For Immediate Release
Contact: Barbara J. Bogo
Oldcastle Precast Modular Group
215.453.3605
Barbara.bogo@oldcastleprecast.com
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Oldcastle Precast Modular Group awarded precast contract for 25 classrooms in Roselle, NJ

After months of planning and design details, the New Jersey Roselle Board of Education approved a $5.2-million contract that will allow for the construction of permanent modular concrete classroom units at Grace Wilday and Leonard V. Moore middle schools.

The Roselle Board of Education committed to a plan that would result in a restructuring of the district's schools. The plan involves constructing twenty-one permanent modular classroom units at Grade Wilday Middle School and four modular classroom units at Leonard V. Moore Middle School. The idea behind the project is that it will give those schools more classroom space to work with, which will mean smaller class sizes. School officials believe those smaller classes will lead to better education and better test scores for the students. Part of the master plan is to have enough room to bring all of the district's kindergarten students back into school buildings.

These modulars are not portables or trailers. They are permanent structures that will provide a safe, secure, and attractive educational environment stated Ms. Darlene M. Roberto, Superintendent of Schools. The classrooms will be constructed of 4 sided precast concrete building modules, precast wall panels and corridor roof slabs. Oldcastle Precast Modular Group, located in Telford, PA, will be manufacturing and erecting the fifty-eight concrete modules and additional precast components that will make up the classroom additions at both Grace Wilday & the Leonard Moore Elementary schools. The precast concrete modules will be outfitted with windows, electrical & communication conduit, exterior
V-groove pattern exterior finish and have the interior and exterior walls painted before shipping to the site.

Having full support of the Roselle Board of Education, the contracts were signed on February 12th, and preliminary site work began the end of March. The projected completion date for the Leonard V. Moore project is August 2004 and for the Grace Wilday project, December 2004.

SBN Enterprises, Inc. of Toms River, NJ is the General Contractor and The Gibson Tarquini Group of Camden, NJ is the Architect of Record.

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