Construction Underway on $30 Million Helicopter Assembly Plant in Alabama

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Construction is underway for a $30 million expansion of a helicopter assembly plant in Ozark, Alabama for Bell Aerospace Services Incorporated (BellAero) (Bedford, Texas) and site rep, US Helicopter (Ozark, Alabama).

Groundbreaking occurred in October 2006 and construction began in February 2007 for a 355,000 square foot phase expansion which initially included 175,000 square feet of new apron; connectors to runways; 30,000 square feet of flight operations hangar water wash facility and paved ramp. The expansion will allow the company to add to its helicopter maintenance and refurbishing facility and deliver over 140 aircrafts. Overall completion for the expansion is anticipated around the end of October. Phase II and III, planned for the year 2009, will include an additional 90,000 square feet of production hangar and taxiway connections.

Glen Construction Construction Company (Ozark, Alabama) is providing general construction services for the expansion while Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon Incorporated (Dothan, Alabama) provided architectural and engineering services.

Bell Aerospace Services Incorporated is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Helicopter, Textron located in Fort Worth, Texas. Site representative, US Helicopter (Ozark, Alabama) operates the eight maintenance buildings on six acres which provides 60,000 square feet accommodating 42 helicopters per year. The facility performs maintenance and modifications on UH-1 helicopters (Huey, Huey II, UH-1N, TH-1H, OH-58, TH-57, TH-67 and Cobra platforms).

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