Renovation of a library in Brookfield, Illinois. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a library.

The Board of Trustees of the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library is seeking professional assistance for the replacement of the building's exterior envelope installed on the new 21,000 square foot facility which opened in 2021. The Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library serves the Village of Brookfield, a western suburb of Chicago with a population of just under 20,000 people and home to the world­famous Brookfield Zoo. 1. The firm's description. Please stress work conducted in the last 5 – 10 years. If all services mentioned in (2) are not available inhouse, specify from whom they will be obtained. 2. The firm's experience in the following specialties. Site planning, architectural design, civil engineering, structural engineering, estimating, etc. 3. Key staff and their resumes. Please be sure to indicate whom you are proposing as project architect / engineer and to provide a full resume for that person, including building envelope design experience. 4. Descriptions of at least four recently completed projects, including client references. Some references must be for jobs where the person proposed as project leader for our library was also the project leader. For each project, please indicate the size of the building envelope project, the project budget and whether the project came in under or over budget. 5. Experience in the area of library design. The Library Board would like the most complete list possible, including the nature of work conducted for each project and dates of completion. The Board of Trustees plans to interview approximately four firms on Monday, May 19, 2025 and will make a selection as soon as possible thereafter. Firms are encouraged to visit the Library. Please contact Kimberly Coughran, Executive Director, at 708­485­6917 x121 or via email at kcoughran@lsfbrookfieldlibrary. org to arrange for a tour and to answer questions. Published in RBLandmark March 26, 2025