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SUMMARY:2025 March - Challenges with Energy Storage Systems in Large Buildings
DESCRIPTION:Challenges with Energy Storage Systems in Large Buildings \nPresented by: JENS CONZEN\, Dipl.-Ing.\, EUR ING\, MSc\, MBA\, Jensen Hughes\, INC. \nProgram: \nEnergy storage systems (ESS) are increasingly being integrated into buildings to help balance supply and demand\, enhance operational efficiency\, and reduce energy costs. As these systems become more widespread\, they also bring with them some safety challenges.  Most notably\, the safety hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries. \nRecent years have seen a surge in the deployment of lithium-ion battery ESS\, and with this growth\, the number of incidents has also risen. Lithium-ion batteries can undergo a condition called thermal runaway. The typical consequence is the release of potentially large quantities flammable and toxic gases\, which must be taken into account in the building safety concept. \nThis presentation will explore the challenges of implementing ESS in large buildings by examining safety hazards\, outline possible safety strategies\, discuss mitigation measures\, and by reviewing incidents that recently occurred at large-scale indoor ESS. \nPresenter: \nJens Conzen is Vice President for the North Region at Jensen Hughes. His primary responsibilities include fire and building safety as well as industrial and process safety. He serves on industry advisory committees on lithium-ion battery safety\, fire mitigation and prevention. He is technical committee member of NFPA 855\, the leading fire safety standard for the installation of energy storage systems and storage of lithium-ion batteries. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nWaterview \n350 W Wolff Point Plaza\n15th Floor\,\nChicago\, IL 60654 \nThe 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 meeting and technical presentation. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-march-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Waterview at Wolff Point\, 350 West Wolff Point Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60654\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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SUMMARY:2025 April In-Person Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Book Tower\nPresented by: Suzanne Provanzana\, Buro Happold\, Principal | US Structures Discipline Lead \nOriginally opened in 1926\, the Louis Kamper-designed tower stands as a prominent feature of Detroit’s skyline and was once envisioned as the anchor of a new commercial corridor running through the city center. The Tower\, built for the Book brothers\, a trio of real-estate investors\, completed construction in 1927. \nThe pair of properties share the styles of Italian Renaissance and Academic Classicism—the skyscraper with a copper roof atop Corinthian columns\, the high-rise with a cornice supported by caryatids. The structure\, which was fully vacated in 2009\, was acquired by Bedrock in 2015 with a vision for re-imagining the building as a vibrant mixed-use development\, featuring a new hotel\, retail\, office\, residential\, restaurants and bars\, as well as event and meeting spaces. The project is envisioned as a significant catalyst for the wider regeneration of downtown Detroit. \nBook Tower represents one of the largest adaptive reuse projects Buro Happold has worked on in North America. The historic building\, which at one time was the tallest in Detroit\, rises 38 stories above Washington Boulevard at the heart of the city. \nAbout the presenter:  \nWith over 25 years of structural engineering experience\, Suzanne Provanzana is the U.S. Discipline Lead and a Principal at Buro Happold\, a global multidisciplinary engineering consultancy focused on the built environment. Ms. Provanzana is a licensed Structural Engineer and Professional Engineer in the state of Illinois and is a LEED Accredited Professional. A dedicated practitioner\, she is currently managing several large-scale projects across the globe. Throughout her career\, Suzanne has engineered and managed numerous structurally complex projects – from sports and entertainment venues and commercial and residential developments to prestigious higher education institutions and transportation projects. An expert in concrete and steel structural solutions\, Suzanne marries her deep technical expertise with adept project management skills to deliver successful client outcomes. \nOutside of the work\, Suzanne is the secretary of the Chicago Chapter of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and serves on the Sustainable Design Committee of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAoI). She spent a decade of her career volunteering with the ACE Mentor Program. She has been published in several national and international industry media outlets\, including the American Bar Association\, Modern Steel Construction\, and Structure. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nSkidmore\, Owings & Merrill (SOM) \n224 S Michigan Ave \nSuite 1000\, \nChicago\, IL 60604 \nThe committee meeting will start at the usual time 5:00 pm with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we will adjourn for our business meeting and technical presentation. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-april-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill (SOM)\, 224 S Michigan Ave.\, Suite 1000\, Chicago\, IL\, 60604\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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SUMMARY:2025 May In-Person Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date – Annual Business Meeting\n \nThis meeting is schedule to address all-member business items.\n \nThis meeting will take place at: \nWaterview \n350 W Wolff Point Plaza\n15th Floor\,\nChicago\, IL 60654 \nThe committee meeting will start at the usual time 5:00 pm in the Waterview Lounge with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we will adjourn to the LaSalle Room for our business meeting and technical presentation. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-may-in-person-business-meeting/
