July 19, 2016 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

 

How do you support a 580-ton Ferris Wheel on the top of a parking garage, on a marine pier, a half-mile into Lake Michigan? Can you build a new steel theater under a tent? What would it take to make Navy Pier a 21st Century destination for visitors and locals alike? Learn this and more on a guided tour of Navy Pier’s recent redevelopment led by the structural engineers most familiar with the past and present construction.

Image courtesy of Thornton Tomasetti

 

The tour will be led by representatives from Thornton Tomasetti:  

  • William D. Bast, P.E., S.E., SECB
  • Ken Maschke, P.E., S.E., LEED AP 
  • Eric Wheeler, S.E. 
  • Albert Mena 

The Navy Pier Ferris Wheel Infrastructure is a finalist in the 2016 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards

Free for SEAOI Members

Sponsored by AIA Chicago, Thornton Tomasetti and SEAOI

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