CHICAGO—Mortenson Construction has outgrown its current suburban Elk Grove Village location, where its employees occupy three different suites in one building, and will relocate its IL headquarters on October 3 into larger office space at 300 Park Blvd. in nearby Itasca. The national builder's move will consolidate its operations into a single space that will allow for continued growth and more collaborative ways of working.

Of Mortenson's 200 Chicago professional and craft employees, about 50 executives and support team members, including those in accounting, marketing, human resources and benefits, will occupy the new office full-time. Mortenson's project teams locate full-time at their job sites. However, Mortenson has built out the space with workstations that project engineers, superintendents and other field employees can use when they do come into the office.

The suite is largely open, with no walls above 50 inches. Offices are placed on the interior, with individual workstations along the perimeter, allowing maximum natural light and views for the entire space. Individual workstations are smaller because employees no longer need large tables to unroll paper drawings; instead they build and access electronic 3D models, renderings, integrated work plans and other project information on laptops, tablets and smartphones. The office also has more collaboration space, including breakout rooms, training rooms and conference rooms.

“Our new office is designed for how we work today, with room for more employees as we continue to grow. The business park also offers amenities that are important to our employees, including onsite child care, a gym and running paths,” says Sheryl Van Anne, the Mortenson construction executive in charge of the office build-out and relocation.

“Because our employees live and work all over the metropolitan area, from Chicago to Rockford and Joliet to Grayslake, we chose to keep our office in the suburbs at a central location for all,” says Greg Werner, senior vice president and head of the Chicago office for Mortenson.

Mortenson has completed several major projects in the Chicago market since opening its first office here in 2000. Projects include the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, modernization and expansion of Halas Hall for the Chicago Bears, the new Jeanne Gang-designed residence hall at the University of Chicago and the $500 million Mercy Health hospital and physicians' office complex, under construction in Rockford.

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