Chicago's 2.3-Million-Sq-Ft Facility Is Ahead of Schedule

摘要

Early on, the 2.3-million-sq-ft expansion of Chicago's convention center had various warning signs of a troubled project. First, a bid-rigging scandal prompted the public owner to change construction managers. Then, a blustery Chicago winter threw a wrench in the work and schedule. All the while, wildly high prices threatened to send the steel-heavy project near Lake Michigan off the deep end.