Delaware

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Major Projects ($5M+) 2019-2024

Delaware Fact Sheet, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

Number of Major Projects

($5+ million) 

6

Major Project Valuation

(Any major project active
between 2019 and 2024)

$846 million

Total Construction Spending

(Capital and maintenance
expenditure, 2019-2024)

$625 million

Largest Construction Projects, Pharmaceutical and Biotech Manufacturing and R&D, 2019-2024

Project OwnerProject CityStateYearsValue
WuXi STAMiddletown G-R Project Dragonfly API, Proc Dev, Solid Dos, Sterile Pro CMO PlantMiddletownDE2022-26$510 million
The Chemours CompanyNewark Grassroot Chemours Discovery R&D HubNewarkDE2017-20$150 million
Cigna CorporationNewark Brownfield Specialty Compound Pharmacy with Packaging/Logistics FacilityNew CastleDE2024-25$89 million
Incyte CorporationWilmington Blood Cancer Therapeutics R&D Building AdditionWilmingtonDE2019-22$70 million
Wilmington PharmaTech Company Newark Small Scale APIS CDMO Building Fit Out Phase I And IINewarkDE2018-19$18 million
Analytical Biological Services IncorporatedNew Castle Brownfield Cell Cultures, Biospecimens & Biological Material CDMONew CastleDE2023-24$9 million

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Delaware

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT

Industry Analysis:

Delaware

Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing

(NAICS = 325400)

Firms:

47

Employees:

616

Annual Wages:

$66 million

Wages per Employee:

$106,528

Construction Labor Overview, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

Total Labor Hours

(14 trades; installation and maintenance)

1,252,369

Union Labor Hours (est.)

(Estimated state union% in non-residential blue-collar construction trades = 50.7% )

335,425

Union Earnings (est.)

$14,456,570

Data Sources

Pharmaceutical and biotech industry data (projects, spending, labor hours demanded) from Industrial Information Resources (IIR). State industry employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW) using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). State union percent in non-residential construction calculated by dividing union members in construction (unionstats.com) by blue-collar QCEW employment in nonresidential construction firms in 2019 (assumes union density equals zero in residential construction; blue-collar percentage from NAICS=23 using the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics series). Note: Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry statistics (above) do not represent the entirety of the pharmaceutical and biotech industry featured in this study. Most significantly, in addition to NAICS 325400 (“Pharmaceutical Manufacturing”), other industry jobs comprise a subset of NAICS 541700 (“Scientific R&D Services”).

Construction Labor Overview, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

InstallationMaintenanceTotal
Boilermaker15,13743415,571
Carpenter64,4413,53167,972
Electrician377,52511,852389,377
HVAC Installers38,10520238,306
Instrumentation Tech228,0354,302232,337
Insulator33,6193,40936,237
Ironworker32,8283,40936,237
Laborer71,6201,32772,947
Millwright52,2823,91656,198
Operator82,49699883,494
Painting11,91598412,900
Plumber + Pipefitter157,4541,259158,713
Scaffolding27,29668527,981
Welder23,2842,39525,679
Total1,216,03736,3331,252,369

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