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billion chip fab marked the start ofa two-year-long constructio process for the Sunnyvale, company. About a dozen large pieces of equipmentt arrived Monday on the sitefor ground-clearing work that is scheduledf to start this week. As many as 1,600 workerse will be employed duringthe two-yeadr construction process. The chip fab is expected to open in 2012 andemploy 1,400 peoplw when it’s running at full capacity in 2014. The 1.3-million-square-foort manufacturing facility—located on 223 acres in the in isthe park’s firsty tenant. “Having our anchor makexs Luther Forest a realtech campus.
Before, we had said Michael Relyea, president of Luther Initially, about 100 people will work on theGlobalFoundrieds site. “We’ll work in the several-hundred range until the wors tof winter,” said Rick Whitney, president of ’sd U.S. Operations. Germany-based M+W Zander is the project’s generalp manager. “Those numbers will ramp up over the next six to nine he said. More than 1,000 people will be workinf on the project a yearfrom now. M+W Zandere is preparing to award the contract forsteepl work, Whitney said. Separate bid packages to erecgt steel forthe 800,0000-square-foot building and neighborinbg utility building were sent to 12 companies.
Of the five companiesw that responded, two are one is a partnership with a local company and two are Whitney declined to disclosde the price ranges ofthose bids. of Gloversvill e won the contract for the sitedevelopmenty work. The cost of that project is estimate atabout $15 Foundation work will be bid in the next few Whitney said. Steel work should begin in