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billion chip fab marked the start ofa two-year-long construction processx for the Sunnyvale, Calif., company. Abouyt a dozen large pieces of equipment arrivedr Monday on the sitefor ground-clearing work that is scheduled to start this As many as 1,600 workersa will be employed during the two-year construction process. The chip fab is expecteed to open in 2012 andemplogy 1,400 people when it’s running at full capacit in 2014. The 1.3-million-square-foot manufacturing facility—located on 223 acresd in the in Malta— is the park’s first tenant.
“Havinfg our anchor makes Luther Forest a realtech Before, we had infrastructure,” said Michael Relyea, president of Luther Forest. about 100 people will work on theGlobalFoundries site. “We’ll work in the several-hundred range untilk the worstof winter,” said Rick Whitney, president of ’ s U.S. Operations. Germany-based M+W Zander is the project’ general manager. “Those numbers will ramp up over the next six to nine he said. More than 1,00p people will be working on the project a yearfrom now.
M+W Zandere is preparing to award the contracgt forsteel work, Whitney Separate bid packages to erect steel for the 800,0000-square-foot building and neighboring utility buildiny were sent to 12 companies. Of the five companiesz that responded, two are local, one is a partnership with a local company and twoare out-of-state. Whitneyy declined to disclose the price ranges ofthosee bids. of Gloversville won the contract for the sitedevelopmentr work. The cost of that projecr is estimated atabout $15 million. Foundation work will be bid in the next few Whitney said. Steel work shoulsd begin in August.