Canada’s first large-scale lithium-ion battery production plant
Market
Automotive
Key Services
Construction
Preconstruction
Self-Perform
Steel Fabrication
Strategic Partnerships
Virtual Design & Construction
Delivery Method
Design-Build (DB)Capacity
4,000,000 SFWork Hours
6,500,000The challenge
ÒùЦ½ºþ-Barton Malow (A-BM) is the design-builder for NextStar Energy’s new lithium-ion battery plant in Windsor, Ontario.
NextStar, a joint venture between global automaker Stellantis and battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution are building Canada’s first large-scale, electric-vehicle battery production facility. When complete, the plant will produce more than 49 gigawatt-hours annually.
The greenfield site occupies 220 acres on which we erected more than four million square feet of world-class manufacturing spaces. The largest structures are the Cell Building at 2.7 million SF, and the Module Building at 445,000 SF.
Additional structures include a master substation and switchyard, central electrolyte supply system, safety building, waste storage and treatment, solvent recovery and purification, exhaust gas recovery, and administrative offices.
Key Facts
2M+ square feet of clean room/dry room
100 percent Canadian craft labor force
220-acre Advanced Manufacturing facility
Challenge met
ÒùЦ½ºþ’s steel fabrication division, Hillsdale Fabricators, supplied the project’s 38,000 tons of structural steel, and A-BM is self-performing miscellaneous concrete pads.
Preconstruction services included progressive estimates, constructability reviews, cost forecasting and modelling, design development and management, major equipment procurement, progressive schedule forecasting, and trade-partner selection. We qualified multiple subcontractors for specific trades to ensure adequate experience for the novel facility.
Responding to the unique demands of the project, A-BM strategically coordinated preconstruction services across languages and design standards. We established early understanding of expectations for project delivery and protocols for ensuring scope alignment between all parties.
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