Post by d204mom on May 17, 2008 9:22:48 GMT -6
Here is a review - NV was topped out 13 months before it opened to students.
Neuqua Valley crew reaches high point of construction
Daily Herald - August 2, 1996
Author: Deborah Johnson Daily Herald Staff Writer
There's no bat in this belfry. Truth be told, there's no bell either.
But that's not going to stop construction workers today from putting the roof on the "bell tower" at Neuqua Valley High School on 95th Street near Book Road in Naperville.
Perini Building Co. will cap the tower - the tallest part of the building - at an informal ceremony for construction workers and some Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials.
"We're going to just erect it, and everyone will clap and go get pizza and beer," senior project manager Dale Olshesky said.
The ceremony is not open to the public.
"Topping off" parties are a tradition in the construction business, Olshesky said.
In most cases, the ceremonies feature the hoisting of a building's upper-most steel beam signed by the construction crew.
But for Neuqua Valley, the capping of the cupola seemed more appropriate, Olshesky said.
With the tower's top on, the building's highest point will be 60 feet up, Olshesky said.
Tradition also holds that the American flag is hoisted to the upper-most part of the building.
True to that, when the tower's top piece is hauled up with a crane, the flag will be on the machine's rigging.
But workers won't leave the flag up there. "I don't know how we'd get it down," Olshesky said.
Work on Neuqua Valley will be completed next spring. It will open to students in fall 1997.
Neuqua Valley crew reaches high point of construction
Daily Herald - August 2, 1996
Author: Deborah Johnson Daily Herald Staff Writer
There's no bat in this belfry. Truth be told, there's no bell either.
But that's not going to stop construction workers today from putting the roof on the "bell tower" at Neuqua Valley High School on 95th Street near Book Road in Naperville.
Perini Building Co. will cap the tower - the tallest part of the building - at an informal ceremony for construction workers and some Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials.
"We're going to just erect it, and everyone will clap and go get pizza and beer," senior project manager Dale Olshesky said.
The ceremony is not open to the public.
"Topping off" parties are a tradition in the construction business, Olshesky said.
In most cases, the ceremonies feature the hoisting of a building's upper-most steel beam signed by the construction crew.
But for Neuqua Valley, the capping of the cupola seemed more appropriate, Olshesky said.
With the tower's top on, the building's highest point will be 60 feet up, Olshesky said.
Tradition also holds that the American flag is hoisted to the upper-most part of the building.
True to that, when the tower's top piece is hauled up with a crane, the flag will be on the machine's rigging.
But workers won't leave the flag up there. "I don't know how we'd get it down," Olshesky said.
Work on Neuqua Valley will be completed next spring. It will open to students in fall 1997.