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A joint team of Falls Church, Hitt Contracting and Morrisville, based in North Carolina, Be & K Building Group have won the Boeing Expansion project of South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, according to a Hitt March 4. Infrastructure update is part of Boeing’s recent $ billion performance on its North Charleston campus.
Boeing revealed his plans To expand the facilities, located at 5400 International Blvd. and 9775 Patriot Blvd., on December 12, according to the governor of the South Carolina Office. Movements occur as Boeing prepares to meet increasing demand 787 Dreamliner.
Boeing established operations in South Carolina in 2009, and has been the home of the 787 Dreamliner production cycle for more than a decade, according to the Governor’s office.
The full investment of $ 1 billion will allow Boeing to add a service and tests for your loading freight, known as Dreamlifter, a 747 modified on a loading goods plane that transports suppliers pieces for the Dreamliner 787 assembly, According to the manufacture immersion. It will also create approximately 8.2 hectares of structural concrete and a new car park for employees.
“Hitt is proud to collaborate with Be & K and Boeing in this transformative expansion in Charleston,” said Evan Antonides, Hitt co -president, in the company’s statement.
The news reaches the heels of a tumultuous year for the aviation giant, which lost $ 11.8 billion by 2024To a large extent due to a 53 -day strike and the costs associated with thousands of layoffs. The company also deals with the fall of security -related events that include Two disasters of high -profile aviationwho killed a total of 346 people in 2018 and 2019, and another incident who saw a Plugi of the door comes from the fuselage In a Boeing 737-9 Max in January 2024.
The JV will be responsible for the construction of the project, with BRPH, based in Melbourne, Florida as a memory architect, according to the statement. Construction is expected to begin by the end of this year, with an end scheduled at the beginning of 2027.
