It is a well known fact that the life expectancy of an average healthy human is 77.6 years.  With the baby boomer generation entering its retirement years, active adult planned communities are expanding around the nation.  With increasing demands for these types of active adult communities, builders are looking for advanced products that can help complete the job on time.  Maintaining a schedule, producing a quality home, and finishing the job in less time are the struggles that many builders face.  Parrish Construction and Superior Walls of New Jersey have teamed up to undertake one such project in Southern New Jersey.  John Ruga of Superior Walls of New Jersey stated, “It was a great opportunity for us to provide our precast wall panels for a job of this magnitude.  It enabled us to demonstrate the versatility of Superior Walls and how they can be customized for most residential building applications.”

When Rusty Parrish of Parrish Construction was looking for a quality wall system to build his retirement community, he turned to residential precast concrete wall system. 

The project that started last year consists of 17 duplexes with a total of 34 units. Each unit consists of 1,700 sq ft of living space and 2,200 sq ft with a two car garage.  The walls supplied were 10’ in height and had an installed insulation rating of R-12.5.  On the jobsite, an additional R-19 rating is added to provide an overall rating of R-31.  On the outside, each house is coated with stucco and stone. The walls are also reinforced with steel rebar encased 5,000psi concrete to help ensure that the new home is dry and warm.  Parrish was looking to complete this project with speed, efficiency, and most importantly, quality.  Speed and quality is what Parrish Construction received from Superior Walls with two units being installed by a certified crew in one day.  “Working with a project this large, it is imperative that a schedule is maintained”, stated Rusty.  “This system saves time and helps maintain our tight building schedule.” 

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