Wieboldt Hall School of Professional Studies - Phase 2
Project Status: COMPLETED
Construction Start: Fall 2014
Completion: Late 2015
Project Description & Statistics
Northwestern University intends to undertake Phase 2 of the renovation project for the School of Professional Studies (SPS), to include work on the sixth, seventh, and eighth floors of Wieboldt Hall, 340 E. Superior Street in Chicago.
Wieboldt Hall was designed by James Gamble Rogers as a classroom and office building for Northwestern’s School of Commerce. The building was completed in 1926. Located on Superior Street east of Fairbanks Court, Wieboldt Hall is eight stories tall and constructed of Indiana limestone with a steel frame structure. A two-story addition was added in the 1960’s. The building now houses the Schaffner Library, and portions of the Kellogg School of Management and the School of Continuing Studies, including classrooms, offices, and various support spaces.
Phase 1, which was completed in 2007, focused on renovating SCS classroom spaces on the fourth and fifth floors. Major infrastructure upgrades were completed to provide HVAC, electrical, plumbing, networking, fire alarm, and fire suppression systems to these floors. These systems are ready for extensions into the upper floors. Phase 1 achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold for Commercial Interiors (Cl 2.0) by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Phase 2 will focus on renovating the seventh floor to provide additional classroom capacity, and engineering of classroom technology and electrical upgrades needed to support SCS growth, especially its distance learning initiative. In addition, the sixth and eighth floors will need renovations to extend the MEP, Fire Protection, Fire Alarm and Tele-Data Communications systems to these floors, to meet building codes, and to provide space for staff displaced by classroom conversions on the seventh floor.
The area to be built out for SCS in Phase 2 comprises approximately 24,500
Project Team
Project Management
Bonnie Humphrey, Director Facilities Design & Construction
Sue Budinsky, Project Manager
Architect, Engineers & Consultants
Architect: Bailey Edward
Engineers: WMA
Structural Engineer: SP Engineers
General Contractor: Ragnar Benson Construction, LLC
Contact Information
All inquiries should be directed to:
Sue Budinsky, Project Manager
Northwestern University
Facilities Design & Construction
2020 Ridge Avenue, Suite 250
Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: 847-491-3677
Fax: 847-491-3869
s-budinsky@northwestern.edu