NU 345 E. Superior & McGaw Pavilion MEP Upgrades

ADDRESS: 345 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, USA

BUILDING TYPE: 345 E Superior: Office and Outpatient Health Services McGaw Pavilion: Medical education (surgery classrooms and research labs) plus shared space with Northwestern Memorial Hospital (dialysis clinic, outpatient surgery, ICU)

TEAM / TEAM LEAD: Dustin Langille

TEAM / TEAM LEAD: Dustin Langille, Bhupendra Tailor

ELARA ROLE: MEP Engineer

Project Highlights & Results

Based on an Elara MEPFP infrastructure and opportunity assessment report with the goal of sustaining occupancy for the buildings over the next several years.
Implemented numerous infrastructure and energy related modifications identified in Elara’s opportunity assessment including the following for 345 E. Superior:
- Cooling Tower refurbishment
- New fire alarm system
- VFD replacements
- AHU Damper replacements
- Reducing airflow for unoccupied spaces
- Replacing 3-way control valves with new modulating control valves
- Replacing light fixtures
Implemented numerous infrastructure and energy related modifications identified in Elara’s opportunity assessment including the following for McGaw Pavilion:
- Refurbishing existing lab AHUs
- Replacing VFDs for lab AHUs and exhaust fans
- Replacing specific lab AHU systems
- Replacing light fixtures
- Updating electrical single-line as-built drawings