LOCATION:Waterview at Wolff Point\, 350 West Wolff Point Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60654\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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SUMMARY:2025 June In-Person Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Mass Timber Buildings:  After the Fire Assessment and Repairs Are Probably Not What You Would Expect \nPresented by:  Carl Baldassarra\, PE\, FSFPE\, Senior Principal\, Fire Protection Wiss\, Janney\, Elstner Associates\, Inc; Richard Kristie\, PE\, SE\, Principal\, Structural Engineer\, Wiss\, Janney\, Elstner Associates\, Inc. \nABOUT THE PRESENTATION \nWithin less than the past two decades\, changes in manufacturing and construction techniques\, along with changes in building codes\, have allowed the initiation of a new era of timber construction\, hallmarked by smaller pieces of wood being processed and manufactured into larger prefabricated columns\, beams\, floor slabs\, and other structural and non-structural elements.  The result is buildings that are more sustainable and often with significant visual warmth.  The continuing rapid growth in market share of such timber buildings continues at a rate both domestically and in many other areas globally that suggests the current work is only an extremely small fraction of the  upper end potential. \nAmong the many issues continually confronted within this complex and rapidly evolving phenomenon\, is how to design\, build\, and maintain them in a manner that appropriately manages fire risks.  Understanding of that body of knowledge continues to mature and\, now\, one of the new emerging challenges is how to assess and repair damage (at the fire floor and adjacent floors) caused by both the fire itself and the water used to extinguish it.   \nNew framing systems require new techniques for repair\, especially when there is the need for replacement of elements.  Water damage has always been a collateral issue after a fire\, but with wood construction there is the need to properly dry out water-soaked elements below the fire floors which requires a special process of evaluation and remediation that can vary from project to project. \nDrawing on their decades of significant experience within their respective disciplines (including conventional heavy timber building systems\, glulam\, and rapidly emerging CLT and NLT systems)\, and their significant recent knowledge of working with newer timber systems\, our presenters will provide updates on additional recent code changes regarding mass timber construction and fire-related issues.  This will be followed by an overview of the methods used to assess structural damage and potential structural repair options associated with the impacts of fire and water on engineered mass timber construction.  The presenters will identify recent research and case studies of mass timber repair projects. \nThis presentation will be of special interest to all who are involved in the planning\, design\, construction\, or operation and maintenance of buildings\, and especially those involved in wood construction of all types. \nABOUT OUR PRESENTERS \nCarl F. Baldassarra\, PE\, FSFPE  \nCarl Baldassarra is a Senior Principal and Manager of the Fire Protection practice at Wiss\, Janney\, Elstner Associates in Chicago/Northbrook\, Illinois.  Prior to that\, he was Executive Vice President at Rolf Jensen & Associates\, and President of Schirmer Engineering Corporation where he worked for more than thirty-five years.  Over his career\, Mr. Baldassarra has served on many NFPA and ICC technical committees\, including the ICC Ad Hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings\, responsible for development of the first comprehensive criteria for mass timber construction in the 2021 edition of the IBC. He has also served on the ICC Code Technology Committee; and technical committees for NFPA 1\, NFPA 13\, NFPA 92\, and NFPA 101. \nCarl is a Past President of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and former member of its board of directors. He currently serves as Chair of the SFPE Ethics committee and is a member of the SFPE’s Editorial Board responsible for FPE magazine.  Carl also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Chapter of SFPE. He has a BS degree in fire protection engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology\, an MBA\, and is a licensed professional engineer in several states.  He is a member of CCHRB and has been a frequent presenter at CCHRB meetings and seminars.. \nRichard J. Kristie\, PE\, SE  \nRich Kristie is a licensed professional engineer and structural engineer with over 46 years of experience\, and is a Principal with Wiss\, Janney\, Elstner Associates in Northbrook\, Illinois.  