Client:  Chicago Housing Authority

Location: Chicago,  IL

The Chicago Housing Authority contracted d’Escoto, Inc. as part of a Design/Build team lead by Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED) to execute an underground steam line replacement for their Lathrop Homes development. d’Escoto, Inc. provided: Civil Engineering, Site Assessments, Estimating, Construction Administration, and Close-out review as a sub-contractor to HED. This time-sensitive project required that the existing heating distribution system remain in place and in working order. During the project, our firm insured the placement and progress of the new system was done as specified and in the allotted time. Project Highlights included:

• New Connection to the Existing Steam Plant
• Two Street Crossovers
• New Connections to the Existing Buildings
• Over 2,000 lf of New Distribution and Return Lines
• Repairs and Updates of Three Mechanical Rooms
• Two New Underground Vaults
• Coordination With Existing Utilities
• Undiscovered Underground Conditions, Including an Old Bridge Embankment
• Coordination With Tenants in Occupied Buildings