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The new store is located at 4625 Old Post Road (right next to the existing store).

After months of planning and preparation we are raising the timber frame for the Charlestown Package Store.   South County Post and Beam cut the frame and is raising the structure.  The mortise and tenon frame is made from Douglas Fir and is held together by oak splines and pegs.   The structure is about 1/3 complete and we are scheduled to finish the timber frame by the end of the week.

With a timber frame building and Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) walls we have to be thoughtful about how and where we are going to run the wires and mount the fixtures.  Our design includes dramatic lighting, fire and security alarms, audio and visual systems, a cash register and inventory system, wiring for the geothermal heating and cooling system, and the usual array of outlets and switches.

We called everyone together – Tom, Tom, Ed, Traves, Ryan from Delta H; Meggin from Bay State Audio; Evelyn from Evelyn Audet Lighting; Sam and Lenny from Century Electric – to discuss the challenges and develop a plan.

We decided to build two horizontal chases into all of the wall panels and run all of the wires for overhead and ceiling mounted alarms through the roof.   This will require close coordination as Delta H will leave off the roof sheathing until Century Electric and the alarm company run their wires on top of the foam insulation.

After a year of work designing the building, developing the site and landscape plans, presenting the project to the Charlestown Planning Commission, and securing state and local permits we are staring to build.

Our plan calls for removing the house next door to the current Package Store, building the new store, and then, once the new store is open demolishing the existing store. First we stripped everything of that could be reused out of the building – all the plumbing fixtures, lights, switch plates, doors, interior trim was removed and saved for future use.

Once the house was gone we started clearing the land, leveling the site, and making preparations for the foundation. Tony Nenna, of On-Site Engineering, is the civil engineer and Mike Morrone, of Morrone Excavation, is the excavator.

The Big Cats go to Work

Tony Nenna and Mike Morrone