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Awards 
2024 PCI Design AwardsBest Healthcare/Medical Building
Project Team

Owner:

University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill.

PCI-Certified Precast Concrete Producer:

International Concrete Products Inc., Germantown, Wis.

Architects:

Shive Hattery, Chicago, Ill.

ZGF Architects, Portland, Ore.

Precast Concrete Specialty Engineer:

McCluskey Engineering Corp., Naperville, Ill.

Engineer of Record:

Shive Hattery, Iowa City, Iowa

Structural Engineer of Record:

David Mason and Associates, Chicago, Ill.

General Contractor:

Pepper Construction Company, Chicago, Ill.

PCI-Certified Erector:

Creative Erectors, LLC, Rockford, Ill.

Project Cost:

$124 million ($2.7 million for the precast concrete)

Project Size:

199,000 ft²

Key Project Attributes

  • The Bruno & Sallie Pasquinelli Outpatient Surgery Center is a six-level, 200,000 ft² specialty care building located on the campus of the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System in Chicago, Ill.
  • Though rainscreens and curtain walls were considered, the project’s design team settled on precast concrete panels for aesthetics and speed to market.
  • The bespoke texture and pattern of the precast concrete panels provide a neo-Gothic aesthetic, pairing the new surgery center perfectly with existing buildings on the campus.

Project/Precast Scope

  • Precast concrete panels were designed to span two and three floors while retaining floor-to-floor movement joints at every level.
  • The serrated, sawtooth design create visually stunning shade and shadow on the structure, all while maximizing daylight and minimizing solar gain.