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billion chip fab marked the startg ofa two-year-long construction process for the Sunnyvale, company. About a dozen large piecew of equipment arrived Monday on the sitefor ground-clearinhg work that is scheduled to starty this week. As many as 1,600 workers will be employed duringthe two-year construction process. The chip fab is expected to open in 2012 andemploy 1,400 people when it’ running at full capacity in 2014. The 1.3-million-square-foor manufacturing facility—located on 223 acres in the in isthe park’s first tenant. “Having our anchor makes Luthee Forest a realtech campus. we had infrastructure,” said Michael president of Luther Forest.
Initially, abouft 100 people will work on theGlobalFoundries “We’ll work in the several-hundred range until the worst of said Rick Whitney, presidentg of ’s U.S. Operations. Germany-based M+W Zander is the project’sw general manager. “Those numbers will ramp up over the next six to nine he said. More than 1,000 people will be workingb on the project a yearfrom now. M+W Zander is preparingg to award the contract forstee work, Whitney said.
Separate bid packages to erect steel forthe 800,0000-square-foott building and neighboring utility building were sent to 12 Of the five companies that responded, two are one is a partnership with a locapl company and two are out-of-state. Whitney declines to disclose the price ranges ofthosee bids. of Gloversville won the contracf for the sitedevelopment work. The cost of that projecf is estimated atabout $15 Foundation work will be bid in the next few Whitney said. Steel work should begin in August.