The joint venture of H. J. High Construction Company of Orlando and Batson-Cook Company of Atlanta has recently been awarded the contract to construct the Mitsubishi Power Systems Savannah Machinery Works. The partners, working with architect The Austin Company of Cleveland, Ohio, will design and construct the first phase of the $325 million project in Pooler, Georgia.
"Our experience working with Mitsubishi, combined with Batson-Cock's familiarity with construction in Georgia provided a natural compatibility for a joint venture," says H. J. High Project Director, Robert High. "The Austin Company is the best in the country at industrial design. Adding them to the team was ideal."
The companies, along with Hussey Gay Bell and DeYoung of Savannah, Georgia, and Larson & Darby Group of Rockford, Illinois, will work together on a new plant which will manufacture Gas and Steam Turbines and refurbish rotors and other power generation equipment. This design/build process will allow for a new 30,000 square foot office facility and two bays of manufacturing facilities to be built totaling approximately 150,000 square feet.