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| Toyota awards contracts for its new Highlander plant Toyota has awarded two construction contracts for its new Highlander vehicle assembly plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. Harrell Contracting Group, based in Ridgeland, Madison County, has formed a partnership with Homewood, Illinois-based Graycor Industrial Contractors Inc., for the foundation project for the plant's stamping and paint buildings. Work for his project will begin in September. Harrell employs 150 people in the state of Mississippi. Toyota also selected Midwest Steel, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan, for the structural steel project for the plant's stamping and paint buildings. This project will coincide with the foundation project in September. Site preparation will continue through this fall and Toyota will select general contractors for the project in October. At peak construction in summer 2008, approximately 2,000 workers will be on site and the majority of them will be from the local area. In February, Toyota announced that it had chosen a 1, 700-acre site in Blue Springs to build 150,000 Toyota Highlander SUVs annually. The new plant represents a $1.3 billion investment by Toyota that is expected to hire around 2,000 team members. Vehicle production is scheduled to start by 2010. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |