Updated plans have been revealed for the new Engineering and Science building at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park. Located at 5620 S Ellis Avenue on the corner with E 56th Street, the new structure will replace the historical Accelerator and High Energy buildings as the university looks to expand its offerings.
Structural steel is rising into shape for the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park. General contractor Turner Construction has the steel up to the underside of the fourth and fifth levels as it begins to wrap around the twin concrete cores.
A major donation and name has been announced for the upcoming cancer center within the University of Chicago at 5654 S Drexel Avenue in Hyde Park. Sitting on the corner with E 57th Street, construction is quickly progressing on the state’s first facility dedicated to reshaping cancer care led by the university itself along with local firm CannonDesign.
Chicago has eight working tower cranes across the city as the month of June begins. They’re located as far south as the 6600-block of S Dr Martin Luther King Drive in Woodlawn, but barely reach north of the Chicago River, with the furthest northern crane working in the 400-block of N Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Metal cladding and glass curtain wall continue their progress at Hyde Park Labs, Phase II of the Harper Court development project in Hyde Park. The metal-and-glass cladding, which shrouds the parking levels of the 13-story building, is mostly complete. The glazing has begun above those parking floors, with work happening now on the second level of glass.
