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Somerville High tile failure traced to an out-of-spec installation; contractor completing building-wide checks
Joint meeting of the Somerville City Council Committee on School Buildings, Facilities, and Maintenance and the Somerville School Committee Subcommittee on School Buildings, Facilities and Maintenance · October 29, 2025
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Summary
Third-party drone imaging and hands-on inspections are complete for reachable areas of Somerville High School's exterior; contractors identified a single out-of-spec installation as the root cause of a tile fall and expect a final report in early November.
City infrastructure staff updated the committee on the investigation into exterior tiles at Somerville High School after a replacement tile fell and struck a parked vehicle. No one was injured.
Staff said an outside firm conducted drone imaging and provided the team a quick-turn report that helped…
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