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Visitors
Enjoy Outdoor Ice Skating at Navy Pier
 Given
the success of the ice rink installed for Winter WonderFest, Navy
Pier decided to extend the skating season after the holidays with
a rink on the normally unused Skyline Stage after the holidays.
Pier management
enlisted the help of Chicago Scenic to quickly create and implement
a design for a 56-foot by 104-foot ice rink that would fit on the
stage and part of the seating area of the theater.
CSSI Director
of Projects Pete Rahill coordinated and supervised the installation
along with providing logistical support and contract management
of the suppliers and engineers. LZA Technology provided structural
engineering support services for the building and ice deck. Gilco
Scaffolding provided the sub-structure and bridge for the rink,
and NuTemp provided the ice mats and chilling equipment to make
ice.
The installation
took less than four days and visitors were able to skate on the
new ice rink just one week after installation began. The rink will
be open through the first week of May.
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