Glass installation is in high gear as the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion continues its progress on the UChicago Medical campus in Hyde Park. General contractor Turner Construction hoisted the final iron beam to the eighth floor during a ceremony in early February that saw more than 3,400 people sign their names to the beam.
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.
The concrete core is rising from the foundation at the University of Chicago’s state-of-the-art Cancer Center on its Hyde Park campus. The University and general contractor Turner Construction received a foundation permit on December 12 of last year. The “core and shell” permit issued May 9 of this year authorized them to build the core seen in the photos, which will rise nine stories in total, including one below grade.
A new construction permit has been issued to The University of Chicago for the University’s new Cancer Center at 5654 South Drexel Avenue in Hyde Park. The permit, which was issued for 5644 South Drexel Avenue, which is a part of the larger site, is for the core and shell construction of the eight-story medical center. It was issued on May 9 under the Traditional Developer Services process.
