CTA Construction Tops Off New Tewksbury Memorial High School

CTA Construction Co. Inc. lifted the last piece of steel into place for the Tewk
sbury Memorial High School during a May 19, 2011, topping off ceremony. The scho
ol is set for completed in the summer of 2012.
Tewksbury, MA, May 21, 2011 -- During a topping off ceremony May 19, 2011, CTA C
onstruction Co. lifted into place the last piece of steel for the Tewksbury Memo
rial High School, marking an important milestone in the project. Up next, worker
s will build exterior walls and a roof, followed by the interior construction, a
ll to be completed by summer 2012.
The high school will cover 219,000 square feet and stand three stories tall. Loc
ated within yards of the current high school, the project presents Waltham-based
CTA Construction (www.ctaconstruction.com) with the challenge of working around
the school's schedule to minimize disruption.
"We join with school and town officials and students in marking this important m
ilestone in the construction of the Tewksbury Memorial High School," said Paul D
uRoss, CTA's Project Manager. "We look forward now to enclosing the structure an
d working on the interior of this state-of-the-art school that will surely be th
e pride of the community."
A topping off ceremony is customary in the construction industry to mark the com
pletion of a building's framing. Often, the last piece of steel will be hoisted
into place during the ceremony after it has been signed by project participants.
There are 4,200 pieces of steel weighing 1,700 tons in this structure. Work on t
he foundations started last December and steel erection began in February.
The new Tewksbury Memorial High School will feature a two-story, glass entryway;
a full performing arts center with lighting, sound and rigging systems; and a g
ymnasium ringed by an elevated indoor track. Once completed, CTA will demolish t
he former high school, built in 1959, and build athletic fields and parking lots
on the site.
Tewksbury is participating in the state's Model Schools Program by utilizing the
design of a recently built school and will reduce design costs. The building wi
ll meet the standards of the Massachusetts - Collaborative for High Performance
Schools (MA-CHPS). Part of a certification program that addresses school design,
construction and operation, MA-CHPS strives to make schools environmentally fri
endly and efficient energy, water and material efficient, well-lit, thermally co
mfortable, acoustically sound, safe, healthy and easy to operate.
CTA is an experienced builder of schools and municipal buildings, having complet
ed more than $300 million worth of public construction projects in the past 10 y
ears. CTA has more than 20 completed or ongoing school building projects in Mass
achusetts, including the C.W. Morey Elementary School in Lowell, the expansion o
f Beverly High School, the Memorial Elementary School in Burlington and the Will
ard Elementary School in Concord.
CTA has earned an average rating of 93 out of 100 by the Massachusetts Division
of Capital Asset Management, a state agency overseeing public construction contr
actors.

Contact :
Jason Kauppi
CTA Construction Co. Inc.
1432 Main Street, Suite 204
Waltham, MA 02451
617-489-0077
jkauppi@kauppi.us
http://www.ctaconstruction.com