Skanska starts school project.Skanska USA Building Inc. has begun construction on the C.B. Jennings Elementary School elementary school: see school. in New London, Connecticut New London is a city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States. It is located at the mouth of the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut. New London was founded in 1646. . This is the second school project for which Skanska has been the construction manager in the city. The project is valued at $30 million. Skanska is providing construction management services for a new 79,000 s/f elementary school. The architect is Friar Associates of Farmington, Connecticut Farmington is a town located in Hartford County in central Connecticut in the United States. The population was 23,641 at the 2000 census. It is home to the world headquarters of several large corporations including Carrier Corporation, Otis Elevator Company, and Carvel. . The school will utilize structural steel framing with concrete decks, masonry wall construction, aluminum curtain walls and punched windows, metal gable roofing with a bow string truss truss, in architecture and engineering, a supporting structure or framework composed of beams, girders, or rods commonly of steel or wood lying in a single plane. roof over the gymnasium and cafeteria. The project also includes abatement and demolition of an existing three-story concrete and masonry school as well as temporary modular classrooms for use as "swing space." The project is scheduled for completion in September 2007. |
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