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$11.5 Million Facade Repairs to Continue
Those entering the Ward Building from Chicago Avenue will have another month to enjoy the building's scaffolding-free exterior, but come March the scaffolding will be back. Repair work to the facade was begun in 2000 and will be completed in 2011 at a cost of $11.5 million. Paul Zack, manager of construction projects for the Facilities Management Office, comments that never before has such an extensive repair been made to the facade of the building, which opened in 1926.
Zack explains, "The original construction incorporated middle steel support angles and shelf angles to transfer the weight of the limestone facade to the building's superstructure and to support the limestone above the windows, doors, and other openings in the facade. Strap anchors were used as tieback anchors to hold the masonry in place. With age and moisture, the steel corroded and expanded, causing the limestone to become displaced and sometimes break into smaller pieces that could fall. The facade repairs are needed to correct these defects."