Events

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 theRead 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 ofRead More

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 will start at the usual time 5:00 pm in the LaSalle Room with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we will adjourn for our business meetingRead 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 will start at the usual time 5:00 pm in the LaSalle Room with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we will adjourn for our business meetingRead More

Jeddah Tower Restart- Picking Up From Where We Left Off Presented by: • John Peronto, SE, PE. CENG, EUR ING, FISTRCUTE, FICE, F.ASCE, LEED AP, Managing Principal Thornton Tomasetti, Inc • Mehdi Jalayerian, PE, LEED AP, ASHRAE Life Fellow, CTBUH Fellow, Senior Principal, Stantec; • Peter A. Weismantle, FAIA RIBA, Director of Supertall Building Technology,Read 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 will start at the usual time 5:00 pm in the LaSalle Room with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we will adjourn for our business meetingRead More