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Wight named to Top Design Firm list

Oct 16, 2007
Midwest Construction magazine ranked Wight & Company as a Top Design Firm (20/100) in an annual survey of design firms. The rankings compare firms in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and eastern Missouri and are based on total billings from projects in those states.


Middle school earns IASB Award of Merit

Oct 04, 2007
Renovations to AV Martinez Middle School earn recognition from school association.


Sustainable features for Hampshire municipal center

Aug 03, 2007
Village of Hampshire municipal center includes green features


Brad Paulsen promoted to Vice President

Jul 23, 2007
Brad Paulsen, who leads Wight's K-12 practice, is promoted to Vice President.


Naperville SD 203 selects Wight

Jul 19, 2007
Naperville SD 203 selects Wight to ensure a "diversity of ideas" for facility projects.


Wight presented at Greening the Heartland conference

Jul 17, 2007
Jason Dwyer, project manager at Wight, presented a case study on eco18, a LEED Gold registered, mixed-use project in Chicago's South Loop, during this year's Greening the Heartland conference in Madison, Wisconsin.


Facelift for Chicago’s Irving Park Road Underpass Celebrates Neighborhood’s Rich Heritage

Jul 03, 2007
Wight & Company writes about Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood.


Chicago project earns Tier Three Green Permit

Jun 27, 2007
South Loop condo project earns Tier Three status from Chicago


Tyner Center LEEDs by example

Jun 24, 2007
With environmental concern now a mainstream issue, community and park district leaders have become even more diligent, creative guardians of their natural resources, especially those in densely populated cities and suburbs.


Wight project earns LEED Platinum

May 23, 2007
Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center earns LEED Platinum


Wight project earns LEED Platinum

May 23, 2007
The US Green Building Council awarded the Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center, Glenview, Ill., with LEED Platinum status on May 23.


ACEC – Illinois honors Wight, UIC with engineering excellence award

Feb 02, 2007
Wight & Company, a design, construction and engineering firm and a leading proponent of sustainable design, recently received a Special Achievement Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC-IL) at its annual Engineering Excellence Awards luncheon.


Elmhurst College receives stormwater grant from DuPage County

Jan 09, 2007
Elmhurst College receives stormwater grant from DuPage County


Prairie gets instructional building

Dec 26, 2006
Education and the environment meet in Glenview


AIA, DBIA acknowledge two Wight projects

Nov 20, 2006
AIA, DBIA acknowledge two Wight projects


UIC project receives Daniel Burnham Award

Nov 20, 2006
Awarded by the AIA – Illinois Chapter, the Daniel Burnham Award recognizes the design or implementations of a master plan that enhances the natural and build environment of a community.


Niles Park District: Golf View Recreation Center

Nov 18, 2006
Golf View Recreation Center appeals to community


Master plan developing for Missouri school district

Nov 17, 2006
Webster Groves School District (MO) hires Wight


Design-Build Methodology Well-Suited to Lead the “Green” Revolution

Oct 15, 2006
Wight leads design-build, sustainable revolution


Chicago Branch Library earns LEED Certified rating

Oct 05, 2006
Chicago Branch Library earns LEED Certified rating