We've worked on some of the most impressive buildings in Chicago and pride ourselves on being brought in to solve some of the toughest concrete challenges around. Take a look at some of our favorite projects and learn a little more about the stories behind them.
400 Lake Shore Drive
Recently started 75 story, 1.18 million square feet cast in place concrete frame for Related Midwest/ LR Contracting. Project site surrounded on 3 sides by Lake Michigan, Chicago River, and Ogden slip. 3 Stories underground with a complex partial top down sequence. The 2000cy core mat was placed on 2-29-24. Our work will resume mid April following completion of Caissons.
Projected Completion 2026
Project Hood
Unique 3 story concrete framed community center in Englewood neighborhood. The project has included charitable contributions from CMC Rebar, Ozinga Concrete, and ourselves.
Projected Completion April 2024
Roosevelt Square
3- 2 story concrete frames for Related Midwest and Bowa construction with heavy Deck systems for wood framed structures above.
Projected Completion May 2024
218 E Grand
22 story multi use concrete frame for Mavrek Development and Lend Lease. The stringent required windscreens were a unique solution with strong credit to Doka engineers.
Completed November 2023
1454 Randolph & 150 N Ashland
2 midrise concrete framed apartment buildings for Marquette Properties and Power construction. Projects were completed successfully. Both projects had elevated CTA Railway to the north and preexisting buildings to the south.
Completed June 2023
164 N Peoria
A 45 story Concrete Framed high rise was our third project for Related Midwest. This project was topped out 2 months ahead of schedule. The tight location with limited access in the Fulton Market district presented unique job site infrastructure. We engineered an internal climbing crane that required derrick removal and to fit the concrete pump operation inside the building, to create more jobsite access for all trades. The building was delivered on time by Related's general contracting arm, LR Contracting, despite the severe worldwide supply chain disruptions of 2022-23
Completed June 2023
354 N Union
A 34 story concrete Formed High Rise apartment building. our second successful project with The Onni Group. Unique Aspect is we constructed a bridge that cavaliered over Hubbard's cave.
Completed August 2022
A 51-story steel-framed high-rise with a concrete core. this is our third time working in conjunction with general contractor Clark Construction, steel erector Chicago Steel, ownership Riverside Investments and structural engineer MKA Engineering.
With the COVID-19 pandemic on-going, this is Goebel’s sole project and we have two teams attacking this job on two fronts. One team is currently and swiftly going up with the concrete core at 2-day and/or 3-day cycles, while the other team has been completing work in the 2-story parking garage basement working up to the enormous plaza area this project presents.
Completed July 2021
369 W Grand is a 41-story concrete framed high-rise.This was the first project we worked on with the Onni Group, general contractor and owner. While this project did not present as many complex issues structurally as we're used to, we faced an unprecedented challenge in the form of a pandemic. We learned to cope with the on-going COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining and completing the project on a fast paced schedule.
We established budget targets and worked with the same parties to achieve them.
Completed 2020
Similar to 150 N. Riverside, this was our 2nd project working in conjunction with general contractor, Clark Construction, steel erector, Chicago Steel, and ownership, Riverside Investments. We're proud of the challenges we overcame as a collective group to make this project a success.
110 N Wacker is a 54-story steel framed high-rise with a concrete core. Some innovation Goebel presented in this project was building our core form system off site and shipping to the project river by barge (To see more on this, take a look at the video below). Special thank you to Related Midwest for allowing us to use their property to construct our core form system and Ozinga marine for the barge transportation.
We established budget targets and worked with the same parties to achieve them.
Completed September 2020
One Bennett Park, a 70-story concrete framed high-rise, had a narrow/sleek design that brought with it many challenges. From the 3-story mass tuned damper at the top of the building to the 36”outrigger walls, this project was very challenging to frame.
We worked with the general contractor, Lend Lease, and ownership, Related Midwest, to set up an on-site precast panel area so the precast panels and concrete framing can proceed simultaneously. This helped the project reach goals at a very aggressive pace.
Completed June 2019
151 N Franklin
At 151 N. Franklin we started doing schematic budgets off pictures only 3 years before construction began. We were able to modify them as the design developed. We were awarded the contract and it was one of our most successful projects.
Completed July 2018
A 58-story steel-framed high-rise with a concrete core, this project presented a vast amount of challenges. We worked with the structural engineer, MKA Engineering, general contractor, Clark Construction, steel contractor, Chicago Steel, and ownership, Riverside Investments, during early design stages to ease the issues this project presented such as developing connections of the structural steel to the concrete core walls.
Another challenge, was steering clear of a five acre park next to the tower. The tower was also constructed two-stories high above an active railroad line, which added even more layers of complexity.
We established budget targets and worked with the same parties to achieve them.
Completed April 2017