Sullivan High School renovations

Project Overview

Client

Chicago Public Schools

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Size

195,000 gsf

Principals

Avram Lothan, Mary Ann Van Hook, Kerrie Mistry

Year

2023

Services

programming and technical assessment, design, documentation and construction management

Awards

CPS high school renovation requiring extensive exterior and interior repairs to defective original concrete and detailing

This high school, one of a class of CPS buildings labeled as "Defectives" because of the poor quality of the original concrete, required extensive renovation of the exterior masonry and terra cotta cladding, all new windows, roofs, gutters, roof drains and other exterior detailing. Adhesion tests for the interior paint throughout were conducted to facilitate repainting the interiors were much or all of the paint had peeled off. New science labs, upgraded toilets and extensive repair to interior plaster coves, cornices and other detailing were also completed. New gym equipment, bleachers, backboards and score boards completed the interior project scope.

This project was complicated by the COVID shutdown just as the construction was starting, requiring numerous starts and stops along the way allowing students and teachers in the building only when construction workers were limited to exterior only work. Portions of the first floor and basement and other locations of defective concrete were patched and reconstructed as required to cover exposed reinforcing and other structurally fragile conditions as required to ensure the underlying structure was sound.

Sullivan High School renovations

CPS high school renovation requiring extensive exterior and interior repairs to defective original concrete and detailing

This high school, one of a class of CPS buildings labeled as "Defectives" because of the poor quality of the original concrete, required extensive renovation of the exterior masonry and terra cotta cladding, all new windows, roofs, gutters, roof drains and other exterior detailing. Adhesion tests for the interior paint throughout were conducted to facilitate repainting the interiors were much or all of the paint had peeled off. New science labs, upgraded toilets and extensive repair to interior plaster coves, cornices and other detailing were also completed. New gym equipment, bleachers, backboards and score boards completed the interior project scope.

This project was complicated by the COVID shutdown just as the construction was starting, requiring numerous starts and stops along the way allowing students and teachers in the building only when construction workers were limited to exterior only work. Portions of the first floor and basement and other locations of defective concrete were patched and reconstructed as required to cover exposed reinforcing and other structurally fragile conditions as required to ensure the underlying structure was sound.

Project Overview

Client

Chicago Public Schools

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Size

195,000 gsf

Project Team

Avram Lothan, Mary Ann Van Hook, Kerrie Mistry

Year

2023

Services

programming and technical assessment, design, documentation and construction management

Awards

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