Seminar: Adaptive Reuse Challenge: Re-Urbanizing the City Center This year’s CCHRB Scholarship Seminar will focus on the idea of “re-urbanization” of our cities. The seminar will discuss current challenges, and what is next for our cities, from the big picture of urban planning initiatives, to assessment of our existing buildings, to multi-disciplinary case studies aboutRead More
Designing for Efficiency: Envelope Considerations in Energy Codes Presented by Allison McSherry RA, BECxP, CxA+BE, LEED AP BD+C, CEM, NCARB - Associate V | A/E Group , Klein & Hoffman The ever-evolving energy codes require designers to stay on top of each new iteration and understand the impact early design decisions have on all aspectsRead More
Davenport Hotel Partial Collapse Presented by: William D. Bast, PE, SE, SECB, SOCOTEC Engineering, Inc Principal - MidWest Regional Director. Program: The presentation will focus on the investigation of the events and details of the partial collapse of the 6-story former Davenport Hotel that occurred on May 28, 2023. The City of Davenport hired WhiteRead More
Chicago’s Role in the Modern Concrete Skyscraper Presented Thomas Leslie, FAIA The current exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum in New York City, “The Modern Concrete Skyscraper,” explores the history of this ubiquitous, but often invisible, material in high-rise construction from Roman times to the present day. In it, the Museum’s Executive Director, Carol Willis, andRead More
This meeting will take place at:
Perkins & Will - The Cloud Room
Wrigley Building North
410 N. Michigan Avenue
16th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60611
The committee meeting will start at the usual time 5:00 pm in the The Cloud Room with drinks and appetizers.
Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse – SOM Presented by: Mark Nagis, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, Design Principal / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Ian Kaminski-Coughlin, AIA, Associate Principal / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Project Info: New life for a city landmark Originally completed in 1914, the Cook County HospitalRead More
How Deferred Submittals / Delegated Design has evolved for high-rise construction Presented: Terrence McDonnell, PE, SE, PEng, SECB. Principal, CTL GROUP Daniel A. Dorfman, Partner, Chair, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll, LLP High-rise buildings are filled with various design professionals at multiple stages. For the design team, but what about the design professionals on theRead More
The Old Colony Building - Uncovering where the Skeletons are Buried: Presented by: Kenneth De Muth, AIA Partner, Pappageorge Haymes Partners A Historic Office to Residential Conversion A Chicago Landmark and one of nine nominated Unesco World Heritage site early skyscrapers, it was renovated in 2015 for student housing. First built in 1893 it wasRead More
The Single-Exit Residential Building Study for the State of Minnesota Presented by: Carl Baldassarra, PE, FSFPE, Senior Principal, Fire Protection, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. & Nicholas Ozog, PE, MSFPE, Associate Principal, Fire Protection, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. The potential increase in the story height of single-exit stairway multi-family residential buildings has recently receivedRead More
Clear, Flat and White: High Façade Design in the Age of Uncertainty Presented by Steven Pantazis, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, High Rise and Technical Design Leader, RATIO Opening Fall of '26, the 143,500-square-foot center expansion, including a new 800-room Signia by Hilton, the tallest hotel tower in Indianapolis and the first to be built thereRead More
To Be Determine - Presentation Presented To Be Determine This meeting will take place at: Waterview 350 W Wolff Point Plaza 15th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654 The committee meeting willRead More
To Be Determine - Presentation Presented To Be Determine This meeting will take place at: Waterview 350 W Wolff Point Plaza 15th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654 The committee meeting willRead More
