Berglund Construction

Scope Of Work

Project Overview

Before the St. Bernard Hospital completed the Ambulatory Care Center, many residents of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood had to travel outside of their community to seek basic care. The hospital brought new services to Englewood including outpatient pharmacy, orthopedics, radiology, a prenatal women’s clinic and various other specialty clinics. Residents now have access to quality, non-urgent treatment options within their neighborhood instead of having to travel long distances or head to an emergency room.

Approach

A Berglund-led, collaborative preconstruction effort between our team, the design team and the hospital laid the critical groundwork for this project's extraordinary success.

Early in the project, the hospital outlined their expectations for the design and quality of the building, the construction schedule and the project budget. The hospital's requirements on these three fronts led Berglund to establish a phased project design schedule that overlapped with construction activities. We were able to break ground quickly while interior program and design choices were still being made.

We completed super structure and envelope design first. Exterior components — such as steel, precast and metal panels — were procured early. This meant construction could begin while the team worked toward finalizing the design of the interior spaces. This integrated design and construction process ensured that we met the fast-tracked schedule while allowing the owner to spend the necessary time on getting the building programming right.

Our early planning allowed us to exceed our project diversity and inclusion goals by reaching 37% MBE participation (goal: 25%) and 8% WBE participation (goal: 5%) among our vendors. We also hosted community outreach sessions at the hospital where local tradespeople could learn about the project and apply to work with us on the spot.