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Gilbane Building Co., based in Providence, Rhode Island. surpassed the NanoFab reflection facilities in Albany, New York, the cornerstone of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s initiative to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing in the Empire State, according to a Dec. 8 news release from the governor’s office. The $614 million project anchors a $1 billion investment in NY Creates’ Albany NanoTech complex.
The 310,000-square-foot facility will include 50,000 square feet of state-of-the-art cleanroom space, according to the governor’s office. Additional facets of the four-story structure’s project scope include two levels of clean space, a waffle table, two additional levels of support space above the operational level. and an HVAC rooftop “attic” for mechanical equipment such as air handlersaccording to Gilbane and the company’s project page.
In addition, the project will include a 900-car parking garage and aims to achieve the highest level of LEED certification, according to Gilbane.
Gilbane worked with Amsterdam-based manufacturing construction firm DPS Advanced Technology Group, a subsidiary of design firm Arcadis, during the course of the work. The team won the project in January.
“Today’s milestone represents the latest step in establishing New York as a national center for semiconductor production,” Empire State Development President and CEO Hope Knight said in the governor’s news release.
As the year progressed, contractors sought to strengthen their presence in the advanced manufacturing and data center sectors. The Swedish builder Skanska, for example, grew its advanced technology unitwhich arose from the strength of related data center builds. However, as these projects grow, more broadly, spending on non-residential construction has it dropped three times in the last four months.
“Momentum remains confined almost exclusively to the data center segment,” Anirban Basu, chief economist at Associated Builders and Contractors, said in a Nov. 17 news release detailing the contraction. “This should come as no surprise, as approximately 1 in 7 CBA members are contracted to work in a data center, and these contractors have a significantly higher backlog than those who are not.”
