By The Numbers

FAC meetings

CAC meetings

Teacher taskforce meetings

Dinners catered from local restaurants for FAC meetings

NEAL students involved in design process

District teachers and staff engaged in design process

Design focus groups held in North Chicago

Architecture firms attended the mandatory pre-bid meeting

Construction management firms attended the mandatory pre-bid meeting

Architecture firms submitted an application

Proposals submitted from 11 different construction management firms (due to joint ventures)

Architecture firm selected – JGMA

Construction management team selected – Gilbane, Bowa, and Blackwood Joint Venture

of the design team is a Minority Business Enterprise

of the construction manager team is a Minority Business Enterprise