According to a City of Chicago Life Safety Ordinance, every building above 80 feet must be equipped with automatic sprinklers. That edict dictated compliance by 2017.
To help Chicago stay competitive in the convention space, a new arena has opened at McCormick Place, one designed to draw both conventioneers and regular citizens.
ESD has been involved with a number of high-rise healthcare facilities. But with the 1.2 million-square-foot Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, new engineering concepts were needed.
No doubt The Bard would be impressed by The Yard – a flexible theater at Navy Pier which the Chicago Shakespeare Theater company will make good use of come the fall, according to a recent article by the Chicago Tribune...
