Connecticut’s biopharmaceutical companies research and develop new treatments and cures that improve patient health while also contributing to U.S. economic health. These companies employ highly skilled union construction workers to build state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facilities to ensure infrastructure is built to exacting standards.

Construction Employment

Union Labor & Earnings, 2015-20

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

890,947

Labor Hours Demanded

(14 trades, installation, and maintenance)

292,113

Union Labor Hours (est)

(State union% in non-residential = 32.8%)

$9.7

million

Total Union Earnings (est.)

(Union hours times average wage)

Connecticut Construction Labor Hours by Trade

Pharmaceutical & Biotech, 2015-20

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4,530

Installation

6,292

Maintenance

10,823

Total hours

Largest Construction Projects

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Manufacturing, 2015-20

Winstanley Enterprises LLC

300 George, George Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

New Haven Grassroot Downtown Crossing Biomedical Research Building

New Haven, CT

$140,000,000

2013-2016

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

100 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

New Haven Biopharmaceutical R&D Laboratory Addition Build-Out

New Haven, CT

$30,000,000

2013-2016

Nanoviricides Incorporated

1 Controls Dr, Shelton, CT 06484, USA

Shelton Clinical-Scale Antivirals Plant Addition

Shelton, CT

$10,000,000

2013-2015

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

100 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

New Haven Biopharmaceutical R&D Laboratory Renovation

New Haven, CT

$10,00,000

2020

Halda Therapeutics

115 Munson Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

New Haven Brownfield Novel Therapeutics R&D Laboratory Tenant Fit-Out

New Haven, CT

$7,000,000

2020-2021

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

900 Ridgebury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA

Ridgefield Pharma Pilot-Scale R&D Center Critical Systems Upgrade

Ridgefield, CT

$6,000,000

2020-2021

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

900 Ridgebury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA

Ridgefield Pilot Scale Pharma Plant Rolling 3Q17 & 4Q17 Maintenance Program

Ridgefield, CT

$5,000,000

2017

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

900 Ridgebury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA

Ridgefield Pilot Scale Pharma Plant Rolling 3Q18 & 4Q18 Maintenance Program

Ridgefield, CT

$5,000,000

2018

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

900 Ridgebury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA

Ridgefield R&D Vivarium Revamp and Laboratory Renovation

Ridgefield, CT

$5,000,000

2018-2019

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

900 Ridgebury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA

Ridgefield Pilot Scale Pharma Plant Rolling 3Q19 & 4Q19 Maintenance Program

Ridgefield, CT

$5,000,000

2019

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

900 Ridgebury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA

Ridgefield R&D and Pilot Scale API Plant Rolling 3Q20 & 4Q20 Maintenance Program

Ridgefield, CT

$5,000,000

2020

Winstanley Enterprises LLC

New Haven Grassroot Downtown Crossing Biomedical Research Building

New Haven, CT

Location

$140,000,000

Project Value

2013-2016

Years

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You may be surprised by the connection between Connecticut’s biopharmaceutical industry and union labor. A new study finds that from 2015-2020 America’s biopharmaceutical companies invested $436 million in infrastructure in the state, creating 292,113 union labor hours. View Connecticut’s labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2G3869r

You may be surprised by the connection between Connecticut’s biopharmaceutical industry and union labor. A new study finds that from 2015-2020 America’s biopharmaceutical companies invested $436 million in infrastructure in the state, creating 292,113 union labor hours. View Connecticut’s labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2G3869r