Washington

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Major Projects ($5M+) 2019-2024

Washington 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)

$2.48 billion

Total Construction Spending

(Capital and maintenance
expenditure, 2019-2024)

$1.73 billion

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

Project Owner		Project City	State	Years	Value
BioMed Realty Trust Incorporated	Seattle Brownfield (Innov8) Denny Park South Life Science Complex Phase I and II	Seattle	WA	2024-27	$350 million
BioMed Realty Trust Incorporated	Seattle Grassroot Dexter Yard Biomed Life Sciences Towers	Seattle	WA	2019-22	$250 million
Vulcan Incorporated	Seattle Brownfield 312 Ninth Life Sciences Building	Seattle	WA	2023-24	$200 million
Touchstone Corporation	Seattle Grassroot “Chapter” Life Science R&D Plant	Seattle	WA	2022-24	$196.2 million
Jubilant HollisterStier LLC	Spokane Aseptic Fill/Finish & Lyophilized Vials CMO Line 4 Building Addition	Spokane	WA	2023-26	$193 million
Alexandria Real Estate Equities	Seattle South BF Lake Union Brownfield Eleven50 Life Science Building	Seattle	WA	2021-25	$125 million
Shape Therapeutics	Seattle Brownfield Gene/Cell Therapy/MRNA Viral Vectors CDMO	Seattle	WA	2022-23	$112 million
Jubilant HollisterStier LLC	Spokane Aseptic Fill/Finish & Lyophilized Vials CMO Covid-19 Building Addition	Spokane	WA	2021-22	$92 million
Just Evotec Biologics Incorporated	Redmond Grassroot Bulk Biologics Single Use CMO Plant	Redmond	WA	2019-21	$85 million
AbSci Corporation	Vancouver Grassroot Biologics Antibodies and Proteins Plant	Vancouver	WA	2021	$85 million

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Washington

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT

Industry Analysis:

Washington

Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing

(NAICS = 325400)

Firms:

180

Employees:

3,908

Annual Wages:

$431 million

Wages per Employee:

$110,343

Construction Labor Overview, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

Total Labor Hours

(14 trades; installation and maintenance)

3,472,292

Union Labor Hours (est.)

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

1,740,477

Union Earnings (est.)

$78,802,824

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	40,516	2,625	43,141
Carpenter	172,477	21,383	193,859
Electrician	1,010,454	71,769	1,082,223
HVAC Installers	99,509	1,230	100,740
Instrumentation Tech	610,340	26,051	636,391
Insulator	89,981	6,298	96,279
Ironworker	87,866	20,642	108,507
Laborer	191,693	8,034	199,728
Millwright	139,934	23,711	163,645
Operator	220,803	6,044	226,847
Painting	31,892	5,960	37,852
Plumber + Pipefitter	421,429	7,622	429,051
Scaffolding	73,059	4,149	77,208
Welder	62,319	14,502	76,821
Total	3,252,271	220,021	3,472,292

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