Oldcastle Precast Building Systems awarded contract for The Avalon Natick Apartment Project in Natick, Massachusetts

Selkirk, NY -- (SBWire) -- 01/03/2012 --Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. recently awarded the precast concrete building contract for Avalon Natick, a new luxury high-rise apartment community in Massachusetts, to Oldcastle Precast Building Systems, of New York. The new luxury apartment complex is located at 5 Chrysler Road in Natick, a premier location in one of the most desirable MetroWest areas of Boston.

Oldcastle Precast will engineer, manufacture, deliver, and install 415,000 square feet of precast concrete hollow core plank and 40,000 square feet of precast concrete slabs that will create the 462,000 square foot apartment complex. In addition, Oldcastle Precast is supplying 80 precast stair components, 80 precast stair landings, and 214 precast lintels.

When all of the precast is erected, Avalon Natick will have a 10-story, 210,000 square foot building with 183 apartments and an 11-story, 252,000 square foot building with 224 apartments. The new 407 unit, luxury high-rise apartment community will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, and penthouse floor plans.

Oldcastle Precast Building Systems will be on the project team with Avalon Bay Communities Inc., the owner of the project, Callahan Inc., Russell Scott Streedle and Capone Architects, Inc., and D.M. Berg Consultants Inc. Avalon Bay Communities Inc. develops and manages hundreds of high-quality apartment communities throughout the country.

The new apartment community is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2013.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications
Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military
Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products. For more information please visit http://www.oldcastleprecast.com.