ENR Southeast 2023 Top Starts Preview
Top Starts project details were derived from data provided by Dodge Data & Analytics, reports from within the public record and information provided by the project teams.
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ENR Southeast 2023 Top Starts
| Rank | Project/ Location |
Project Cost ($ Mil.) | Start Date/ End Date |
Owner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHN PALMOUR MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR SILICON CARBIDE Siler City, N.C. |
2,500 | July 2023 July 2030 |
Wolfspeed | GC: Whiting-Turner Contracting |
| 2 | HYUNDAI/SK EV BATTERY PLANT AT BARTOW CENTRE Cartersville, Ga. |
2,500 | Sept. 2023 July 2025 |
Hyundai Motor America - HQ | GC/Design: Hyundai Engineering |
| 3 | VINFAST ELECTRIC VEHICLE PLANT New Hill, N.C. |
2,000 | Aug. 2023 July 2025 |
VinFast US | GC: Clayco Design: Albert Kahn Associates |
| 4 | HANWHA QCELLS SOLAR PANEL MANUFACTURING PLANT AT HIGHLAND White, Ga. |
1,150 | April 2023 July 2024 |
Hanwha Q CELLS USA Corp. | GC: Gray Construction Inc. |
| 5 | MEN'S CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Elmore, Ala. |
1,080 | Sept. 2023 May 2026 |
Alabama Dept. of Corrections | GC: Caddell Construction Co. |
| 6 | MOBILE LAUNCHER 2 MOD YARD Kennedy Space Center, Fla. |
1,040 | Aug. 2023 July 2027 |
NASA Kennedy Space Center | GC: Bechtel Development Co. |
| 7 | ATRIUM HEALTH CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER BED TOWER Charlotte | 892.9 | May 2023 July 2027 |
Atrium Health, Formerly Carolinas Healthcare System | GC: DPR Construction Inc. |
| 8 | BMW HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY ASSEMBLY FACILITY Woodruff, S.C. |
700 | May 2023 2026 |
BMW Manufacturing Corp. | GC: Evans General Contractors |
| 9 | FACEBOOK STANTON SPRINGS DATA CENTER, PHASE 1 Social Circle, Ga. |
642 | March 2023 Dec. 2026 |
Facebook/Meta | GC: Holder Construction Co. |
| 10 | GDOT: I-285/I-20 EAST INTERCHANGE Atlanta |
606 | May 2023 July 2026 |
Georgia Dept. of Transportation | GC: East Interchange Builders |