Turner Construction has commenced the $150m development of the New Frayser Community High School in Memphis, Tennessee, US.
This project involves building an educational facility to accommodate 1,500 students.
The new 270,000ft² high school will consolidate the existing MLK Prep and Trezevant High School.
According to Turner, it will offer a “modern” learning environment with a specialised centre for career and technology education, a creative arts or fine arts centre, STEM labs, broadcast facilities, graphic design classrooms, sports facilities, as well as Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) facilities.
The project will focus on durability, safety and adaptability to support future technological advancements and new teaching methods.
This development is planned in two phases, with the construction timeline set to meet the opening date for the academic year 2027–2028.
Turner Construction vice-president and general manager Andy Davis said: “Frayser High School is more than a building—it’s a promise to the next generation.”
“We’re honoured to be a part of this project and to work with the Frayser community to create a space where students can thrive, explore, and build their futures.”
Turner Construction and Gilbane Building Company are also construction managers on the $2.1bn Highmark Stadium project in New York, US, which was topped out earlier this month with the placing of the final key roof module for the facility.
In February, Turner Construction celebrated the topping out of the Press Blocks project in Portland, Oregon, signifying the completion of vertical construction on the mixed-use development.
