Virginia

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Major Projects ($5M+) 2019-2024

Virginia 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)

$1.70 billion

Total Construction Spending

(Capital and maintenance
expenditure, 2019-2024)

$1.83 billion

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

Project Owner		Project City	State	Years	Value
Merck and Company Incorporated	Elkton Sterile Injectable Plant Gardasil Expansion Project	Elkton	VA	2019-22	$1,000 million
Merck and Company Incorporated	Elkton (Stonewall Facility) Biologics Plant Upgrade and Expansion	Elkton	VA	2016-20	$168 million
Civica RX	Petersburg Grassroot Injectable Fill/Finish	Petersburg	VA	2021-24	$124.5 million
Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) Inc.	Richmond Vaccines, Cell & Gene Therapy Products CDMO Plant Expansion	Richmond	VA	2022-24	$85 million
BIO-CAT Incorporated	Troy Microbial Enzyme Fermentation Facility Addition	Troy	VA	2023-24	$35 million
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)	Manassas Biological Cold Storage/Warehouse/Distribution Expansion	Manassas	VA	2024-25	$35 million
Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) Inc.	Richmond Brownfield “PPD CSD-ICD Expansion Bioanalytical Laboratory CRO	Richmond	VA	2021-22	$32 million
Phlow Corporation	Petersburg Stockpile Covid-19 HPAPI’S + Generic Drug Mfg Plant Addition/Reno	Petersburg	VA	2021-23	$25 million
Phlow Corporation	Petersburg Stockpile Covid-19 HPAPI’S + Generic Drug Mfg Plant Addition	Petersburg	VA	2021-22	$25 million
Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) Inc.	Richmond Bioanalytical Chromatography Laboratory Building Addition	Richmond	VA	2019-20	$18 million

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Virginia

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT

Industry Analysis:

Virginia

Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing

(NAICS = 325400)

Firms:

233

Employees:

2,743

Annual Wages:

$284 million

Wages per Employee:

$103,669

Construction Labor Overview, 2019-2024

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Mfg and R&D

Total Labor Hours

(14 trades; installation and maintenance)

3,670,784

Union Labor Hours (est.)

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

271,959

Union Earnings (est.)

$7,585,134

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	42,000	3,484	45,484
Carpenter	178,794	28,380	207,174
Electrician	1,047,462	95,257	1,142,719
HVAC Installers	110,488	1,670	112,158
Instrumentation Tech	632,694	34,576	667,270
Insulator	93,276	8,360	101,636
Ironworker	91,084	27,397	118,481
Laborer	198,714	10,664	209,378
Millwright	145,059	31,471	176,530
Operator	228,890	8,022	236,912
Painting	33,060	7,910	40,970
Plumber + Pipefitter	436,864	10,116	446,980
Scaffolding	75,734	5,507	81,242
Welder	64,602	19,248	83,850
Total	3,378,720	292,064	3,670,784

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