2012 completion

Engine Company 16

LEED: Platinum

This new 19,725-square-foot fire house is being constructed on the city-owned property at 3901 S. Wabash Ave. It will be a modified Prototype B engine company with a Hazmat Unit and include the following components: a large apparatus bay to house multiple emergency vehicles, full kitchen, locker rooms, toilet facilities, sleeping quarters, officers’ quarters, physical training room, meeting room, education room, EMS Field Division South offices, a 150-foot communication tower, and parking for approximately 30 vehicles.

Awards:

  • Friends of the Chicago River 2013 Silver Ribbon
  • 2013 Engineering News Record Midwest Award of Merit

Social Media:

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Rosenblum Park Redevelopment

This project includes the redevelopment of Rosenblum Park after the new South Shore High School is completed and in coordination with the abatement and demolition of the existing South Shore High School. Park amenities will include new baseball fields, renovation of a softball field, a new artificial turf practice football field, new basketball courts, walking trail around the park perimeter, as well as a play lot. A new cul-de-sac on Constance Ave. just south of 75th Street will join the existing and new park parcels together.

Awards

  • 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards American Council of Engineers – Illinois Special Achievement – Waste & Storm Water

Social Media:

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Humboldt Park Branch Library Addition

The existing library will receive a new approximately 5,000-square-foot addition, landscaping, and nine new parking spaces on adjacent city-owned land along with minor renovations.

This addition will be designed in the spirit of LEED with sustainable features and will include a rain harvesting system for irrigation and conservation of water use.

Social Media:

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Henry D. Lloyd Elementary School Artificial Turf

The project includes the installation of a new artificial turf field, benches, site utilities, fencing, drainage, playground equipment and playground rubberized surface.

Social Media:

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Douglas Park Artificial Turf

This project includes the installation of an artificial turf field, in place of the existing natural grass, to enhance the existing recreational area by providing a weather resilient surface. Additional amenities could include new sports lighting, fencing, and the installation of a new drinking fountain. The target size of the turf field is 62,640 square feet or 1.44 acres. This project will employ sustainability metrics and be designed to LEED standards.

Social Media:

  • Follow this project on Twitter @PBCChi #Douglas

31st Street Harbor

LEED Certified: GOLD

Located just south of the existing 31st Street Beach. The scope includes the construction of a 2,700 ft. long breakwater; approximately 1000 new boat slips, green roof parking garage and other parking improvements; reconfigured entrance to improve access; the creation of approximately 4 acres of new park space including a playground, promenade, open lawn areas, terraced steps; a harbor facility including a restaurant and community space.

Social Media:

  • Follow this project on Twitter @PBCChi #31Harbor

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Awards:

  • 2013 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award
  • 2013 Chicago Association of Realtors Good Neighbor Award

  • 2013 American Society of Landscape Architects, Illinois Chapter – President’s Award of Excellence

  • 2012 Engineering News Record Midwest Best Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Development Project

  • 2012 Award for Engineering Excellence – Illinois Society of Professional Engineering – Chicago Chapter

  • 2012 ISS Fabien Cousteau Blue Award

  • 2012 AIA Chicago SustainABILITY Leadership Award, Citation of Merit

  • 2012 Chicago Architecture Foundation Patron of the Year Nomination

Michael Reese Hospital Demolition

2012 – The PBC completed the demolition of the former campus of the Michael Reese Hospital in Douglas Park, preparing the site for future redevelopment.

Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez School Artificial Turf

New artificial turf field south of the existing school, include a walking track, benches, site lighting, site utilities, fencing and drainage.

Social Media:

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Air Force Academy Renovation

This project converts the former Abbott Elementary School into a military high school. The scope of work includes ADA accessibility upgrades (elevator, stage lift, exterior ramps, and full toilet room renovations), warming kitchen renovation, two science labs, locker rooms, interior finish repairs, lighting replacement and retrofit, roof replacement, exterior window replacement, asbestos abatement, and landscape upgrades.

Social Media:

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Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy

LEED Certified: Platinum

The new Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy (formerly known as the Southwest Area High School project) implements the new CPS Urban Model High School (UMHS) prototypical design to serve 1,200 students. The three-story, 207,000-square-foot high school features steel frame and masonry construction.

The new high school will also offer STEM education programing focused on technology and career readiness while earning college credit. To facilitate STEM based learning opportunities, additional programming will be offered in specialized lab spaces.

LEED Features: This prototype building is targeted to achieve LEED for schools “Silver” level certification.

Awards and Articles:

  • 2015 USGBC-IL Chapter Emerald Award-Green Building Innovation

  • 2014 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award – Honorable Mention

  • 2014 Association of Licensed Architects Silver Medal

  • 2014 Construction Industry Service Corporation (CISCO) – Pride in Construction Award

  • 2014 American Society of Landscape Architects, Illinois Chapter – President’s Award of Excellence

  • 2014 Illinois Association of School Boards Exhibition of Educational Environment Award of Merit

  • 2013 Brick in Architecture – Gold for Education

  • 2013 Learning by Design Publisher’s Commendation Award

  • 2013 Friends of the Chicago River Green Ribbon

  • 2013 Chicago Association of Realtors Good Neighbor Award

  • 2013 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Award of Engineering Excellence

  • gb&d Magazine -Sept/Oct 2014

Social Media:

  • Follow this project on Twitter @PBCChi #SWAHS #Goode

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