Back-to-Back! F.H. Paschen Wins Chicago Infrastructure Award for the Second Year in a Row

F.H. Paschen accepted the 2019 Infrastructure Construction Award from the Chicago Building Congress (CBC) for the Chicago Department of Transportation 41st Street Pedestrian Bridge. 

The 1,470-foot pedestrian bridge spans over Lake Shore Drive and connects Chicago’s Bronzeville Neighborhood to the lakefront. The project’s construction consisted of the removal and reconstruction of pedestrian paths, bike trails and sidewalks, roadway lighting relocation, and furnishing and installing lighting on the bridge structure. 

The cultural and community significance of the bridge was highlighted in the Chicago Tribune. 

This award joins the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association (IRTBA) Contractor of the Year honor for the construction of the 41st Street Pedestrian Bridge. 

In partnership with the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Park District, Chicago CRED, and KaBOOM!, we constructed the brand new Pullman Peace Park park in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood.

Our project management staff spent the week prepping the site for the festivities that took place on Friday, August 10th.

We would like to thank our partners for inviting us to participate in this tremendous event that allowed the Pullman neighborhood to come together for the children of the community.

For more information on our partnership with Chicago CRED, click here.

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We recently celebrated the grand re-opening of the Buffalo Grove Park District Community Arts Center. F.H. Paschen was the general contractor on this $3.3 million dollar renovation.

The project included: a renovation of the lobby, vestibule and multipurpose room. We also installed a new roof and a pitched seating in the 360-seat theater. The new building is LEED certified.

“The Buffalo Grove Park District hired F.H. Paschen to be the lead contractors in renovating our Community Arts Center. The onsite Paschen team was very intelligent, personable, kind, and efficient,” said Kim Cashmore, Superintendent of Recreation. “I was in attendance at the weekly construction meetings and was very pleased to have had my questions answered, while working side by side with Paschen to problem solve any issues that came up. It was a pleasure to have Paschen overseeing the project.”

The Center provides performances for Buffalo Grove and the surrounding communities.

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The Paschen Scholars made their second visit to the 41st Street Pedestrian Bridge construction site. When the Scholars visited last, they met with our Project Manager and Project Engineer to review the plans and walk the site containing only our trailers.

Since that time, steel has been erected, a temporary bridge was built and much progress has been made. The Scholars were given a tour of the site and were prepared with many questions for our Project Manager. The questions ranged from the amount of RFI’s on the project to date to why they took the time to work on the BIM Coordination. They also discussed scheduling and how the project sequencing was decided to ensure minimal down time during the winter.

The Paschen Engineering Scholars program is more than an average internship. Three years of STEM curriculum, summer internships, exposure to college engineering programs, construction site visits, classroom-to-site applications, and one-on-one support ensure each student can seek the STEM career of his or her dreams with confidence.

We are looking forward to many more site visits with our Paschen Scholars!

Learn more about our Paschen Scholars program and our work with Westinghouse College Prep.

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