Manufacturing construction was hit hard during the pandemic, Steve Jones, senior director of industry insights and research for Dodge Data & Analytics, told ENR’s FutureTech conference.

In 2019, the sector had more than $32 billion in construction starts. But in 2020, manufacturing starts fell to one-third of that and are expected to stay flat in 2021, with only a modest increase of 8% in 2022, Jones said. “It’s been choppy,” he said. “When consumers stop buying,” the supply chain just falls off.

但他说，数据中心，仓库和配送中心的建设不在图表之外。尽管后两个小组的工作几乎对商业建筑业没有影响，但仓库建设现在约占其总数的30％。

“Everything is becoming more and more digital and the need for digital drives the need for e-commerce, and it drives the need for data centers,” Anthony Johnson, executive vice president of Clayco, told ENR. He says Clayco has been working on projects for electric vehicle manufacturers and battery manufacturers. “We’ve been able to play a pretty significant role in the electric vehicle movement, which has been fun,” Johnson says.

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Brasfield & Gorrie

Techtronic Industries

Brasfield & Gorrie will provide design-build services for an $85-million power tools assembly and distribution operations center for Techtronic Industries North America in Anderson, S.C. The project includes construction of 1 million sq ft of space. The facility will be used to assemble, recondition and distribute electric power tools, according to Industrial Reports. Construction is expected to begin in the second quarter. Techtronic recently built a new warehouse and distribution facility in Gaffney, S.C.

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美国人

Polymers Manufacturing

预计在爱荷华州克林顿的SPIBER AMERICA聚合物制造厂的建设预计将于今年在Archer Daniels Midland Co.生物融资中开始。该公司目前正在最终确定该项目的工程，采购和建筑公司。它的范围包括建造建筑物和设备基础；修改现有建筑空间；购买和安装不锈钢罐，工艺和发酵容器以及提取，纯化，干燥，储存和包装设备和系统。该工厂将处理基于玉米的葡萄糖，以生产用于制造服装和其他消费产品的生物聚合物。