After a fire destroyed the historic Westport Presbyterian Church in 2011, the project team was contracted to build a modern place of fellowship while also respecting the history and architecture of the original 1905 Romanesque Revival structure.
A combination of proper planning, constant communication of expectations and vigilant enforcement of safety rules resulted in no lost-time accidents and a zero OSHA recordable incident rate on this 15,000-worker-hour project.
Internal pre-project “page turn” and external preconstruction meetings helped the team achieve a stellar safety record on the $14.7-million Fox Valley Hematology and Oncology project.
In transforming the historic 19th-century Chicago Athletic Association building—designed circa 1893—into a modern boutique hotel, contractors took extraordinary care to preserve the building’s rich Venetian Gothic architectural details while creating a contemporary hospitality environment.
As if selecting Best Projects and Awards of Merit in the various categories wasn’t challenging enough, we asked our ENR Midwest judges to go back and dig a little deeper to help determine our Project of the Year.
In addition to the 20 Best Project and Awards of Merit winners in various categories announced earlier this month, ENR Midwest judges are today recognizing two projects for their safety prowess.