Maryland

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Major Projects ($5M+) 2019-2024

Maryland Fact Sheet, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

Number of Major Projects

($5+ million)

Major Project Valuation

(Any major project active
between 2019 and 2024)

$2.86 billion

Total Construction Spending

(Capital and maintenance
expenditure, 2019-2024)

$2.84 billion

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

Project Owner		Project City	State	Years	Value
MilliporeSigma, a Merck KGaA Company	Rockville Grassroot MRNA/Viral Vector/Therapeutics/APIS Analytical Testing CRO	Rockville	MD	2022-24	$317.2 million
AstraZeneca PLC	Rockville Brownfield Car-T Cell Therapies Manufacturing Facility	Rockville	MD	2024-26	$300 million
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Incorporated	Harmans/BWI Gene/Cell Therapy & Vaccines CDMO Viral Vector Suite Add	Harmans	MD	2022-23	$230 million
Emergent BioSolutions Incorporated	Baltimore Bayview Vaccine Bulk Covid-19 Plant Reno/Equipment Add	Baltimore	MD	2020-22	$150 million
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)	Rockville Biopharmaceutical Benlysta Raxibacumab Autoimmune Plant Retrofit	Rockville	MD	2017-19	$139 million
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Incorporated	Harmans/BWI Gene Therapy CDMO Campus Single-Use System 7565 Harmans Bwi-2 Add	Harmans	MD	2020-22	$130 million
Matan Incorporated	Gaithersburg Brownfield Progress Lab Biomanufacturing Campus Building 1	Gaithersburg	MD	2021-23	$125 million
Matan Incorporated	Gaithersburg Progress Lab Biomanufacturing Campus Building 2 Addition	Gaithersburg	MD	2021-23	$125 million
Kite, a Gilead Company	Frederick Grassroot Chimeric Anitgen Receptor T (Car T) Plant	Frederick	MD	2019-22	$105 million
Matan Incorporated	Frederick Grassroot “Progress Labs At Center 85” Biomfg Complex Phase I	Frederick	MD	2021-22	$100 million

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Maryland

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT

Industry Analysis:

Maryland

Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing

(NAICS = 325400)

Firms:

179

Employees:

10,762

Annual Wages:

$1.89 billion

Wages per Employee:

$175,951

Construction Labor Overview, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

Total Labor Hours

(14 trades; installation and maintenance)

5,704,950

Union Labor Hours (est.)

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

1,353,157

Union Earnings (est.)

$55,171,731

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

	Installation	Maintenance	Total
Boilermaker	61,964	8,597	70,561
Carpenter	263,783	70,027	333,810
Electrician	1,545,370	235,040	1,780,410
HVAC Installers	162,525	4,121	166,646
Instrumentation Tech	933,443	85,315	1,018,758
Insulator	137,615	20,627	158,242
Ironworker	134,380	67,600	201,980
Laborer	293,172	23,312	319,484
Millwright	213,013	77,653	291,666
Operator	337,692	19,795	357,487
Painting	78,775	19,517	68,292
Plumber + Pipefitter	644,526	24,960	669,486
Scaffolding	111,734	13,589	125,324
Welder	95,310	47,493	142,804
Total	4,984,302	720,648	5,704,950

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