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By vocation, training and dedication I have been a construction guy for more than 30 years. Many of those years were as a US Navy Seabee over nearly 25 years including four combat tours in Desert Storm (1991), Bosnia (2011-2002), Kosovo (2003-2004) and Iraq (2005-2006).

Following my Navy days I became a Construction Executive for Target Corporation. I was honored to lead the teams that built the Target stores at Chicago Division Street (formerly Cabrini-Green), Chicago State Street (Louie B. Sullivan Bldg.; former Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co.) and led the teams that added a grocery store to more than 50 Chicagoland Target stores in 2010.

Due to my lifelong interest in construction and property improvement generally neighbors will come to me and ask about this project or that project.

The other day a neighbor asked me about the Parking Deck work at The Glen Town Center. If you are interested...read on.

Project Scope: Scope of work will include demolition, concrete, structural steel, thermal and moisture protection, and painting for two parking decks located at 2701 Aviator Lane and 2701 Sable Drive in Glenview, Illinois.

Awarded General Contractor: Blinderman Construction Co Inc (HQ: Chicago)

Structural Engineer: Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc. (HQ: Northbrook)

Now, if you are a real construction geek, like me, this is where the rubber hits the road:

SCOPE OF WORK (ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL) (see note #2)

THE SCOPE OF WORK CONSISTS OF THE ITEMS NOTED ON THE DRAWINGS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TASKS FOR BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH PARKING GARAGES.

1. REMOVE AND REPLACE ALL EXPANSION JOINTS INCLUDING ON THE UPPER LEVEL DECK AND RAMP, AT THE STAIR TOWERS, AND ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

2. REMOVE AND REPLACE ALL OF THE CONCRETE-TO-CONCRETE SEALANT JOINTS ON THE UPPER LEVEL AND RAMP OF THE PARKING GARAGES INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: a. DOUBLE TEE FLANGE-TO-FLANGE JOINTS b. JOINTS AT ENDS OF CONCRETE DOUBLE TEES AND OTHER PRECAST MEMBERS. c. JOINTS BETWEEN ALL CONCRETE MEMBERS, WALL ELEMENTS OR CURBS d. VERTICAL JOINTS BETWEEN THE PRECAST WALL PANELS ON THE RAMPS AND PERIMETER WALLS.

3. REMOVE AND REPLACE ALL SEALANT JOINTS (CONCRETE-TO-CONCRETE AND CONCRETE TO METAL) ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE STAIR TOWERS ON BOTH LEVELS OF THE GARAGES.

4. REMOVE AND REPLACE THE EXISTING SEALANT JOINTS ON THE PERIMETER FLASHING WHERE THE GARAGES ABUT THE ADJACENT BUILDINGS.

5. ROUT AND SEAL EXISTING CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE AT LOCATIONS TO BE SELECTED BY ENGINEER.

6. REMOVE AND REPLACE THE EXISTING WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE IN PLACE AT ISOLATED AREAS ON UPPER LEVEL AND ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

7. INSTALL NEW WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE OVER CONCRETE TOPPING AT POUR STRIPS.

8. PERFORM CONCRETE REPAIRS ON TOP-OF-SLAB, VERTICAL OR OVERHEAD SURFACES OF CONCRETE ELEMENTS AT LOCATIONS SELECTED BY ENGINEER ON SITE. CONCRETE REPAIR TYPES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: a. CONCRETE POUR STRIP REPLACEMENT ON UPPER LEVEL b. REPAIR MORTAR REPAIRS OVER PRECAST LIFTING POINTS c. CONCRETE DOUBLE TEE BEAM FLANGE REPAIRS ADJACENT TO JOINTS d. CONCRETE REPAIRS ON VERTICAL FACE OF CURBS OR WALLS e. CONCRETE REPAIRS ON OVERHEAD SURFACES f. CONCRETE SLAB-ON-GRADE REPAIRS ON RAMP AND LOWER LEVEL

9. REMOVE AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE CONCRETE SLAB-ON-GRADE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SOUTH GARAGE AT THE LOCATION INDICATED.

10. REMOVE AND REPLACE THE CONCRETE SLAB-ON-GRADE AT ISOLATED LOCATIONS ON THE RAMPS TO BE SELECTED BY ENGINEER.

11. REMOVE AND REPLACE THE EXISTING ASPHALT PAVEMENT AT LOCATIONS SELECTED BY ENGINEER.

12. REPAIR EXISTING CRACKED WELDS FOR THE DOUBLE-TEE FLANGE CONNECTORS AT LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED FOLLOWING THE SEALANT REMOVAL.

13. REPLACE THE STAIR TOWER ROOFS.

14. REPLACE THE ROOFING ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NORTH GARAGE.

15. REMOVE ALL EXISTING TRAFFIC PAINT MARKINGS AND STRIPING IN THE ENTIRE PARKING GARAGE, INCLUDING THE UPPER LEVEL, LOWER LEVEL AND RAMPS. PREPARE SURFACES AND REINSTALL NEW TRAFFIC PAINT STRIPING AND MARKINGS TO MATCH EXISTING.

16. REPLACE THE EXISTING STAIR TOWER DOORS AND FRAMES AT THE LOCATIONS INDICATED.

17. REPLACE THE EXISTING DOOR HARDWARE AT THE LOCATIONS INDICATED.

18. PERFORM POLYURETHANE GROUT INJECTION ON WALLS AT LOCATIONS SELECTED BY ENGINEER.

Blinderman Construction Co., Inc. (Winning): $3,725,113

Bulley & Andrews Concrete Restoration LLC: $4,480,461

G.A. Johnson and Son: $6,088,880

Note #1: Data taken from Dodge Data & Analytics on 08AUG2022

Note# 2: Data taken from Dodge Data & Analytics on 08AUG2022

Note #3: Data taken from Village of Glenview procurement website on 08AUG2022

If you have a question about a project in Northfield Township (Glenview, Northbrook & Northfield) please send me an email at: mjkorman@icloud.com

Resident of the Village of Glenview, the County of Cook, the State of Illinois and of the United States of America!

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