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Barbara J. Bogo
Oldcastle Precast Modular Group
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barbara.bogo@oldcastleprecast.com
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West Chester School District to use Precast for Classroom Addition

TELFORD, PA, AUGUST 15,2002 - West Chester Area School District has selected a new precast building system for the new six (6) classroom addition to B. Henderson High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania. West Chester Area School District needed safe, durable and efficient classroom space fast. They selected this method of construction because the new modular precast concrete pieces, when erected, complete the entire concrete classroom structure in days and met all of their specifications and schedule.

Oldcastle Precast Modular Group of Telford, PA won the contract to design, engineer, produce and erect the precast concrete school building components that will make up the 768 square foot classrooms. The precast pieces selected to complete the classroom addition are: twelve (12) 12'-0" school block modules with floor slabs, twelve (12) wall panels (12'-2" x 11'-1" high) and three (3) Corridor Roof Slabs (10'-5" w x 24'-6 ½" long). The exterior walls are insulated and will be pre-painted at the factory with Ameron anti-graffiti paint system. The interior classroom walls are also pre-painted before shipping to the job site.
Production of the precast pieces began August 15, 2002 and will be completed Sept. 3, 2002 with erection of the structure beginning on Sept. 9th.

F.W. Houder, Inc of Paoli, Pa. is the general contractor for this project and Gilbert Architects of Lancaster, Pa is the Architect of Record.

Oldcastle Precast Modular Group, the market leader in precast concrete, operates over 60 manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada. For additional information on Oldcastle or the products they offer visit their website at http://www.opmg.com or call (215) 257 2255.