Foxconn awards $83M to build out manufacturing building

October 2, 2019 2:01 pm Leave a comment

Work continues on Foxconn's main, 1 million-square-foot manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant. (Photo by Kevin Harnack)

Foxconn Technology Group announced on Wednesday that it has awarded $83 million worth of contracts enlisting more than a dozen companies in the fleshing out of the frame of its main manufacturing building in Mount Pleasant, as well as various other sorts of work nearby.

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Five contractors win work on Foxconn factory with more bids coming ahead of building season (VIDEO)

March 28, 2019 2:57 pm Leave a comment

David DeGroot, (left) president of the village of Mount Pleasant; Adam Jelen, senior vice president for the central and Midwest division of Gilbane; and Jonathan Delagrave, Racine County Executive, stand on Thursday at Foxconn Technology Group’s project site in Mount Pleasant before announcing the winners of two contracts for work on the company’s massive factory complex. The officials said Giles Engineering, Staff Electric Company, Hoffman Construction, A.W. Oakes & Sons and Payne & Dolan were the prime contractors that had won Foxconn-related contracts for site utilities, roadwork and drainage improvements, among various other projects. (Staff photo by Rick Benedict)

Five Wisconsin companies have won $34 million worth of utility and roadwork at Foxconn Technology Group's Mount Pleasant factory site, construction officials announced on Thursday, a step that could herald the start of a busy construction season.

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Racine water projects drawing competition as officials spend big to prepare for Foxconn

November 29, 2018 2:18 pm Leave a comment

There's some $40 million worth of water-utility projects already underway in Racine County, as crews work to improve the county's infrastructure in preparation for the massive factory Foxconn Technology Group is building in Mount Pleasant.

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A.W. Oakes low-bidder on street and water-infrastructure work in Mount Pleasant

September 11, 2018 2:54 pm Leave a comment

A.W. Oakes & Son, of Racine, is the low-bidder on an $8.8 million job to rebuild streets and install a water-main relay in Mount Pleasant, the latest in a string of local infrastructure projects being undertaken to support the massive factory Foxconn Technology Group is building nearby.

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