Industry Leads for the Week of October 3, 2022

ALABAMA

SmartLam North America is planning to upgrade and expand its 225,000-sq-ft cross-laminated timber manufacturing plant in Dothan. The project scope includes construction of a 140,000-sq-ft glue-laminated structural components production building; and purchase and installation of propane, glue and resin storage tanks and sawing, gluing and laminating equipment. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2022 or first quarter of 2023. The estimated EPC cost is $62 million. SmartLam North America, 1371 Hodgesville Road, Dothan, 36301. IR#AL220905.

GEORGIA

GAF Corp. is planning to construct a thermoplastic polyolefin roofing manufacturing plant on a 130-acre site in Valdosta. The project scope includes construction of building space; purchase and installation of raw material storage vessels, hoppers, conveyors and mixing, extrusion, cutting, coating, curing, finishing and packaging equipment. Clayco has been selected to provide general construction services for the building. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2022. GAF Corp., 1 Campus Drive, Parsippany, N.J., 07054. IR#GA220905.

KENTUCKY

Kloeckner Metals Corp. is planning to construct a steel plate processing facility at Nucor’s steel plate mill being constructed in Brandenburg. The project scope includes construction of building space and purchase and installation of burning, beveling, drilling, machining, blasting and fabrication equipment. Construction is expected to begin late in the third or fourth quarter of 2022. The estimated EPC cost is $18 million. Kloeckner Metals Corp., 500 Colonial Center Parkway, Roswell, Ga., 30076. IR#KY220819.

NEW YORK

Dollar General Corp. is planning to construct a perishable food distribution center on a 21-acre site adjacent to its existing distribution facility in Florida. The project scope includes construction of a 150,000-sq-ft building with dry and cold storage space, and purchase and installation of refrigeration/freezer systems and automated conveyors. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2022 or first quarter of 2023. The estimated EPC cost is $35 million. Dollar General Corp., 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tenn., 37072. IR#NY220710.

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