Facilities Management, Northwestern University

Abbott Hall - Center for Communication & Health

Project Status: COMPLETED

Construction start: March 2014
Completion date: August 2014

Project Description & Statistics

Created in the fall of 2013, the Center for Communication and Health is a program of Northwestern University’s world-renowned School of Communication. Through education and research, the Center’s mission is to improve the quality and safety of healthcare as patients experience it, to improve the health of populations, and to reduce the cost of care by applying the interdisciplinary tools of the communication arts and sciences to the most pressing challenges in healthcare. Located in Abbott Hall, on the 15th floor, in the heart of the Northwestern medical center campus, the Center for Communication and Health is the first unit to take up residence on the School of Communication’s Chicago campus.

Project Team

Ron Nayler, Vice President for Facilities
Bonnie Humphrey, Director Facilities Design & Construction
Michelle Beall, Project Manager

Architect, Engineers & Consultants

Architect: Griskelis Young Harrell
Engineers: WMA Consulting Engineers
Structural Engineer: N/A
General Contractor: BEAR Construction

Contact Information

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