Since joining WJE in 1985\, Rich has conducted investigations of damaged structures\, evaluated existing structures\, performed laboratory testing\, and prepared repair plans and specifications.  He specializes in investigations involving wood structures\, wood truss roof systems\, hardwood floors and millwork\, steel plate shell structures and steel frame structures with corrosion and welding problems\, steel pole structures\, and fire-damaged structures. \nMr. Kristie has authored several papers and articles related to the investigation and repair of wood structures\, including “Inspection and Repair of Plate-Connected Wood Trusses\,” which was presented at an International Conference on Timber Engineering.  He was lead author of a paper titled “Investigating and Repairing Wood Bowstring Trusses\,” published in the ASCE’s Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction\, and coauthored a paper titled “Failure Investigation of 100-Year-Old Timber Roof Truss\,” presented at the Third Forensic Engineering Congress.  He will share his experience in several case studies involving repair of mass timber buildings. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nWaterview \n350 W Wolff Point Plaza\n15th Floor\,\nChicago\, IL 60654 \nThe 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 meeting and technical presentation. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-june-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Waterview at Wolff Point\, 350 West Wolff Point Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60654\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250626T083000
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SUMMARY:Annual Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Seminar: \nAdaptive Reuse Challenge: Re-Urbanizing the City Center \nThis 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 about current adaptive re-use and re-positioning projects. \n 
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/annual-seminar/
LOCATION:AON Building\, 200 East Randolph St\, Chicago\, 60601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250710T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250710T210000
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SUMMARY:2025 July In-Person Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Designing for Efficiency: Envelope Considerations in Energy Codes\n \nPresented by Allison McSherry RA\, BECxP\, CxA+BE\, LEED AP BD+C\, CEM\, NCARB –  Associate V | A/E Group \, Klein & Hoffman \nThe ever-evolving energy codes require designers to stay on top of each new iteration and understand the impact early design decisions have on all aspects of a project.  This presentation provides an overview of the major envelope design drivers within the 2021 IECC/ASHRAE 90.1-2019 and 2024 IECC/ASHRAE 90.1-2022 energy code cycles. It will explore major code differences\, with a focus on Illinois and Chicago-specific requirements\, equipping designers with the knowledge to ensure compliance and optimize high-rise building performance. \nLearning Objectives \n\nEvaluate energy code compliance path options and the key factors influencing their selection.\nDifferentiate between 2021 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2019 requirements for building envelopes.\nAnalyze new and updated continuous air barrier requirements.\nAnticipate major building envelope changes in the upcoming 2024 IECC/ASHRAE 90.1-2022 energy code cycle.\n\nAbout the presenter: \nAllison McSherry specializes in building enclosure commissioning\, consulting\, and investigation along with energy modeling of building enclosures.  She has shared her energy modeling and energy code expertise with architects\, engineers\, code officials\, and contractors through a variety of certified continuing education courses and webinars\, including developing and delivering three courses with the Illinois Building Industry Training and Education (BITE) program serving more than 600 industry professionals. In addition\, she has performed LEED energy modeling\, LEED facilitation\, retrocommissioning investigations\, THERM\, and EPAct 179D energy modeling and analysis. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nWaterview \n350 W Wolff Point Plaza\n15th Floor\,\nChicago\, IL 60654 \nThe 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 meeting and technical presentation. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-july-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Waterview at Wolff Point\, 350 West Wolff Point Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60654\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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SUMMARY:2025 August 21st In-Person Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Davenport Hotel Partial Collapse \nPresented by:  William D. Bast\, PE\, SE\, SECB\, SOCOTEC Engineering\, Inc Principal – MidWest Regional Director. \nProgram: \nThe 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. \nThe City of Davenport hired White Birch Group\, LLC and SOCOTEC Engineering\, Inc. to complete a cause and origin report that will be shared with the public ‘when deemed appropriate’.  