PROJECTS: All Projects Corporate Healthcare Industrial Institutional Mixed-use Residential Restaurant Retail Senior Living By The Hand Club For Kids – Moving Everest LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois OWNER: By the Hand Club for Kids SIZE: 53,000 SF DURATION: 8 Months ARCHITECT: Team A, Ltd. ◀︎ ▶︎ This project was a 53,000 square foot, 3-story, ground-up precast K-5 charter/ after-school facility to serve over 810 inner city students. The interior included (18) classrooms, a multi-purpose gym/cafeteria, three (3) computer labs, six (6) break-out rooms, an art room, a special education suite, administration spaces and a (22) space parking lot. There were mechanical systems that allow independent operability throughout the building to reduce overall energy consumption. Novak Construction provided Design-Build services and was the General Contractor for this client. “In less than two years, By the Hand, a non-profit, after-school program, built two state-of-the art centers totaling 77,000 square feet in what was once described as on of the darkest corners in Chicago,” noted Executive Director, Donnita Travis. Related Projects BY THE HAND CLUB FOR KIDS – AUSTIN CENTER ST. PATRICK HIGH SCHOOL NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY COMBE TENNIS CENTER NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Novak Construction Company 3423 N. Drake Avenue Chicago, IL 60618 Contact P 773.278.1100 F 773.278.1119 E Inquiry@NovakConstruction.com © 2021 Novak Construction Company. All Rights Reserved.