2021 Merit Awards – Register Your Project!
It’s time to enter your project for consideration in the 2021 Merit Awards. It’s a simple 3-step process.
- Enter your project HERE (Due: Thurs., Jan. 15, 2021)
- Once your project is entered you will receive a link to submit your Project Details (Due: Tues., Feb. 9, 2021)
- After receiving your completed project details form, you will be sent a personalized link to upload photos
Don’t delay – we want to make sure you’re included in 2021 Merit Awards Competition.
Questions? Email Evie , or call 630-510-4500
ABOUT THE CHICAGO BUILDING CONGRESS MERIT AWARDS
There is no other association activity that more perfectly defines the mission of the Chicago Building Congress than its Merit Award Program. The Merit Awards have truly celebrated the building industry since 1956 by singling out the outstanding projects in greater Chicagoland built during the past three years. Merit Awards are presented for construction in the following nine categories:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Residential/Hospitality
- Commercial Construction under $50M
- Commercial Construction over $50M
- Renovation and Adaptive Reuse Under $15M
- Renovation and Adaptive Reuse Over $15M
- Infrastructure or Industrial Construction
- Interior Build-Out
PAST MERIT AWARD WINNERS
2020 Education Winner!
2020 Healthcare Winner!
2020 Interior Build-Out Winner!
2020 Commercial Construction Under $50 Million Winner!
2020 Commercial Construction Over $50 Million Winner!
2020 Renovation & Adaptive Reuse Under $15 Million Winner!
2020 Renovation & Adaptive Reuse Over $15 Million Winner!
2020 Residential/Hospitality Winner!
2020 Infrastructure Or Industrial Construction Winner!
1956 Prudential
1957 Old Orchard Shopping Center
1958 Inland Steel
1959 Illinois State Tollway
1960 Michael Reese Hospital
1961 McCormick Place
1962 United Of America
1963 United States Gypsum
1964 Continental Plaza
1965 Central District Filtration
1966 Univ of Chicago At Chicago Circle
1967 Oak Brook Development
1968 Lake Point Tower
1969 One First National Bank
1970 McCormick Place On The Lake
1971 Woodfield Mall
1972 James Roscoe Miller Campus
1973 Sears Tower
1974 One Montgomery Ward Plaza
1975 Standard Oil (Amoco)
1976 Water Tower Place
1977 Cultural Center
1978 Academic Facility
1979 Dearborn Park
1980 New City YMCA
1981 Kroc Diagnostic Treatment Center
1982 Chicago Board Of Trade Addition
1983 333 West Wacker Drive
1984 McDonald’s Office Campus
1985
- One Financial Place
- Chicago Hilton And Towers
1986
- 190 South LaSalle
- Chicago Theatre
1987 Center For Professional Education
1988 Center For Professional Health
1989 United Terminal
1990
- Riverway
- North Pier Chicago
1991
- Canal Center
- Hotel Inter-Continental Chicago
1992
- City Front Place
- Harpo Studios
1993
- Walsh Grand Headquarters
- Marshall Fields State Street
1994
- Chavez Elementary School
- Sears Tower
- 2000 Wacker Drive Streetscape
1995
- Cook County Juvenile Center
- Finkl Urban Manufacturing
- Chicago Commons Nia Family Center
1996
- Monadnock Building
- Children’s Memorial Medical Center
- Fourth Presbyterian Church
- Williams Science Center Addition
1997
- McCormick Place Expansion
- Calumet Deep Tunnel/Reservoir
- CTA Green Line Renovation
1998
- HCSC (Blue Cross Building)
- Chicago Terminal Radar Approach
- Carl Schurz High School Restoration
- Little Village Academy
1999
- Living Coast/Brookfield Zoo
- Brooks Homes Modernization
- Barat College Library
- Elmhurst Art Museum
2000
- Adler Planetarium/Sky Pavilion
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Schaumburg Baseball Stadium
- Goldblatt’s Building Renovation
- Lake City Convention/Visitors Center
2001
- Pharmacia Life Sciences Building
- Bachelor Enlisted Quarter
- Shedd Aquarium/Amazon Rising
- North Shore Senior Center
2002
- UBS Tower
- Glenview Park Center
- 360 North Michigan Renovation
- Jubilee Family Resource Center
2003
- Homan Square Community Center
- Levy Senior Center