A report could start to answer questions about the partial collapse\, including why residents remained in the 116-year old brick\, steel and concrete building despite the many warnings over many months about its integrity. \nThe presentation will cover the history of the building\, engineering and inspection activities occurring in recent years and months prior to the collapse\, details of the 1920’s building construction\, the structural analysis that was performed during the investigation\, and conclusions and recommendations. \nPresenter: \nMr. Bast is a Principal and Regional Director for the Midwest region at SOCOTEC Engineering\, Inc. with over 40 years of structural engineering experience. His areas of expertise include structural engineering of buildings and other structures\, forensic engineering\, building envelope evaluation and repair\, peer reviews\, and expert witness testimony. Prior to joining SEI\, Bill was a Principal in the Chicago office of Thornton Tomasetti for almost 22 years. His other work experience includes Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill\, his own firm William D. Bast & Associates\, Rubinos & Mesia Engineers\, Schal Bovis  (now Lendlease)\, and Central Building & Preservation. \nHe is a member of the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings (CCHRB)\, a Past President of the National Council of Structural Engineer Associations (NCSEA)\, a Past President of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI)\, a former member of the AISC Committee on Specifications\, a Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)\, and is a Certified Peer Reviewer for the City of Chicago.  He served as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Architecture at Taliesin from 2017 through 2019\, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the School founded by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1932. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nWaterview \n350 W Wolff Point Plaza\n15th Floor\,\nChicago\, IL 60654 \nThe 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 meeting and technical presentation. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-august-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Waterview at Wolff Point\, 350 West Wolff Point Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60654\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T170000
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SUMMARY:2025 September In-Person Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Chicago’s Role in the Modern Concrete Skyscraper \nPresented Thomas Leslie\, FAIA \nThe 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\, and I argue that concrete deserves equal recognition\, alongside iron and steel\, for its influence on skyscraper construction.  \nChicago\, in particular\, played a vital role in transforming concrete from a handmade\, relatively weak craft into the industrially produced\, precisely engineered material that it is today.  Rich with sources of strong aggregate\, there are geological and geographical explanations for our city’s rich concrete history.  But strong relationships with research institutions and industry associations\, the city’s volatile real estate and labor markets\, and a rich tradition of collaboration and knowledge transfer all contributed to Chicago’s leadership in concrete high-rise construction throughout the last half of the twentieth century.  More than half of the roughly 400 buildings taller than 12 stories built in Chicago from 1950 to 1986 were of concrete\, not steel.  Significantly\, six of the ten structures that claimed the title of the world’s tallest concrete skyscraper from 1902 to 1989 were built in Chicago. \nThis presentation\, an expansion of a paper initially presented at the Building Technology Educators’ Society in Spring\, 2025\, tracks the history of concrete skyscraper construction in Chicago\, showing how the material challenged the more recognized steel industry and how local organizations—including the CCHRB—played key roles in pushing concrete technology to new heights. \nAbout the Presenter: \nThomas Leslie\, FAIA\, teaches building science\, history\, and design at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign.  After practicing with Norman Foster and Partners\, London\, he held visiting or permanent faculty appointments at the University of Technology-Sydney\, Australia\, the Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar\, Germany\, the Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studorium\, Iowa State University\, and the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. \nLeslie is the author of Louis I. Kahn: Building Art\, Building Science (Braziller\, 2005)\, Chicago Skyscrapers\, 1871-1934 (University of Illinois\, 2013)\, Beauty’s Rigor:  Patterns of Production in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi (University of Illinois\, 2017).  His latest book\, Chicago Skyscrapers\, 1934-1986 (University of Illinois\, 2023)\, received the 2024 Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award from the Newberry Library\, presented annually to “a book that transforms public understanding of Chicago\, its history\, or its people.” \nLeslie was the Booth Family Rome Prize Fellow in Historic Preservation at the American Academy in Rome in 2013-2014.  He was elevated to Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects for his contributions to architectural education and research in 2018\, and in 2023 was named a Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nWaterview \n350 W Wolff Point Plaza\, 15th Floor\, Chicago\, IL 60654 \nThe committee meeting will start at the usual time 5:00 pm at the Waterview Restaurant.  Afterwards\, at approximately 6PM\, the business and technical presentation will be provided in the Western Stage House Room located on the 14th Floor. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-september-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Waterview at Wolff Point\, 350 West Wolff Point Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60654\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T210000
