Construction updates

Children’s Memorial Hospital is committed to keeping the community informed about the progress of construction on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago through email alerts, an electronic newsletter, community meetings and regular updates to our Web site. For more information or to be added to our construction alerts e-mail database, contact Nahlah Daddino, Director of Community Relations. Or check out our webcam of the site to monitor progress. 

Construction Alert

Children’s Memorial Hospital continues construction on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago at 225 E. Chicago Ave. (next to Northwestern Memorial’s Prentice Women’s Hospital).

Starting Wednesday, August 27, we will be installing decorative boards along the perimeter to enhance the look of our construction site.  Per the City permit, the work will occur at night during the hours of 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.  This low-noise process will conclude at the end of next week.

The final phase of caisson mobilization and installation (the first phase occurred early in summer) will conclude in the next three to six weeks (no work will be performed on Labor Day). The noise being generated from the current caisson operations will substantially subside when this phase is completed. After this phase, we will be excavating for several weeks, which will not be as noisy.

Our construction team is committed to managing work in accordance with the City requirements. Work will not begin prior to 8 a.m. per the City Code noise ordinance. You may observe the arrival of the construction crew and trucks, such as for equipment, materials and fuel, prior to 8 a.m. However, none of our equipment or construction activities will begin until 8 a.m. 

The City Code noise ordinance allows for drilling (or similar noisier work) to continue until 8 p.m., which is likely to occur during the caisson installation phase.  Afterwards, you may see some truck and/or other low-noise activity at the site as the construction team wraps up work for the day.

Workdays will typically run from Monday to Saturday, but work may occur on Sundays in the event of unanticipated delays (e.g. inclement weather) and to ensure timely completion of the construction project. In many cases, exact work hours are dictated by the weather, unknown conditions, daily work productivity, equipment matters, etc., and are decided on a day-to-day basis.

To manage dust and debris, trucks are covered and the site is watered. In addition, we have added a second street sweeper to the project. The sweepers operate throughout the workday to maintain a clean area around the site.

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April 24, 2008 Community Presentation

Children's Memorial held a community meeting about construction plans for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Hospital leaders and our construction management team presented plans and answered questions about the new building.

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• Fact sheet with highlights from the presentation >>

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