Brief

Category

Highway

Year

2014

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital – IL Route 43 Right-In/Right-Out

Location

1000 N Westmoreland Road, Lake Forest, IL

Client

  • Northwestern Medicine & Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
  • HGA
  • Turner Construction Company
  • DK Contractors

Services Provided

  • Drainage Study & Stormwater Management
  • Civil Engineering – Construction Documents
    • Site Grading
    • Site Utilities
    • Roadways and Parking
    • Highway Improvements
    • Best Management Practices
  • Permitting
    • US Army Corps of Engineers
    • Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
    • Illinois Department of Transportation
    • Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    • City of Lake Forest
    • McHenry County Soil & Water Conservation District
  • Construction Engineering / Administration
  • Construction Layout

Project Overview

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital tasked Bleck Engineering with the design , permitting, and construction administration services for a new right-in / right-out access point on North Bound Waukegan Road in anticipation of the construction of a new replacement hospital on campus. Several locations for this access point just south of a traffic light were studied until a good balance was struck to minimize truck traffic impact on the neighboring residential subdivision to the south while preserving an existing mature oak grove to north and mainiting a ideal distance from the signalized intersection.