- May 2013 – Wright Water Engineers Hydrology Study
- September 2013 – Thornton Tomasetti Structural Study of Flood Mitigation Options
- November 2013 – Technical Advisory Panel assembled at Farnsworth to discuss Options
- January 2014 – Engineering Enterprises, Inc. Topographic Survey
- February 2014 – GEI Consultants, Inc. Geotechnical Report
- March 2014 – Robert Silman Associates, Feasibility Study
- April 2014 – Peer and Expert Review of Silman Feasibility Study
- April 2014 – Discussion Forum and project review in Chicago by Architects, Engineers, Preservationists, and Landscape professionals
- May 2014 – Chicago and Plano Town Hall events co-sponsored by Landmark Illinois, AIA Chicago, and DOCOMOMO Midwest
- August 2015 – Landmark Illinois’s approval of hydraulic concept
- November 2015 – Chicago Arts Forum presentation