- Midwest Ctr For Green Technology
- La Rabida Children’s Hospital
2004
- Soldier Field
- Oak Park Public Library
- York High School
- Lookingglass Theatre
2005
- Lincoln Park Zoo Regenstein Center
- Baps Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- Kendall College Riverworks Camps
- Patty Turner Senior Center
2006
- Conservation Of The U-505 Sub
- Orland Park Public Library
- Domestic Violence Court House
- Rogers Park Montessori School
2007
- Gary Comer Youth Center
- Calamos Headquarters
- LaSalle Bank Theater
- Chicago Greenworks
2008
- Klarchek Information Commons
- Ravinia New Dining Facility
- Orland Park Police Headquarters
- SOS Children’s Village
2009
- Trump International Hotel
- Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue
- Palmer House Hilton Hotel
- Holy Family Lutheran School
2010
- Art Institute Of Chicago
- Modern Wing & Nichols Bridgeway
- Metea Valley High School
- Uno Veterans Memorial Campus
- Hidden Oaks Nature Center
- S & C Electric Co Advanced Tech Crt
- Village Of Oak Park
- Marion & Westgate St Improvements
2011
- 300 East Randolph
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Plant Conservation Science Center
- The Sullivan Center
- Cast Iron Façade Restoration
- PCC Wellness Austin Family Health
- Exelon Solar City
- NUPOC
2012
- Ogden International School
- Astellas North American Hdqrtrs
- Camp Porter Barracks
- III Forks Steakhouse
- Hairpin Lofts & Arts Center
- Old Town School Of Folk Music
- S-K Hand Tool
- Teen Living Programs Belfort House
2013
- Univ of Chgo Reva & David Logan Ctr
- Ronald McDonald House 211 E Grand
- Monroe Building
- LaCasa Student Dormitory
- 31st Street Harbor
- Silver Cross Replacement Hospital
- Winpak Portion Packaging
- Baker & McKenzie
2014
- Adjustable Forms, Inc.
- Eataly
- Univ. of Chicago Quad Portal
- CTA Loop Track Renewal Project
- DePaul University Theatre School
- Argonne Energy Sciences Bldg.
- Genevieve & Wayne Gratz Center
- Back of Yards High School
- Instituto Health Sciences Academy
2015
- BP Emergency Services Building
- Adler Planetarium Cosmology Gallery
- LaRabida Children’s Hospital Ambulatory Care Ctr.
- University of Chicago 58th St. East & West Revitalization
- University of Chicago Saieh Hall for Economics
- Northeastern Illinois University “El Centro Campus”Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Protein
- OneEleven
2016
- NewCity
- Chinatown Branch, Chicago Public Library
- DuPage County Health Dept. Community Center
- Chicago Athletic Association
- Rosewood Beach Development
- Chicago Riverwalk Phase II
- Amazon Sortation & Fulfillment Center
- Confidential Technology Project
- Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center
2017
- Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
- Saia LTL Freight
- Navy Pier Centennial Wheel
- Zurich North America
- Abe and Ida Cooper Center
- Joliet Central High School Student Center Addition
- Albert Lane Tech High School Renovation
- River Point Tower
- Albert Lane Tech High School Renovation
2018
- Washington Wabash CTA Loop Elevated Station
- Joliet Junior College City Center
- Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
- Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple
- IBEW Local 9, University Park Training Facility
- Hotel EMC2
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Trumpf Smart Factory
2019
- Burbank School District 111 Luther Burbank Elementary School
- 41st Street Pedestrian Bridge over Lake Shore Drive
- DLA Piper
- 412 N. Wells
- Manufacturing Technology & Engineering Center at Richard J. Daley College
- Holtschneider Performance Center
- The Newberry Renovation
- Hotel Julian
2020
- University of Chicago Keller Center
- VA Hines New Boiler Plant
- Northtown Affordable Apartments and Public Library
- Columbia College Chicago Student Center
- Argonne Materials Design Laboratory
- Lincoln Park Community Services
- The Old Chicago Post Office Renovation and Adaptive Reuse Project
- Riverview Bridge
- Knoll