Early contractor involvement accelerates advanced manufacturing project delivery

Hensel Phelps outlines delivery strategies (CMAR, design-build, multi-prime) to accelerate advanced manufacturing construction, improve schedule reliability, and align procurement, utilities and commissioning.

• Main announcement/action: Hensel Phelps recommends early contractor involvement delivery methods (CMAR, design-build) and multi-prime cooperative contracting to drive speed-to-market, improve cost transparency, and align construction sequencing with manufacturing needs; examples include a mission-critical campus program using modular delivery and a confidential 1,200-acre manufacturing campus delivered under a multi-prime framework.
• Details and evidence: The article cites an 800+ acre mission-critical campus with a schedule of 170,000 activities, peak craft manpower exceeding 3,000, use of 13 prefabricated CUB modules (~150,000 pounds each) providing 7,000+ tons chilled-water capacity; and a 1,200-acre confidential campus where Hensel Phelps led delivery of 865,000 sq ft across two buildings, peak 12,000 personnel onsite, $80 million in concrete and $109 million in rebar placed in a single year.