Manufacturing Construction

Firms of the Year

Big-D Construction Selected as 2021 Intermountain Contractor of the Year

Teamwork, training and a solidly loyal customer base keep Big-D Construction moving full steam ahead through the pandemic and beyond

Jennifer Seward

August 17, 2021

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Teamwork, training and a solidly loyal customer base keep Big-D Construction moving full steam ahead.

Foxconn Technology Group Wisconsin Fabrication Facility

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UPDATE: Wisconsin, Foxconn Agree to Tax Break Cut for Scaled-Back Electronics Plant

Gov. Tony Evers says new deal works for much-maligned, flat-screen production facility

Jeff Yoders

April 19, 2021

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Taiwan owner takes $2.77B tax break reduction from 2017 for flexibility to build other electronics products in state.

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UPDATE: Trade Secrets Pact Allows Resumed Work on $2.6B Ga. Battery Plant

Mary B. Powers

April 11, 2021

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South Korea's SK Innovation agreed April 11 to $1.8B payment to rival battery maker LG Energy Solutions as Biden administration ruling loomed; LG eyes second plant site in Tennessee.

Autodesk Invests in Construction Supply-Chain Manager

Partnership with Boston-area tech start-up aims to bring manufacturing optimizations to construction

Justin Rice

Jeff Yoders

September 22, 2017

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A young Boston-area start-up, ManufactOn has entered into a non-exclusive partnership with Autodesk, which plans to integrate ManufactOn's cloud and mobile software for optimizing materials and prefabrication supply-chain management with Autodesk's BIM 360 construction management platform. The partnership was announced on Sept. 18.

Taiwan's Foxconn Promises New Wisconsin Tech Campus

August 10, 2017

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Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Foxconn on July 26 said it plans to build a flat-panel LCD-monitor production facility as large as 20 million sq ft at an unspecified southeastern Wisconsin location.

Manufacturing, Award of Merit - Purdue Pharma Manufacturing LP - Oral Solid Dosage Manufacturing Facility

November 1, 2016

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Purdue Pharma Manufacturing’s two-story oral solid dosage manufacturing plant includes a 128,000-sq-ft first floor and a 60,000-sq-ft second floor.

Manufacturing, Award of Merit - Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence

November 1, 2016

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The Austin Co. provided planning, architectural design, engineering and construction services for the expansion of this Northrop Grumman facility, highlighted by Building 100, the new manufacturing home for the U.S. Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.

Manufacturing Best Project - New Belgium East Coast Brewery

November 1, 2016

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New Belgium Brewing Co.’s 131,000-sq-ft brewery, 5,000-sq-ft tasting facility and 1,800-sq-ft process water treatment plant—built on an 18-acre site adjacent to the French Broad River in Asheville’s River Arts District—constituted one of the city’s largest construction projects in more than 50 years.