2024 July – Ryan Field Tour – 50 Participant Capacity

Northwestern Ryan Field 1501 Central Street, Evanston, IL, United States

Northwestern University Ryan Field With Emphasis on the Deep Foundations and Earth Retention Presented by: Michael Wysockey, Thatcher Foundations & Greg Cuttell, Turner Construction Northwestern University’s Ryan Field is underRead More

2024 August In-Person Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

Lakhta Center Presented by: Ahmad Abdelrazaq, S.E., NAE, MASE, FCTBUH, RISE Global The lecture will focus on the Lakhta Center, at 462 meters, the tallest building in St. Petersburg andRead More

2024 September In-Person Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

Built Environment – A Market Transformation Action Agenda Presented By:  Holly Crilly, Director, Key Accounts, North America -WBCSD   www.wbcsd.org Following our spring seminar this past June, titled Beyond Sustainability;Read More

2024 October Social Event

800 Fulton Market 800 W Fulton Market, Chicago, United States

Member Social Event - No technical presentation This meeting will take place at: 800 W Fulton Market Penthouse Chicago, IL  The Social Event will be from 5:30 - 8:00 pm. Read More

2024 November In-Person Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

Jahn/ lines a residential building in Chicago Michigan Avenue Presented by Phillip Castillo, FAIA, Excecutive Vice-President/Managing Director Jahn/  A quick scan of the Chicago skyline reveals a sea of glass curtain wall towers. For 1000M, a new residential building in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District, Jahn set out to design a building that sets itselfRead More

2024 December In-Person Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

2121 Avenue of the Stars  (Nakatomi Plaza) Presented by Jim Zorn, Zorn Facade Solutions Inc. On Christmas Eve, 1988, a group of terrorists led by Hans Gruber took the Nakatomi employees hostage during their Christmas party. Although the group of terrorists appeared to be motivated by freeing political prisoners, they were actually after $640 million inRead More

2025 January – Bioclimatic Skins for the Future Environment 

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

Bioclimatic Skins for the Future Environment  Presented by:  Luke Leung, PE, ASHRAE Fellow, BEMP, P Eng - Principal Skdimore, Owings  & Merrill Bioclimatic Skins for the Future Environment - While building physics are based largely on Newtonian principles, physics outside of the built environment have been moving towards quantum mechanics.   This presentation will start to see environmentalRead More

2025 February High Rise Healing: Ten Years After – Trends and Lessons

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

High Rise Healing: Ten Years After – Trends and Lessons Presented by Douglas J. King AIA, CSI, NCARB, ACHA Ten years ago this coming March, Mr. King gave a presentation to the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings on “High Rise Hospitals.” This presentation stemmed from a viral blog he wrote for Building Design andRead More

2025 March In-Person Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

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

2025 April In-Person Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

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

2025 May In-Person Business Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

Save the Date - Annual Business Meeting This meeting is schedule to address all-member business items. 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 Waterview Lounge with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we willRead More

2025 June In-Person Meeting

Waterview at Wolff Point 350 West Wolff Point Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States

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