Week 1 – During this week’s ACE meeting at HDR, students were introduced to their design challenge. Students explored two project ideas: a redesign of the Chase Plaza and a bridge concept at Wolf Point. The students voted for the bridge idea at Wolf Point. The activity for this meeting was a structure building activity […]
For week 4, we started to delve into aspects of Site Analysis: what is the typical wind pattern of our site? wind speed? what typical average temperatures does our site experience? humidity? precipitation? how does the sun fall on the site/sun orientation? what are routes of pedestrian traffic? public transportation? bike traffic? water transportation? roads? are
During week 3, team 3 learned about the French expression prendre parti or “the big idea“. After watching a presentation from some of our mentors, we sat down and sketched out our big idea diagrams: Additionally, we also focused on bubble diagrams, the beginning of what would be planning and what could become building massing.
During week 2, team A and B went on site visits with Clune and Pepper. Team A did start the day with a quick sketching activity led by Alan and Madelyn. Then, team A toured an office space near Clune Construction, 10 S Riverside Plaza. The project is set to be completed next year. Framing
Welcome! Team 3 met at the office of Perkins and Will where we continued introductions and ice breakers. After starting off with a Q&A about our program goals, we moved onto our Career Match Game Show. Through this game, we introduced different disciplines within the ACE industry (IE- structural engineer, construction manager, project architect) and
Structural Engineering 101 Great design is all about details. With innovative material selection, sensible construction techniques and modern aesthetics one can craft a unique design language that sets a new standard. -Roi James What: Structural Engineering 101 – What is an Engineer & How do you become one Where: Sargent & Lundy, 55 East Monroe St. When:
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The Chicago ACE Mentor Program and Associate Board of Directors is happy to announce two scholarship opportunities offered exclusively to ACE Chicago Alumni: our fifth annual ACE Alumni Scholarship and the Eli W. Cohen Scholarship. See further details below regarding the award, eligibility and the application process. Both awards are offered to encourage excellence at
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The ACE Community Design Build Workshop has been selected by Cognizant Technology Solutions’ as one of just 40 programs across the country to receive funding through their Making the Future Education Initiative. We would like to thank Cognizant for their affirmation and support in growing our summer program! TEANECK, N.J., March 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced
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This week was our first week broken up into our team sub-groups. We’ve got 4 groups: construction, engineering, architecture – interiors, and architecture – exterior. The construction group discussed site logistics of the jobsite location, including the fence perimeter, material staging, site access, haul road, utilities, and tower crane location. We also talked about sheeting
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This week began with a group discussion on the pros and cons of various building materials for the structural make-up of the building. The consensus was to build a steel framed building because we would be able to span longer lengths without being obstructed by columns in the building. Structural Team: The structural group learned about