In North Carolina, Ames Construction prepared a 1,000-acre pad and is currently building the transportation network for the state’s Greensboro-Randolph Megasite. The project is operated under a construction manager/general contractor (CMGC) delivery method.
The team performed mass earthwork for the first phase of the Megasite, which will be home to an automotive battery manufacturing plant. The mass earthwork included clearing and grubbing 650 acres, constructing the site's permanent stormwater detention basins and utility infrastructure, and implementing erosion control measures.
Crews mobilized in January 2022 and ramped up until more than 500 team members were working on site with more than 200 pieces of equipment. Ames implemented a vigorous on-site equipment operating training program for hundreds of new employees hired locally.
While preparing the 1,000-acre pad, Ames excavated and embanked 25,000,000 cubic yards of material. With nearly 1,000 acres of exposed soils open at any given time, crews worked tirelessly to prevent soil loss. The soils on site are generally wet. To meet specification requirements for the building pad, crews dried approximately 2.3 million gallons of water out of the soil daily using tractors and disks. That’s enough to fill three-and-a-half Olympic-sized swimming pools every day.
Crews have also begun work on the site’s transportation improvements, which currently include two highway interchanges to provide future employees easy access from U.S. 421 and the future I-685.
Three building pads were turned over in 2022, with the remainder turned over in 2024. The first interchange has been completed; one will be completed next year.
Learn more about the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite from the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina
