Mount Vernon Township High School Celebrates Milestone
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. recently celebrated a ceremonial topping out of the new Mount Vernon Township High School in Mount Vernon, Ill. on Tuesday, October 20. This marks a significant milestone in the construction of the $61 million, 300,000-square-foot full service replacement high school. Community members had the opportunity to sign the final beam, which was secured in place during the ceremony. In attendance with the construction team were student council and school board members, representatives with design firm FGM Architects and several community groups.
“This milestone offers a logical time to evaluate progress of the project,” explained McCarthy Project Director Chris Nisbet. “We are pleased to report that we are on schedule to meet the May 24, 2016 substantial completion date, and we are very excited to celebrate this with Mount Vernon School District and the Mount Vernon community.”
Designed to accommodate more than 1,800 students on an 82-acre campus, the new school will replace the existing Mount Vernon Township High School campus that includes 11 buildings, the oldest built in 1905. The new campus will include a new 2 story classroom building housing classrooms and administrative offices and a 2-story building housing a large gymnasium, secondary gymnasium, auditorium and vocational technical school. McCarthy is also completing significant sitework including a football and track stadium with associated bleachers, baseball field, softball field and practice fields, along with surface parking, hardscape, landscape, stormwater drainage and other associated site, road and utility improvements.
McCarthy is utilizing sophisticated technology tools to improve efficiencies both during construction and after turnover to the school district upon completion. “For example, the team is utilizing photo documentation of all in-wall rough-ins that they will turn over to the school district at the end of the project,” commented Brian Baldwin, McCarthy project manager. “This will provide them with a 360 degree view of every room, prior to drywall, to help their facilities staff better service their building in the future.”
About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has been building communities across America for more than 150 years, delivering certainty for clients in a diverse range of markets. Throughout all phases of a project, from early integrated design phase services, through construction and after completion, McCarthy builders utilize industry-leading construction techniques and the most sophisticated technology to deliver the highest quality, job-site safety and ultimately, the best value. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 5th largest education builder in America (Engineering News-Record, October 2015). Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy has approximately 1,700 salaried employees with offices in Collinsville, Ill.; St. Louis; Atlanta; Kansas City, Kan.; Denver; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Dallas, Houston; Albuquerque; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at the website or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.
