Halcrow Yolles hires principle of building structures

CHICAGO — Halcrow Yolles has hired A.J. (Al) Baysek as principal, building structures, at the company’s Chicago office. With over 37 years of experience in the building design and construction industry, Baysek will be instrumental in the firm’s growth in the Chicago area and will make a valuable contribution to business development across the United States.

Licensed in more than 30 states, Baysek has specific expertise in the design of low-, mid-, and high-rise office buildings, hotels, residential and mixed-use developments, parking structures, industrial facilities, and long-span structures such as convention centers and airports. In addition, he has experience in renovations, adaptive reuse, historic restoration and a wide range of project delivery methods.

Baysek has collaborated with many high-profile architects including HKS Inc., RTKL, tvsdesign, Cesar Pelli and Josef Paul Kleihues of Germany, and has participated in a number of significant projects, such as the Marriott Renaissance Grand Hotel and Conference center in St. Louis, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the new passenger terminal and parking garage at Midway Airport in Chicago, three 40-story apartment towers at the ‘Windy City’s’ Kinzie Place, and the Fine Arts Center and Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College in Naperville, Ill..

“Baysek is a driving force, not only in the Chicago structural engineering community, but also across the United States. We are excited to have him as a member of the Halcrow Yolles team,” said Terry McDonnell, principal, Halcrow Yolles.

For more information about Halcrow Yolles, please visit www.halcrow.com.