AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
UPDATE
January 2015
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Industrial to Construct Boeing Composite Facility Expansion
St. Louis-based MC Industrial, Inc., an independent McCarthy
company, has been chosen to construct Boeing’s new 367,000-square-foot composite
center on its St. Louis campus. MC Industrial, along with their design partner,
Burns & McDonnell, will manage the design and construction of the manufacturing
facility.
Preliminary design is underway, with construction starting in
the winter 2015. An official groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 16.
Final completion of the facility is scheduled for June 2016.
The new multi-million dollar project is a manufacturing
facility and will produce parts for the 777X aircraft. The facility is an
expansion of Boeing’s St. Louis tooling center where MC Industrial has completed
several projects.
“This project not only represents a great opportunity for us,
but it is great for St Louis and the region, as it represents the first major
production facility in St Louis for the commercial aircraft market.” said Tom
Felton, President of MC Industrial.
“MC Industrial has a long history of working with Boeing,
beginning in the early 1990s, and we are thrilled to be working for this
industry leader once again,” added Felton.
To celebrate reaching the highest point of the build on a new
£22m Space Technology Centre at Harwell, Oxfordshire, Willmott Dixon will hold a
topping out ceremony. Willmott Dixon Construction has been appointed by the
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to design and build the new
facility for RAL Space based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. It will be
home to the UK’s largest and most sophisticated space design, production and
research facilities and is an extension to the existing laboratory, with Phase
1A due for completion in May 2015.
The integration facility will accommodate a coordinated set of
space facilities, supported by world leading integration and calibration teams.
The 7,500 sq.m. (80,700 sq. ft.) facility will provide specialist areas
including cleanrooms, offering ultra-clean environments needed for the
successful manufacture and testing of sensitive space-related equipment such as
cameras and telescopes.
Matthew Raybould, Operations Director at Willmott Dixon, said:
“This is a really interesting and innovative scheme for us to be involved in.
“As a firm we are working to a demanding and technical building in a tight
timescale and have reached the topping out milestone within six months of being
on site which is a great achievement. The success of this build is testament to
a great team effort from all those involved.” Their principal designers are The
Fairhursts Design Group (architectural & landscaping), Glanville Consultants
(structural & civil engineering), Briggs & Forrester (MEP services design &
installation) and Clean Room Construction (clean- room areas).
Sean Stewart, Regional Head of Estates and Facilities
Management at STFC, said: “Central government is investing heavily in
space-related activities and this new facility will link the European Space
Agency HQ and the Satellite Applications Catapult at Harwell, creating a centre
for excellence and highlighting the continued growth in the UK space sector.”
Mark Adey, a Director at The Fairhursts Design Group (FDG), said: “FDG has a
reputation for designing world leading technical facilities in the science and
research sector, so we were delighted to be appointed by Willmott Dixon to act
as architect on the Space Technology Centre. “Working on a scheme of national
importance is extremely rewarding for the team and has allowed us to create a
cutting edge home for the RAL Space Directorate.
The design is influenced by the theme of outer space in its
color scheme and the materials used. RAL100 will also offer the public a unique
opportunity to see a satellite inspired art installation, which is suspended
from the ceiling, thanks to an extensive use of glass around the atrium and
reception area. Now that we are reaching the end of the construction phase, it’s
fantastic to see the building coming to life.”Work on Phase 1B of the facility,
providing further cleanroom facilities is anticipated to commence in June 2015,
after the completion of Phase 1A.
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