Blackhawks Community Training Center

The new center is projected to cost around $50 million and is being lead by the international architecture firm HOK and Chicago based construction company McHugh. This is the same company duo that designed and built the Advocate Center Chicago Bulls Practice Facility which opened in 2014. We can count on a few things from the continued collaboration from these two companies based off their pervious work. The mix of technology with design seems to be the focus of HOK and McHugh, as well as aesthetic architecture that serves practical purposes. The main thing to keep an eye out for is the mixture of practical training spaces, mixed in the luxury guest spaces. If this is anything like the Bulls Facility we can expect to see some high end flooring and unique surfaces in some of the more exclusive areas, as well as lots of windows and natural light all around. In December of 2015 Surface Shields took a look inside the final stages of the new Malcolm X College construction project. Although that 544,000 square foot project was headed by a different construction company and architecture firm (Clark Construction and Moody Nolan), it is likely we can expect similar surface protection practices to be used in the new Blackhawks center. On jobsites of this size, dust containment systems and carpet films are popular, but paper board surface protection is king.