North Carolina Construction News staff writer
Construction of Weathers Creek High School in Troutman has reached the topping-out stage, with Monteith Construction Corp. placing the final structural steel beam as work continues on the new Iredell-Statesville Schools facility.
Monteith held a topping-out ceremony with the project team and trade partners, including Adams + Associates Architecture and Iredell-Statesville Schools.
The new high school is being built on Overcash Road in Troutman and is scheduled to open in August 2027.
Monteith is the general contractor, with Adams + Associates Architecture serving as architect. The consultant team includes Britt, Peters & Associates, Consultant Engineering Services Inc. (CESI), McAdams, Foodesign Associates, Duguid, AVL+A and Aiken Cost Consultants.
The approximately 236,000-sq. ft. school is designed for 1,600 students. The building will include classrooms, science laboratories, career and technical education spaces, two gymnasiums, an auditorium and media centre.
The campus also includes athletic facilities, including a stadium with a turf field and track, practice fields, baseball and softball facilities and tennis courts.
The school was originally awarded to Monteith for about $143.1 million, including selected alternates. The project was later divided into phases as Iredell-Statesville Schools and local officials worked through funding for the campus and athletic facilities.
The project is intended to provide additional capacity as the southern Iredell County area continues to grow and to relieve enrollment pressure at Lake Norman High School and South Iredell High School.
The topping-out milestone moves the project into the next stages of construction, with work continuing on the building envelope and interior systems ahead of the planned 2027 opening.