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Released August 28, 2023 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Although by no means the biggest state in the U.S., Maryland is an industrial powerhouse, packing in nearly $8 billion worth of industrial projects presently under construction. While a single light rail project represents more than 50% of the spending, the state's highest number of projects belongs to the Pharmaceutical-Biotech Industry.
Work on the Purple Line light rail extension began in 2018 and is finally approaching completion. The project has entailed the construction of a 16.2-mile stretch of track extending from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George's County. The construction included 21 new stations and a tunnel along the route. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for more details.
Another project involving rail transit, albeit with a different slant, is underway in Hagerstown, about 70 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Hitachi Rail (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is underway with construction of a railcar-manufacturing plant that will produce carriages for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The plant, on track for completion next year, initially will manufacture 256 new 8000-Series railcars for WMATA, then up to 20 railcars a month for trains ranging from metro to high-speed services. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
Maryland's Pharmaceutical-Biotech Industry also represents a strong source of project activity, accounting for more than $1.6 billion in total value. One of the largest projects in this sector is occurring at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In late 2021, construction management firm The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company (Baltimore) began work on the project, which initially involved the demolition of an existing building. In its place, a new 12-story building addition totaling 531,000 square feet is being constructed. The facility will include about 200,000 square feet of laboratory space and will be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver-certified. Construction is expected to wrap up in mid-2026. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Pharma-Biotech Project Database can click here for more information.
In Bethesda, the National Institutes of Health is stepping up its vaccine-research capabilities with the addition of a six-story, 79,000-square-foot building to double lab space in an effort to increase vaccine development for infectious diseases such as those caused by coronaviruses, influenza and HIV. Construction began in 2022 and is expected to wrap up late next year. Subscribers can click here for more details on the project.
A few power projects also are present in Maryland's industrial activity. Among these is Competitive Power Ventures' (Braintree, Massachusetts) CPV Backbone solar farm in Garrett County. Construction began last year and entails placing 450,000 bifacial solar modules to achieve nameplate generation of 178 megawatts. Engineering, procurement and construction firm DEPCOM Power Incorporated (Scottsdale, Arizona) is expected to wrap up the project early next year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Power Project Database can click here to learn more.
Nearing completion is the replacement of more than 20 miles of power transmission line between the Five Forks and Windy Edge substations in Harford County. Work on the Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois) project began last year and includes replacing an approximately 20.7-mile stretch of two existing 115-kilovolt above-ground lines. It also entails the rebuild of a 1.89-mile length of transmission line from the Five Forks substation to the Pennsylvania border, which includes the removal of two circuit lattice towers and replacing them with a double-circuit steel monopile line. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
The manufacture of materials for renewable energy projects will be part of Crystal Steel Fabricators Incorporated's expansion of its structural steel-manufacturing plant in Federalsburg. The project includes constructing an approximately 100,000-square-foot building to further expand the company's steel fabrication capabilities and allow it to manufacture wind turbine foundations as part of a contract to supply turbine components for three planned U.S. offshore wind developments by Danish energy company Orsted (Fredericia). Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Work on the Purple Line light rail extension began in 2018 and is finally approaching completion. The project has entailed the construction of a 16.2-mile stretch of track extending from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George's County. The construction included 21 new stations and a tunnel along the route. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for more details.
Another project involving rail transit, albeit with a different slant, is underway in Hagerstown, about 70 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Hitachi Rail (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is underway with construction of a railcar-manufacturing plant that will produce carriages for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The plant, on track for completion next year, initially will manufacture 256 new 8000-Series railcars for WMATA, then up to 20 railcars a month for trains ranging from metro to high-speed services. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
Maryland's Pharmaceutical-Biotech Industry also represents a strong source of project activity, accounting for more than $1.6 billion in total value. One of the largest projects in this sector is occurring at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In late 2021, construction management firm The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company (Baltimore) began work on the project, which initially involved the demolition of an existing building. In its place, a new 12-story building addition totaling 531,000 square feet is being constructed. The facility will include about 200,000 square feet of laboratory space and will be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver-certified. Construction is expected to wrap up in mid-2026. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Pharma-Biotech Project Database can click here for more information.
In Bethesda, the National Institutes of Health is stepping up its vaccine-research capabilities with the addition of a six-story, 79,000-square-foot building to double lab space in an effort to increase vaccine development for infectious diseases such as those caused by coronaviruses, influenza and HIV. Construction began in 2022 and is expected to wrap up late next year. Subscribers can click here for more details on the project.
A few power projects also are present in Maryland's industrial activity. Among these is Competitive Power Ventures' (Braintree, Massachusetts) CPV Backbone solar farm in Garrett County. Construction began last year and entails placing 450,000 bifacial solar modules to achieve nameplate generation of 178 megawatts. Engineering, procurement and construction firm DEPCOM Power Incorporated (Scottsdale, Arizona) is expected to wrap up the project early next year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Power Project Database can click here to learn more.
Nearing completion is the replacement of more than 20 miles of power transmission line between the Five Forks and Windy Edge substations in Harford County. Work on the Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois) project began last year and includes replacing an approximately 20.7-mile stretch of two existing 115-kilovolt above-ground lines. It also entails the rebuild of a 1.89-mile length of transmission line from the Five Forks substation to the Pennsylvania border, which includes the removal of two circuit lattice towers and replacing them with a double-circuit steel monopile line. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
The manufacture of materials for renewable energy projects will be part of Crystal Steel Fabricators Incorporated's expansion of its structural steel-manufacturing plant in Federalsburg. The project includes constructing an approximately 100,000-square-foot building to further expand the company's steel fabrication capabilities and allow it to manufacture wind turbine foundations as part of a contract to supply turbine components for three planned U.S. offshore wind developments by Danish energy company Orsted (Fredericia). Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
