Project Overview
At three million square feet, the Saturn Assembly plant is one of the largest and most technologically advanced industrial complexes ever built.
From start to finish, Washington Division heritage company Morrison Knudsen was in charge of program and construction management and technical debugging of the state-of-the-art auto manufacturing plant.
Washington Division’s services included construction of a powerhouse and railroad facilities. The plant is designed to produce 500,000 cars of various designs during a sales year with a just-in-time materials inventory control system. The facility utilizes state-of-the-art automated systems.
Highlights & Accomplishments
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The plant was designed to be part of the landscape, not an intrusion. To capture the antebellum feeling of it surroundings, a handsome old southern mansion and its surrounding property were blended into the complex.
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The five major structures encompass more than 4.5 million square feet of floor space. The plant is approximately one mile long by half a mile wide.
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In addition to the six million cubic yards of rock and dirt that were excavated, 16 miles of paved roads were built to provide access.