Building Statistics

General Building Statistics

Building Name: Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center

Location: 1920 Thoreau Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173

Building Occupant Name: Renaissance Hotels of North America

Occupancy
  • Primary Occupancy: Hotel
  • Mixed Occupancy: Business Convention Center
Size
  • Hotel: 465,885 Sq. Ft.
  • Convention Center: 258,735 Sq. Ft.
  • Total GSF: 724,620 Sq. Ft.
Stories above grade: 17

Project Team Construction Dates: July 27th 2004- July 2006

Cost
  • Hotel: $99.0 Million
  • Convention Center: $104.1 Million
  • Parking: $41.0 Million
  • Total: $207.1 Million
Project Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build
Building Systems Information

Architecture
     The Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois aims set a new standard. The complex will not have any problems attracting visitors to its 4-star quality, 500 room hotel. You are greeted to site from Thoreau Drive into an embrace of a circular terrace which directs you to the hotel's main entry. The driveway which runs to the building wraps in front of the hotel where you encounter a large waterfall which empties into one of many of the reflection ponds located on the building site. The entrance promises to be a grand way of welcoming hotel guests to one of the largest attractions in Schaumburg. The hotel is technically a separate structure from the convention center and is currently topped out at 17 stories high and offers a vast array of amenities including a health club and pool, meeting rooms, fully wired guest rooms, a restaurant, a 28,000 sq. ft. Grand Ballroom and a winter garden. The large atrium lobby space is a flattering contrast to the modern yet intimate seating areas located throughout the rest of the building. To compliment the hotel, the Village of Schaumburg decided to add a 100,000 sq. ft. exhibition/convention center to the east end of the project site.

Major National model codes: IBC 2003

Zoning: Commercial

Historical Requirements
     No historical requirements exist, although the Village of Schaumburg has been working towards developing a convention center since the mid-1980s and finally purchased the 45 acres where the building currently resides in 2000.

Building Envelope
      The hotel has extensive use of pre-cast panels with glazing, utilizing natural light. A few areas of the structure (mainly the lobby atrium area) also use a small amount sky-lighting. The roof system is a rather typical post-tensioned slab or two-way slab for mechanical coverings. The wall systems use rectangular concrete columns for support and wind bracing. The lower floors also include a curtain wall near the winter garden area for increased natural lighting.

Primary Engineering Systems
Construction
     The site sits in a rather lightly populated location in the heart of the Woodfield area near the Northwest Tollway and Meacham Road. The site was previously undeveloped and was secured in 2000 for $13 million, now it is home to the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center. This design-bid-build project takes on the task of creating an economic booster for the Village of Schaumburg by combining the areas largest hotel and first convention center that is to serve 13 northwest suburban Chicago communities and expects to generate $6.4 billion in economic activity over the next 30 years. The Hotel is currently topped at its full 17 stories (plus a floor for mechanical systems) and is estimated to cost $99 million. The project is estimated to be completed by July 2006, the proposed art and performance center has not yet been scheduled for construction even though design documents have been created; the Village of Schaumburg is currently waiting till a later date to construct the additional performing arts center. The total project cost including the hotel, convention center, and parking facilities is an estimated $207.1 million.

Electrical - Lighting
     The RSHCC utilizes 480/277V and 208/120V distribution panels for electrical service throughout the building. The hotel transformers are typically 500KVA @ 480V, with primary voltage supplied as 3 phase - 4 wire. Each panel is supplies between 200 to 1600 amp service per panel.

Mechanical
     The mechanical systems for the RSHCC include 2 rooftop packaged air conditoning units with contain 189MBH of cooling capacity. This system also maintains a total air quantity transfer of 6000 cubic feet per minute.

Structural
     The Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel's primary structural system relies heavily on concrete. The Convention Center is a stark contrast due its large spans, which are created using large steel trusses. The Hotel uses a large amount of 42" circular columns throughout the footprint which add to the architecture of the atrium space, making it appear that each floor is almost floating. Primarily a post-tensioned concrete slab system is used for most of the floors. The only time steel is used is in the span of the hotel's restaurant at the north end of the building. Floors 1 through 3 employ the use of steel for large open spaces, and also transfer the gravity load of the above stories using space more efficiently on the lower floors. Floors 8 through 14 are highly repetitive and consist of post-tensioned slab and use typical 18" x 28" concrete columns. The roof level is two way slab and post-tensioned concrete slab use to support the mechanical systems on the 17 story.

Additional Engineering and Engineering Support Systems

Fire Protection
      Since concrete is use throughout the hotel space, most fire-protection requirements are fulfilled as far as the upper stories' structure is concerned, upon further inspection of architectural drawings I will be able to further elaborate on steel fire-proofing stand-pipe locations, sprinkler systems, and other protection systems.

Transportation
      The hotel has 4 elevator lobbies, and features 4 main staircases and an exterior concrete stair. The upper floors, which have guest suites located at the northern part of the structure, use 2 stair cases on the northern face of the building. I am currently waiting on the building specification to determine elevator capacities and procedures.


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