You’re Invited to Newbury’s First Annual Fall Festival!

YOU’RE INVITED!Please RSVP to Lisa with your number of adults and children attending at lrutkowski@eqa-lc.com if you plan on joining us!

Get to Know Newbury: South Fayette HS Football

Newbury is proud to be apart of the South Fayette community.  This Fall in South Fayette has been extra special, with the South Fayette Lions football team going undefeated thus far, with only two games remaining in the regular season!  In fact, the Lions are currently rated #3 in the WPIAL Class AA and #10 in PIAA Class AA!

Image via sftouchdownclub.org

If the Lions get a win tonight, they clinch the Century Conference championship!

The 58 Players have been working hard all season to acheive this perfect record.  Before each game, Head Coach Joe Rossi details a preview of Friday night’s game.  Tonight, the Lions take on Steel Valley.  Here is Coach Rossi’s preview:

The Steel Valley Ironmen come into this game with a 5-2 record after beating Seton LaSalle 33-14 last Friday night. They jumped on Seton 20-0 in the 1st quarter and never surrendered the lead. They are led by the three headed monster on offense, quarterback, fullback and tailback. Quarterback Tony Johnson (#2), fullback James Caldwell (#6) and tailback Delrece Williams (#21) pose a serious threat on offense. They will run an option style offense with the ability to also pound the ball. The Lions must pursue to the ball and tackle well if we want to be successful.

Their defense operates out of a 4-4 cover three set. They have a good core of linebackers and a secondary that will not give up the big play. Their best defensive player is Kevin Ohm (#1) who plays defensive end. He has given teams fits as a pass rusher.

The Lions will have to once again win the turnover and special team battle in order to win.

To view all of Coach Rossi’s Friday Night previews, click here.

An article was published about South Fayette’s Lion Football team in today’s Post-Gazette.  “Undefeated South Fayette poses a major problem for Steel Valley”

To view the South Fayette Lions 2009 Roster, click here.

To view photos from the games, click here.

Newbury is proud to be apart of a community so rich with homeown spirit!  We wish the Lions good luck in the WPIAL playoffs and hope to see the Lions make it to Heinz!

UPDATE:  South Fayette defeated Steel Valley 21 to 0 Friday night.  They continue their undefeated season!  Read the Post-Gazette’s take on their pursuit of the perfect season here.

Site Construction Update: October 16, 2009

With Pittsburgh’s weather officially making the transition towards Fall, this is our first construction update in some time, and so much progress has been made!  Whether it be on the residential site, the 84 Lumber site, and the other commercial space, hopefully this site update gives you some insight of all that has been done at Newbury since our last update!

In the below panorama, (click to view it up close!) you can see the earthwork that has been done for the building pads and the surcharges that have been built for the commercial site.

Here’s a few of the action shots, showing the articulated trucks moving dirt for the “surcharge.”  The building pad is at its final grade, four or five feet up, and to compact the existing ground below the building pad where a “surcharge” is built.  At this location, about 12′ of soil is being placed over the building pad, to create the surcharge.  In addition to the 4′ – 5′ of soil required to bring the site up to its final grade.  After the existing ground has settled, the surcharge will be removed, and this soil will be used to grade the parking area.

Another panorama showing the final grade of a building pad.

This photo shows a piezometer, a sensor that measures pore pressure and groundwater.  It checks the progress of the surcharge, so that engineers can determine when the settlement of the existing ground is complete.

Back at the 84 Lumber site, this panorama shows the engineered soil slope (geo-grid wall) and the grading going up the hill.

The next few photos show the continued construction of the stormwater system, with piping and manholes that will carry stormwater to the underground retention structure.

Here is the manhole and pipe after it’s installation has been completed:

Notice the five sections of the manhole:

This panorama shows the continued construction of the geo-grid wall:

More photos showing the detail of the geo-grid wall:

As you can see, big rolls of the fabric material are laid out and then cut a certain length.  They then lay it out against the wire baskets and tie it in, which then reinforces the ground for that full length behind the geo-grid wall.

Want to know how tall the geo-grid wall is?  Each step is a foot and a half.  The wall currently stands are twelve feet!

This panorama shows the progress that has been made over the weeks at the 84 Lumber site:

Now, we move up the hill to the residential portion of Newbury.

Believe it or not, there is an articulated truck down in that hole!  This panorama shows the excavator is loading dirt into the back of the truck.  The articulated truck is in that hole on a haul road, which is actually at what will be the final elevation of the residential site!

