LEJEUNE STEEL IS SUCCESSFUL IN BID ON UIC SOUTH CAMPUS
LeJeune Steel is successful in bid on UIC South campus
- The Residence Halls are a 4 building assembly of residential towers on the southern half of the site.
- The buildings parallel assemblies of a 3,000 seat Convention Center, 150 seat Event Center, and academic building on the northern half of the site.
The 750-room towers will primarily be a concrete structure. LeJeune will have approximately 1,300 tons of steel to fabricate for these five buildings.
General Contractor: Power Construction
Architect: HOK
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Owner: University of Illinois at Chicago
The UIC Forum
The Jewel of the project will be the Forum building. The structure features 5 Trusses and 2 end wall frames with a 124' span. The W36 top cords will be rolled to feature a sloping roof line. Nearly half of the structural steel will be architecturally exposed to feature the trellis overhand system. The most substantial elements of the project will be the single 4 foot diameter pipe column which reaches to a height of over 120 feet. A 60 inch deep plate girder with a 140 foot length frames into the pipe column to increase stability.
LeJeune Steel Company
LeJeune Steel Company is a premier steel fabricator with an output capacity of more than 40,000 tons of structural steel per year.
We consistently meet and exceed customers' needs and expectations.
Through shared management, inventory and ownership, Wisconsin Structural Steel Company (WSSCO) deservedly boasts a production rate of more than 10,000 tons per year.
WSSCO fabricates quality steel products in a 16,000-square-foot, top-notch facility. By applying the latest in fabrication technology, we assure the highest level of competence in every project.
Both companies are AISC certified for complex steel buildings and maintain the Paint Endorsement. We earned an excellent reputation for a keen eye toward complete customer satisfaction.
