Pennsylvania

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Major Projects ($5M+) 2019-2024

Pennsylvania 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)

$6.97 billion

Total Construction Spending

(Capital and maintenance
expenditure, 2019-2024)

$6.78 billion

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

Project Owner		Project City	State	Years	Value
Center for Breakthrough Medicines	King Of Prussia Brownfield Multi-Phase Plasmid DNA/Viral Vector/Cell Bank CDMO	King of Prussia	PA	2020-23	$1,100 million
Spark Therapeutics Incorporated	Philadelphia Brownfield Gene Therapy Innovation Center CDMO Plant	Philadelphia	PA	2022-26	$575 million
PIDC	Philadelphia Lower Schuylkill Biotech Campus Cgt North Expansion (3000 Market)	Philadelphia	PA	2021-23	$566 million
Sanofi Incorporated	Swiftwater Flu Vaccines Flu Bldg (#79) & Central Utilities Plant (#80) Additions	Swiftwater	PA	2016-19	$425 million
Merck and Company Incorporated	West Point Sterile Injectables/Oral Solutions Vaccines Fill/Finish Bldg Wp50 Add	West Point	PA	2021-23	$350 million
Brandywine Realty Trust	Philadelphia Grassroot West Tower at Schuykill Yards Life Science R&D	Philadelphia	PA	2021-23	$287 million
Drexel University	Philadelphia Brownfield Life Science “The West JFK Tower” (3025)	Philadelphia	PA	2021-23	$287 million
University City Science Center	Philadelphia One UCity Square Life Science Building Addition	Philadelphia	PA	2020-22	$280 million
Keystone Redevelopment Group	Philadelphia Brownfield Landmark “The Curtis” Redevelopment Life Science Bldg	Philadelphia	PA	2023-24	$265 million
SkyREM LLC	Philadelphia Brownfield Quartermaster Science And Technology Park Conversion	Philadelphia	PA	2023-26	$250 million

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Pennsylvania

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT

Industry Analysis:

Pennsylvania

Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing

(NAICS = 325400)

Firms:

163

Employees:

20,488

Annual Wages:

$3.25 billion

Wages per Employee:

$158,671

Construction Labor Overview, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

Total Labor Hours

(14 trades; installation and maintenance)

13,623,355

Union Labor Hours (est.)

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

7,779,348

Union Earnings (est.)

$309,785,930

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	149,126	19,593	168,719
Carpenter	634,836	159,586	794,422
Electrician	3,719,178	535,642	4,254,820
HVAC Installers	376,596	9,467	386,063
Instrumentation Tech	2,246,479	194,427	2,440,906
Insulator	331,193	47,007	378,199
Ironworker	323,407	154,056	477,463
Laborer	705,566	59,963	765,529
Millwright	515,055	176,967	692,022
Operator	812,709	45,111	857,820
Painting	117,385	44,479	161,863
Plumber + Pipefitter	1,551,155	56,882	1,608,037
Scaffolding	268,907	30,969	299,876
Welder	229,379	108,234	337,614
Total	11,980,971	1,642,384	13,623,355

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Pennsylvania

Largest Construction Projects

Center for Breakthrough Medicines

King Of Prussia Brownfield Multi-Phase Plasmid DNA/Viral Vector/Cell Bank CDMO

Spark Therapeutics Incorporated

Philadelphia Brownfield Gene Therapy Innovation Center CDMO Plant

Sanofi Incorporated

Swiftwater Flu Vaccines Flu Bldg (#79) & Central Utilities Plant (#80) Additions

Merck and Company Incorporated

West Point Sterile Injectables/Oral Solutions Vaccines Fill/Finish Bldg Wp50 Add

Brandywine Realty Trust

Philadelphia Grassroot West Tower at Schuykill Yards Life Science R&D

University Place Associates

Philadelphia Grassroot 3.0 University Place Life Science R&D Building

Keystone Redevelopment Group

Philadelphia Brownfield Landmark “The Curtis” Redevelopment Life Science Bldg

SkyREM LLC

Philadelphia Brownfield Quartermaster Science And Technology Park Conversion

Brandywine Realty Trust

Philadelphia Brownfield Sy Life Science Gmp, Vivarium, & Lab (3151 Market St)

University Place Associates

Philadelphia Grassroot 3.0 University Place Life Science R&D Building

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