This panorama shows what the final grade is and a close-up shot of the haul road.

This panorama shows the fill embankment.  It is in the middle of the first phase of the residential site!

Notice the rock underdrain to allow groundwater to flow down the hill below the fill embankment.  The gray pipe that is visible running along the slope collects any groundwater where the fill embankment ties back into the existing slope, and allows the water to drain to the rock underdrain.

This panorama shows the residential site from the very top, where some excavation has been completed!

And finally two overall progress shots looking down the hill at the commercial site.

First the panorama which was taken at the edge of what will be a cul-de-sac.

And the last panorama, which shows more of the construction equipment in motion!  It’s a pretty steep hill!

Here is a gallery of all the photos used in this blog entry (click on them to view the larger version).

“Positively Pittsburgh”

Recently, Pittsburghers have been enjoying being named “Best Sports City” by the Sporting News; but over the years, Pittsburgh has become the subject of countless accolades!  Whirl Magazine put together a “compendium of some of the city’s most brilliant accolades.”

Here are some of our favorites:

Pittsburgh has the best commercial real estate market in the country, according to Moody’s.  (2009)

Pittsburgh is one of America’s 25 Strongest Housing Markets,  according to Forbes.com.  (2009)

Pittsburgh is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Top 25 Solar America Cities.

Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Livable City in America, according to the Economist Magazine.  (2009)

Pittsburgh is #13 for Best Cities for Young Professionals, according to Forbes Magazine.  (2008)

Pittsburgh is one of the Smartest Places to Live in America, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine.  (2006)

Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Livable City in America, according to Places Rated Almanac.  (2007)

Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Romantic City for Baby Boomers, according to Sperling’s Best Places.  (2007)

Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Affordable City to Date according to Match.com.  (2009)

Pittsburgh is the #1 Tourist Destination, according to Frommer’s Travel Guides.  (2008)

Pittsburgh is one of the top 10 of the World’s Cleanest Cities, according to Forbes Magazine.  (2007)

Pittsburgh is #10 out of the 25 Best Walking Places in America, according to Prevention Magazine.  (2009)

Pittsburgh is #16 of the Fittest Cities in America, according to the American College of Sports and Medicine’s American Fitness Index.  (2009)

To read more about the great city of Pittsburgh, click here.

Get to Know Newbury: South Fayette HS Band Program

South Fayette High School takes great pride in its school district.  One shining star amongst this school district is its high school band program.  Affectionately known as “The Little Green Machine,” the Marching Band has been entertaining audiences with its high-energy dance-and-play concept and powerful sound for over sixty years.  Ever since the band’s creation in 1947, every element of every show has been created entirely by its members.

The South Fayette community takes pride in the tradition deeply rooted within its “Little Green Machine.”  In fact, much of what the band practices today has been passed down through generations of South Fayette students and directors, including its three-part audition process and “rookie” spot rotation.  Another key element of the “Little Green Machine” tradition requires all majorettes to successfully complete one full year as an instrumentalist in the band before auditioning to become a majorette.  Even after earning a spot as a majorette, each girl must maintain her skills in instrumental music performance, both in the concert band and every “Little Green Machine” performance by dropping her baton, picking up her instrument, and performing a number with the other band members.

It is through these very traditions that the South Fayette High School Band has earned its respect in the school, pride in the community, and reputation throughout Western Pennsylvania.

Newbury is proud to be apart of the same community as the “Little Green Machine!”

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Join Our Newbury Mailing List

As we progress in the building process and into the construction of the residential portion of Newbury, we get closer to the models opening and pre-sale beginning.  Our database numbers are already greatly exceeding the number of homes that will be available for purchase at Newbury, and we wanted to stress that the only way to get the home lot of your choice is by becoming involved as early as possible.

Please join our database by emailing homes@newburymarket.com and from there you will be kept up to date on home design releases, the launch of our website, project events happening at the site, and most importantly, when we set the date for pre-sale to get underway.

If you are already a member of our database, and you will be notified when pre-sale begins.  Encourage your friends and family to join!  As always, any feedback you can give us is greatly appreciated.  If there is something you’re dying to see at Newbury, we’d like to hear about it!

We look forward to the launch of our website later this month!

Newbury Featured on WPXI Channel 11 News!

Newbury was featured on WPXI Channel 11 News on the evening of  September 18th!

The segment features great views of the development site and EQA Landmark Communities President, Brett Malky, spoke about all of the excitement surrounding Newbury!

To view the WPXI segment, click here.