A construction project for an industrial plant likely to generate scrap metal and other recyclable materials will soon be underway in Hutchinson, Kan.
Gray Construction Co. of Lexington, Ky., has been selected as general contractor for a $30 million to $50 million Siemens AG wind turbine components manufacturing plant, according to Industrial Info Resources (IIR), Sugar Land, Texas.
Groundbreaking for the 300,000-to-330,000-square-foot building occurred in mid-September. The facility owned by Germany-based Siemens is being built on a 108-acre site in the Salt City Business Park in Hutchinson. The three buildings that will make up the overall plant complex will manufacture wind turbine nacelles, described by IIR as “large, RV-sized structures on the top of the towers that contain the generators.” Other components to be made at the plant include gears, electrical systems and hubs for wind turbines, which are the parts to which the windmill blades connect.
The new facility is being built for what Siemens forecasts will be stronger demand for wind turbine production in North America. Construction is anticipated to be complete by the early summer of 2010. Overall production startup is planned by the fall of 2010, with approximately 400 people working at the site.
Gray Construction Company was among four general construction bidders for the new manufacturing plant, winning the bid over Ryan Companies of Davenport, Iowa; Paul Hemmer Companies of Fort Mitchell, Ky.; and The Austin Co. of Cleveland.
Munich-based Siemens AG, founded in 1847, supplies products and systems for the generation, transmission and distribution of power, as well as for the extraction, conversion and transportation of oil and gas.
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