Maine West High School Addition
Des Plaines, IL
When Wight and Company first contacted Mid-States about the Maine West field house addition, the project was planned as a precast structure with a metal cladding of athletic figures attached to the wall panels. Representatives of the architectural firm were looking for the ability to add a design directly into the precast using the Graphic Concrete® process. The designers knew the image had to blend in with the rest of the precast building and the existing structure. Mid-States created multiple samples using different aggregates and dyes in order to provide the Wight team the options they needed to present to their client. In addition to utilizing Graphic Concrete®, this project will also utilize form liners, sandblast finishes and Nawkaw stain. The Maine West project includes a large logo stretched across the entire North and South sides of the building using multiple colors.
PRECAST ELEMENTS
110 Wall Panels (40,103 square feet)
PARTNERS
GC: Pepper Construction Company
Architect: Wight & Company
EOR: Wight & Company