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SteelCorr Constructs Columbus Facility
SteelCorr, Inc. will initiate construction of a new $650-million company headquarters and steel mill in Columbus, Miss., in June 2005. Sited on 1,400 acres next to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport, the plant will produce 1.5-million tons of flat-rolled steel annually and will employ 450. SteelCorr, formerly based in Birmingham, Ala., received a $25-million infrastructure grant from the state and a $12-million grant from Lowndes County towards the construction of the facility.
GSA Plans Buffalo Courthouse
The General Services Administration has selected Mascaro Construction as general contractor for the planned federal courthouse in Buffalo, N.Y. Designed by architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox , the $100-million, 265,000-sf facility will begin construction in 2007. Construction documents for the 10-story building are expected to be completed by year-end 2005.
BRG Precision Products Expands Operations
BRG Precision Products , a maker of radio synchronized time displays for government agencies, will relocate its manufacturing and shipping operations into a 43,000-sf building planned for construction in the Derby Industrial Park in Derby, Kan. The $2-million project represents a 600 percent expansion of the company's footprint. Construction is expected to begin in summer of 2005 with occupancy slated for December of the same year. BRG is currently working on a $20-million contract replacing information displays in the Pentagon.
Hyundai Opens Montgomery Plant
South Korea-based Hyundai celebrated the opening of its $1.1-billion automotive manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Ala., in May of 2005. Sited on over 1,700 acres, the 2 million-sf facility will produce the Sonata and Santa Fe vehicles. The plant will employ approximately 2,000 workers and will produce up to 300,000 vehicles annually at full capacity. The facility is the first Hyundai manufacturing plant in the United States. Hyundai is also planning to construct a $117-million research and technical center in Ann Arbor, Mich.
North Carolina National Guard Plans Raleigh Headquarters
The North Carolina National Guard is planning to build the $37 million Joint Forces Headquarters Armed Forces Reserve Center on 15 acres in Raleigh, N.C. Built to maximum anti-terrorism standards, the secure headquarters and staging facility will feature blast glass, fence lines, and the necessary standoff distances between parking lots and roads. The complex will also provide space for the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management's Operations Center.