of the Year - Renovation/Restoration The Grand Opera House is one of the few Wisconsin buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, and it is a testament to Victorian design with elaborate wall and ceiling decorations and curved ceiling beams and columns rising up on either side of the stage proscenium. Photo: Thompson Photo Imagery div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Above the decoration, timber roof trusses, first set in 1883, had to be made level again and reinforced with steel without damaging historical elements. Early in 2009, the owner closed the main hall of the Grand Opera

Project of the Year - Interior Design/Tenant Improvement The L’Etoile and Graze restaurants occupy the southwest corner of the first floor of the U.S. Bank building, a large all-glass fa�ade building in Madison’s Capital Square. Photo: Mike Rebholz div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The restaurants needed their own entrance into their new location in the building, but entrance from the street was restricted by two large concrete stair towers from the building’s original 1970s construction. It was determined that two side-by-side stairs were not required for egress, but were actually an architectural feature from the original design and only

Award of Merit - Architectural Design This cutting-edge new parking facility was conceived to respond to the client’s diverse requirements, including providing much-needed parking to a busy urban area, meeting LEED-NC certification criteria, off-setting energy costs, educating and inspiring users about living sustainably and providing an elegant and distinctive architectural image within a highly-functional and efficient structure. Photo: Mcshane-fleming Studios div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Meeting these requirements came with a broad array of challenges, issues and constraints that were successfully met by the design and construction team. Initially, the design team was challenged to envision what a green

Project of the Year - Green Building Holy Wisdom Monastery is the home of the Benedictine Women of Madison. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Originally, the 130-acre site overlooking Lake Mendota consisted of two main buildings: the monastery and Benedict House, which was built in 1953 as a girls’ boarding school and closed in 1966. In 1996, with the help of volunteers, the owner began a 10-year project of restoring 95 acres of farmland to prairie and then restored a glacial lake to its original size by dredging it of silt. The owner concluded that the underutilized, 60,000-sq-ft Benedict

Project of the Year - K-12 Education (Tie) From the wetlands surrounding it to the high-performance systems within it, Hubble Middle School is one of the first of three schools in Illinois to achieve LEED for Schools certification at the Gold level. Photo: Tim Benson Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The 190,000-sq-ft facility showcases the latest in program-driven middle school design and serves 1,078 students. The facility supports the curriculum, reduces student commutes and opens to the community. The construction manager and architect worked closely to ensure that all contractors used sustainable building practices. During one walk-through, the

Award of Merit - Office The project team built a new steel frame to hold an independent glass wall system around one of Indianapolis’ most recognizable buildings, replacing a surface damaged by storm winds. Crews created an innovative construction technique to install the new face. Photo: Carl Van Rooy Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Once the exterior glass wall was complete, the contractor demolished and removed the old exterior from the inside with minimal disruption to tenants. The One Indiana Square Project had several unique and challenging aspects during both design and construction of the project. The most