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A new datacenter megaproject is coming to Central Ohio

A new datacenter megaproject is coming to Central Ohio

Posted by / November 20, 2023 / Categories: Columbus / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

Quality Technology Services (QTS), a Kansas-based real estate investment fund announced plans to build a new datacenter campus in New Albany. 

The $1.5 billion megaproject adds to a growing list of datacenter megaprojects in Central Ohio. A megaproject is any private-funded construction project that costs $1 billion or more.

According to a Bizjournal report, QTS purchased 93 acres of land in late October for $11.2 million. The land is split into two plots on Beech Road. 

The first property is 56 acres, where two datacenters will be built totaling 885,600 square feet. The second plot is 37 acres, and the two other datacenters will total roughly 612,600 square feet. Continue reading →

SMW Local 24, other trades, request CBA on $2 billion airport project

SMW Local 24, other trades, request CBA on $2 billion airport project

Posted by / October 25, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , , , / 0 Comments

Members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 were among a group of Central Ohio building trades members who requested a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) be signed for the $2 billion expansion of John Glenn International Airport in Columbus.

At the SMW Local 24 Union Hall in Columbus, affiliated members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council held a press conference to urge the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) to enter into a CBA on this project and ensure local dollars go to local workers. They also want all workers on the job to earn the Prevailing Wage. Continue reading →

Ohio to simplify state building codes for 2024

Ohio to simplify state building codes for 2024

Posted by / October 9, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

The Ohio Board of Building Standards (BBS) recently adopted the 2024 Ohio Building (OBC), Mechanical (OMC), and Plumbing Codes (OPC) rules. State leaders announced this will make it easier for businesses to comply with the various codes.

These changes are important for members of the building trades, including the members of Sheet Metal Workers 24 and their signatory contractors.

The building code changes included the removal of repetitive and unnecessary language and decreased the number of words in the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) by over 610,000 words.  Continue reading →

Intel Project deadline pushed back

Intel Project deadline pushed back

Posted by / October 2, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , , , / 0 Comments

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced that the project timeline to produce microchips in Ohio has been pushed back.

While speaking to analysts at a conference in late August, Gelsinger said the company will shift its focus to a two-fab expansion in Chandler, Ariz. 

Intel promises that the work in Ohio will still happen. The New Albany Intel site is officially the largest construction project in the history of Ohio.  Continue reading →

Google to invest $1.7 billion into datacenter presence in central Ohio

Google to invest $1.7 billion into datacenter presence in central Ohio

Posted by / August 9, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

Google announced it will invest an additional $1.7 billion in the construction of its three datacenter campuses in Central Ohio. 

While at its New Albany datacenter on Aug. 8, Google officials also announced its commitment to spending a total of $3.7 billion in central Ohio. 

The additional $1.7 billion will be used to complete the Columbus and Lancaster datacenters and expand the New Albany facility, according to Mark Isakowitz, Google Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy.  Continue reading →

Hollywood Casino Columbus hotel will be done under a CBA

Hollywood Casino Columbus hotel will be done under a CBA

Posted by / July 20, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , , , / 0 Comments

A new hotel adjacent to the Hollywood Casino Columbus will be constructed by affiliated members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council under a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA). 

Penn Entertainment, the owner of Hollywood Casino Columbus signed a CBA for the project, on July 20.

The CBA requires at least 20 percent of the project’s manhours to be performed by Columbus or Franklin County residents. Continue reading →

DMAX engine plant will undergo a major expansion

DMAX engine plant will undergo a major expansion

Posted by / June 28, 2023 / Categories: Dayton / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

On June 16, General Motors announced plans to expand its Duramax (DMAX) Diesel Engine Plant in Brookville by 1.1 million square feet.

The $920 million project will quadruple the facility in size and new equipment and technology will be installed, GM officials said.

The Brookville plant, located 15 miles northwest of Dayton, opened in 2021, cost about $176 million to build and created about 400 jobs for affiliated members of various building trades Local Unions, including Sheet Metal Workers 24. Continue reading →

Amazon announces $7.8 billion in datacenter projects for Central Ohio

Amazon announces $7.8 billion in datacenter projects for Central Ohio

Posted by / June 26, 2023 / Categories: Columbus / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

Amazon Web Services will invest almost $8 billion to expand their datacenter presence in Central Ohio. 

This project will be the second-largest private-sector construction project in the history of Ohio, falling behind Intel’s $100 billion project. This project will create thousands of jobs in the construction industry, including jobs for members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24. Continue reading →

Google picks Central Ohio for two additional datacenters

Google picks Central Ohio for two additional datacenters

Posted by / May 5, 2023 / Categories: Columbus / Tags: , , , , , / 0 Comments

The world’s top search engine company announced it selected Central Ohio as the location for its two newest datacenters, creating hundreds of jobs for building trades members, including work for Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 members. 

Site preparation has begun in Columbus and Lancaster, as each city will be home to a new Google datacenter. 

At the May 3 announcement, Mark Isakowitz, Google Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy, said the new facilities will play a crucial role in powering tools like Search, Gmail and Maps, as well as Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) innovations.  Continue reading →

Honda/LG battery plant to break ground on Feb. 28

Honda/LG battery plant to break ground on Feb. 28

Posted by / February 28, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

The second-largest construction project in Ohio’s history will break ground in late February.

As previously reported on the Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 website, Honda and LG signed a Project Labor Agreement with the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council to construct their joint venture electrical vehicle (EV) battery plant on 454 acres in Jeffersonville, a small town in Fayette County, Ohio.

The project will create at least 5,300 jobs for members of the building trades, including about 200 jobs for members of SMW 24, and roughly 2,200 full-time permanent jobs.

Site preparation began on Nov. 14 at the Mid-West Mega Commerce Center, and the groundbreaking, which will ceremonially kick off the $3.7 billion project, is scheduled for Feb. 28. Continue reading →

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