Chicago-based Cotter Consulting Inc. announced recently that it will celebrate its 20th year in business as a leading owner’s representative firm. Cotter Consulting operates its main office on South Wacker Drive in Chicago and opened a second office in Milwaukee on Sept 1. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Anne Edwards-Cotter opened the firm in 1990 after receiving a civil engineering degree from Bradley University and spending nine years at Chicago-based construction firms Schal Associates, LaSalle Partners and Walsh Higgins. Throughout its 20 years, Cotter has served the transportation, buildings, healthcare and aviation industries, successfully completing more than 500 projects.
Twenty-eight projects, comprising six bridges and 22 buildings throughout North America, were named winners in the 2010 PCI Design Awards competition sponsored by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" “These outstanding projects were singled out for extraordinary design, attention to detail, innovation, speed of construction, and industry advancement,” says Vijay Chandra, transportation jury member and senior vice president of Parsons Brinckerhoff. “The wide range of entries highlights the versatility of precast concrete systems and the innovative ways in which engineers are using the advantages of precast concrete to meet today’s design challenges.” Of the 28 winning
Mechanical contractor Haberberger Inc. of St. Louis was recently recognized by the Mechanical Contractors Association of Eastern Missouri for its outstanding HVAC mechanical installation work on two projects for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Washington University’s Genome Sequencing Data Center. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Haberberger has been honored with the mechanical installation award 21 times for a variety of projects over the past several years. Haberberger received an award in the category of projects under $400,000 for its work at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Under the leadership of foreman Ron Arbuthnot and
Haberberger Inc., a mechanical contracting company based in St. Louis, announced its team recently completed work on a wet-weather expansion project for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s (MSD) Lemay Wastewater Treatment Plant in South St. Louis County. Photo Courtesy of Harberger Inc. Haberberger Inc. recently completed work on a wet-weather expansion project for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s Lemay Wastewater Treatment Plant in South St. Louis County. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Haberberger was tapped by Tarlton Corp. to construct four primary clarifiers, a primary sludge pump station and a grit building. Led by General Superintendent Phil
The Chicago office of HOK recently completed Greenway Self-Park, an 11-story energy-efficient parking garage located in the popular River North neighborhood. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The structure, which is the first of its kind in Chicago, is currently pursuing LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Sustainable design initiatives for Greenway Self-Park include a cistern rain water collection system, electric car plug-in stations and a way-finding system at each elevator lobby that educates Chicagoans on how to live more sustainably and better protect the environment. Perhaps most significant is a 12-paired array of vertical turbines, located on
The state of Illinois, Chicago Public Schools and Harris N.A. have made the list of the nation’s top 50 green power partners using the most renewable electricity, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced recently. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Of the three, the state of Illinois came in highest on the list at number 23. The state purchases 176 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is about 33 percent of its purchased electricity use. While Chicago Public Schools ranked 35 on the Top 50 list, the district tops the list of K-12 schools purchasing green power. Chicago Public Schools
St. Louis Park-based RJM Construction began building the Coon Rapids, Minn., Ice Arena in September on Coon Rapids Boulevard to replace the existing ice arena. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The 55,000-sq-ft arena will have a 45,000-sq-ft first floor and a 10,000-sq-ft second floor mezzanine when it is complete in the fall 2011. Preconstruction services began when the city council formally awarded the project to RJM in May. RJM was awarded the project along with architectural firm Perkins+Will after the city issued RFPs to construction manager firms for the final design and construction phases of the arena. Since May,
The U.S. Green Building Council awarded a LEED Gold certification for the design of the Ridgewood High School gymnasium addition in Norridge, Ill., by DLA Architects Ltd. Photo Courtesy of DLA Architects The U.S. Green Building Council awarded LEED Gold certification for the design of the Ridgewood High School gymnasium addition in Norridge, Ill. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The certification recognizes that the gymnasium provides a healthy indoor environment for student learning while at the same time reflects energy conscious design. Architects from DLA Architects Ltd. began the design for the gymnasium addition in 2008. Located on a
The PRIDE labor-management organization has recently honored leadership in the St. Louis construction industry. Presenters and recipients at the PRIDE awards luncheon include (front row from left) Jerry Eyink, Anheuser-Busch Inc.; George Edinger, C&R Mechanical Co.; Don Wojtkowski, SSM Health Care; John J. Flynn, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, (back row from left) Dave Zimmermann, Tom Heeger, Steve Sobo and Jim LaMantia, all with PRIDE. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" More than 200 leaders in the St. Louis union construction industry honored efforts to advance St. Louis as the best place to build at the annual PRIDE
The Brewery – Block 4 Parking Structure in Milwaukee recently received LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Eppstein Uhen Architects served as the design architect and LEED administrator for the 282,055-sq-ft parking facility that includes 880 parking spaces and 8,400 sq ft of office/retail space. The project was managed by Zilber Ltd. Located at 9th Street and Juneau Avenue, the building replaces some of the original Pabst Brewery buildings that had deteriorated and could not be reused. The parking structure was designed to maintain the original massing as well as complement