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recent awards

Grand Award , ACEC, 2018 Distinguished Building Award , AIA Chicago, 2018 The Divine Detail Award , AIA Chicago, 2018 Best Projects of 2018, Airports / Transit , ENR Midwest, 2018 Honor Award – Transportation , ACEC-Illinois, 2018 Award of Merit , Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI), 2018 Gold Award in Architecture Categories / Arches, Bridges, Viaducts and Gateways , International Design Awards (IDA), 2018

An appropriate expression for a city that is always moving forward, EXP’s design for the new Washington/Wabash station was inspired by the concept that MOVEMENT is at the heart of the transit system, and the “L” is the thread that weaves through Chicago to connect the City of Neighborhoods with the Loop, its iconic landmarks and the Lakefront parks beyond.

phasing within a dense urban environment with 13,000+ anticipated daily entries

new facility built on existing 100+ year old tracks

EXP provided significant improvements and modifications of the track-supporting bridge structure itself. Within the project footprint, the design required the full replacement of four separate 50-foot bridge spans. Two of these spans made use of a through plate girder design with tracks directly fixed to the structural steel beams, meeting head clearance demands for the station’s pedestrian circulation below.

The design resolves the challenges of constructing a new station in this dense urban environment, while maintaining active transit service in one of the nation’s most heavily traveled transit corridors. The project includes the demolition of two existing transit stations; installation of new and modified track super structure, station fare collection areas, two new 425-foot long platforms, and the signature canopies.