Eugene Sawyer Purification Plant

Chlorine Improvements

LEED Certified: Silver

A 37,000 sq. ft. structure designed to house new chlorine processing equipment. Site work includes roadway improvements and 40 new parking spaces.

The project includes the removal of existing chlorination equipment, the installation of new chlorination equipment, new water lines, a new electrical feeder from an existing substation, provisions for new emergency scrubbers, new hoisting equipment, new compressed air equipment, improvements to the process control system and miscellaneous work as required to provide a complete installation.

LEED Features: Light colored pavement to reduce heat island effects. The building seeks LEED basic certification.

* formerly known as the South Water Purification Plant

Michael J. Madigan, Sr. Park (Park #484)

The nine acre park site scope primarily includes five baseball fields with backstops, dugouts, bleachers and associated civil, landscape and utility work; an arboretum with asphalt walking path, picnic area and access road; ornamental benches, trash receptacles and fencing.

West Ridge Elementary School

This project will implement the ‘L’ shaped prototypical design to serve 900 students, ranging from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th Grade. This 105,000 SF, three-story, steel frame and masonry construction building will include science, computer, music, and art classrooms, in addition to library, gymnasium, and dining facilities. This school is scheduled to open fall of 2010.

LEED features: This building will incorporate the sustainable design criteria required by the USGBC to achieve LEED “Silver” Certification.

Awards:

2012 Friends of the Chicago River: Green Ribbon Award

2011 Honor Award from the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association

19th District Police Station

LEED Certified: GOLD

This new Police Station will replace the existing police station located at 3600 North Halsted. The current station was built in the 1930’s and does not have adequate space or amenities to service the Town Hall District. The new station will consist of a two story 44,000-square-foot masonry building with a design based on the prototype for other new police stations that have been built throughout the City. The project is designed to accommodate a staff of 450 people over three shifts and will contain male/female locker rooms, roll call room, exercise room, sallyport, holding cells, interview rooms, evidence areas, 100 seat community room, administrative and general offices and a 150 foot communications tower.

LEED Features: This project will be designed to achieve the goal of LEED “Gold” Certification and includes a turbine generator waste heat recovery system, heat island effect reduction pavement, drought resistant landscaping, and a sophisticated building energy management system.

Awards:

2011 Chicago Architecture Foundation Patron of the Year Nomination

*formerly the 23rd District Police Station

Mariano Azuela Elementary School

LEED Certified: GOLD

This project will implement the ‘L’ shaped prototypical design to serve 900 students, ranging from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th Grade. This 105,000-square-foot, three-story, steel frame and masonry construction building will include science, computer, music, and art classrooms, in addition to library, gymnasium, and dining facilities.

Federico Garcia Lorca Elementary School

LEED Certified: GOLD

This project will implement the C shaped prototypical design to serve 900 students, ranging from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th Grade. This 106,000 SF, three floor, steel frame and masonry construction building will include science, computer, music, and art classrooms, in addition to library, gymnasium, and dining facilities.

LEED features: This prototype building is targeted to achieve LEED for Schools minimum “Silver” level certification, including 50% green roof.

Awards:

2013 Daniel Burnham Award Special Recognition (AIA Illinois)

2012 Brick in Architecture Award
Gold: Educational Category

2012 Learning by Design Citation of Excellence Award

2011 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Finalist for New Construction

John C. Burroughs School Park Artificial Turf

Replace existing natural sod with artificial turf. It will be replaced with an installation of approximately 19,000 square feet of artificial turf surface. New planting bed areas to the North and to the West of the new artificial turf. It will also include underground drainage.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School

LEED Certified

A single story 4,800 g.s.f. annex building to house a kitchen, dinning area, educational space and ADA toilet rooms. A new link (200 s.f.) will be provided to connect the south facing entrance of the existing building to the new annex. A 20,000 s.f artificial turf field with fence and benches are included in the project. Additional landscaping will be provided west of the new annex.

LEED Features: The project will seek LEED certification and will feature a green roof system.

Marquette Park Playground

Remove existing playground area that consists of the play equipment, wood chips and barriers. Replace with a 17,000 square feet of playground area at the existing site. It includes play equipment for 2-5 and 5-12 years of age, swing set and general landscaping, ADA accessible drinking fountain and rubberized soft surface material.

Piotrowski Park Playground

Remove existing playground area that consists of the play equipment, wood chips and barriers. Replace with a 24,000 square feet of playground area at the existing site. It includes play equipment for 2-5 and 5-12 years of age, swing set and general landscaping, ADA accessible drinking fountain and rubberized soft surface material.