41st Street Beach – Beach House

LEED: Certified

One-story, 2,570 square feet, fully accessible facility providing the following amenities:

  • Concession Area
  • Family Restroom
  • Men’s Restroom
  • Women’s Restroom
  • Life Guard Lockerroom

Awards:

  • American Council of Engineering Companys – Illinois Engineering Excellence Special Achievement Award
  • 2011 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Finalist, Construction under $15 Million.

Comfort Station – Kathy Osterman Beach

One-story, 2,570 square feet, fully accessible facility providing the following amenities:

  • Concession Area
  • Family Restroom
  • Men’s Restroom
  • Women’s Restroom
  • Life Guard Lockerroom

Awards:

  • 2011 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Finalist, Construction under $15 Million.

Eric Solorio Academy High School

LEED Certified: GOLD

This project will implement the new CPS Urban Model High School (UMHS) prototypical design to serve 1200 students. This 200,000 SF, three floors plus lower level, steel frame and masonry construction building will include music, art, and athletic functions. The school will be located near the future Southwest Area Middle School, and is anticipated to open in Fall 2010.

LEED Features: This project has a target goal of LEED “Silver” certification, including 50% green roof.

Calmeca Academy of Fine Arts & Dual Language

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 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.

Awards:

  • 2012 Brick in Architecture Awards
    Bronze: Educational Category

Valley Forge Park Fieldhouse

LEED Certified: GOLD

The 10,244-square-foot Fieldhouse design includes a large half court gymnasium, fitness and club rooms, locker rooms, pantry, gym storage, reception and an administrative office. The building will be constructed using a structural steel framing and masonry brick veneer exterior. The fenestration will include fixed windows with operable awnings at masonry openings and a glazed curtainwall system at the main entrance area. The surrounding area will be developed to include a universally accessible play-lot, parking, landscaped areas, and baseball field improvements.

Marshall Metro High School Campus Park

The Campus Park site improvement is a 10.3 acre site. The existing vacant lots and tennis courts will be demolished in order to provide an open field with green space at the site. Multiple streets (Spaulding Ave., Fifth Ave., Monroe Ave., and Adams St.)surrounding the school will be closed/vacated.

The campus park will consist of the following amenities:

  • Landscaping with shade trees,
  • Multi-purpose field for football or soccer,
  • Softball field,
  • Arboretum,
  • Ornamental lighting,
  • Ornamental fencing,
  • Benches and
  • Trash receptacles.

Along with the site improvement, the existing parking lot at the north end of the school will be demolished and reconfigured for additional parking stalls. The site will have have an additional parking lot at the south end of the school.