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SUMMARY:2025 October High Rise Social
DESCRIPTION:Our Annual CCHRB Social Event  \nTo be Hosted at Perkins & Will’s Chicago office. \nMember Social Event – No technical presentation!  Just stories 16 stories above Michigan Ave.\nPlease reserve your attendance by Thursday September 18th\, 2025. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nPerkins & Will – The Cloud Room \nWrigley Building North\n410 N. Michigan Avenue\n16th Floor\,\nChicago\, IL 60611 \nThe committee meeting will start at the usual time 5:00 pm in the The Cloud Room with drinks and appetizers. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-october-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Perkins & Will\, 410 N. Michigan Ave.\, Suite 1600\, Chicago\, IL\, 60611\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T200000
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SUMMARY:2025 November UPDATE - NOV 13
DESCRIPTION:Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse\nCook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse – SOM \nPresented by:\nMark Nagis\, AIA\, LEED AP\, NCARB\, Design Principal / Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill (SOM)\nIan Kaminski-Coughlin\, AIA\, Associate Principal / Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill (SOM) \nProject Info:  New life for a city landmark\n\nOriginally completed in 1914\, the Cook County Hospital building is a designated Chicago Landmark and once stood as the symbolic heart of the Illinois Medical District healthcare community. Vacant for nearly two decades\, the building had fallen into a severe state of disrepair and was threatened with demolition. Instead\, SOM led a design-build collaboration for general contractor Walsh Construction\, with Wiss\, Janney\, Elstner Associates and interior designers KOO\, to carefully preserve\, restore\, and adapt the former hospital building to meet the changing needs of the neighborhood with a new hotel\, food hall\, medical offices\, and community spaces. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRestoration and reinvention\nWhen the rehabilitation project began in 2018\, deferred maintenance\, exposure to the elements\, and vandalism had caused severe deterioration to the exterior and interior of the building. The restoration work focused first on repairing the neoclassical-style exterior\, which involved the replacement of more than 4\,500 pieces of terra cotta on the facade. \nA sliver-thin canopy of steel and glass marks the entrance to the building\, replacing a former bulky addition that diminished the integrity of the historic facade. Inside\, SOM restored the lobby to its original height of 25 feet. Original red terrazzo flooring and ornate Beaux-Arts molding immediately evoke the building’s original grandeur. SOM and KOO took advantage of the building’s relatively thin footprint to configure 210 hotel rooms filled with natural light. Some of the more unusual spaces within the former hospital\, including lofty operating rooms\, were transformed into distinctive guest rooms. \nPresenters:\nMark Nagis\, A collaborative and empathetic leader in SOM’s Chicago studio\, Mark Nagis champions an approach to design rooted in team building and mentorship\, characterizing his design process as an ongoing\, collective conversation between designers\, clients and consultants. Mark’s expertise ranges from large-scale mixed-use projects\, to life sciences\, commercial and hospitality\, as well as the applications of parametric design and digital technology in architecture. \nMark’s project work includes the Bronzeville Innovation Center\, a new hub for healthcare innovation and a cornerstone of the Bronzeville Lakefront master plan\, an expansive lakeshore site on Chicago’s South Side. He also led the design for the adaptive reuse of Cook County Hospital\, transforming a severely dilapidated former hospital and Beaux-Arts landmark into a vibrant\, mixed-use hub for the surrounding community. \nIan Kaminski-Coughlin\, lead multidisciplinary teams towards integrated\, innovative\, and sustainable solutions across scales and project types. We put buildings together here at home in Chicago and globally that make the world better. \nExtensive experience across transportation\, mixed-use\, hospitality/residential\, commercial\, higher education\, adaptive re-use functional markets\, Business Development and Practice Management. \nThis meeting will take place at: \nSkidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)\n224 S. Michigan Avenue\, Suite 1000\nChicago\, Illinois 60604\, USA \nThe committee meeting will start at the usual time 5:00 pm with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we will adjourn for our business meeting and technical presentation. \nDo you have a program you would like to share with the committee\, please feel free to reach out to our program coordinator at jose.estrada@clarkdietrich.com
URL:https://www.cchrb.org/event/2025-november-in-person-meeting/
LOCATION:Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill (SOM)\, 224 S Michigan Ave.\, Suite 1000\, Chicago\, IL\, 60604\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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