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February 2025 Dinner Meeting

  • February 04, 2025
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Cliff Dwellers Club

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February 2025 Dinner Meeting

The RPM Final Touches: Constructing the CTA Stations

IN PERSON REGISTRATION CLOSED!

The Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project is the largest capital project in CTA history, consisting of a new bypass structure just north of the Belmont station, a complete rebuild of the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations and the installation of a new signal system between Howard and Belmont. During SEAOI’s January 2020 meeting, the project was presented largely conceptually, illustrating the challenges that the design and contract team face over the coming years.

At this presentation we will first recap the project, the challenges, and overall construction progress followed by a focus on the 4 newly constructed stations. The presentation will discuss structural design of the platform canopies and the strategies used to uniformly integrate electrical and communication equipment for long-term service life and maintenance while maintaining the unique identity of each of the four stations.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss strategies used to retain the unique identity of each of the 4 stations while implementing uniformity in detailing for constructability.

  • Discuss structural design of the platform canopies and the strategies used to integrate electrical and communication equipment for long-term service life and maintenance.

  • Discuss challenges and solutions related to building stations and platforms in tight work zones.


Location
Cliff Dwellers Club

200 S. Michigan Ave, 22nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60604

Menu

  • Tomato Basil soup

  • Roast Prime Rib of Beef Au Jus

  • Carrot Cake

Presentation time:  6:00 – 7:00 pm
Cocktail hour:  5 – 6 pm

Registration

In Person (CLOSED):   Member - $75;  Non-Member - $115
Live Streaming:  Member - $35;  Non-Member - $50

Bring a Friend and Win a ticket to the May Dinner Meeting - Finalists Present!

Bring a first-time attendee to the February Dinner Meeting, and be entered into a raffle for a seat at the May Dinner Meeting, where the finalists for our EISE Awards present their entries.

About the Speakers

Matt Mullins, PE (Stantec) is the Structural Discipline Manager for the CTA RPM Project and Senior Structural Engineer at Stantec. Matt has been with Stantec for 12 years and graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BS and MS in Civil Engineering.




Carrie Wagener, PE (CTA) is the First Deputy Chief Engineer at the nation’s second largest public transit agency, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), where she oversees civil/track, structures, signal, and traction power design and construction within the Infrastructure Engineering department. She additionally directs the owner's multi-disciplinary engineering team for the $2.1B Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One project, CTA's largest-ever capital improvement project to renew heavy rail infrastructure along its busiest rail lines. A 17-year CTA veteran, Carrie has worked in various departments including track maintenance, power & way maintenance, safety, and quality assurance. Carrie is an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering.

Abby Hutter, EIT (Walsh Construction) is the Project Engineer managing the concrete foundations, elevator and electrical work, and various architectural finishes of the RPM stations. Abby has been working for Walsh for two years and graduated from UIUC with a BS in Civil Engineering. She passed her PE exam last January and is working to earn her PE license in Illinois.



Rick Murphy (Walsh Construction) is the CTA RPM Stations Lead Structural Assistant Project Manager. Rick has been working on infrastructure projects with Walsh for 9 years, and for the past 3 years on the CTA RPM project. Rick has a BS in Civil Engineering from University of Cincinnati. 




Tom Hoepf, FAIA, NCARB (EXP) is the Senior Vice President and Global Design Director at EXP Architects + Engineers. His experience includes a broad range of project types for public and private clients, with a focus on major modernizations that transform underperforming buildings. Tom is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects, a GSA National Design Excellence Peer, a member of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice, and has served on the Board of Directors for both AIA Illinois and AIA Chicago, as well as Chair of the AIA Chicago Design Committee, Young Architects Committee and the Chicago Architectural Club.



Jonathan Pearson, PE, SE (EXP) is the Senior Structural Engineer for the stations and platform design for the CTA RPM project. Jon has been with EXP for 10 years and is licensed in Wisconsin and Illinois.




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