Wednesday, May 29th 2024
Intel Postpones Magdeburg Fab Construction to 2025 Due to Soil Concerns
According to the report from Volksstimme.de, Intel has delayed its Magdeburg fab construction until 2025 due to difficulties in acquiring suitable land. The company had initially planned to begin construction in 2024, but the process has been slowed significantly due to the availability of suitable land. The Magdeburg plant is a significant investment for Intel, with the company planning to invest around €30 billion in the facility. The plant is expected to create thousands of jobs and play a crucial role in the company's European expansion plans. However, the delay in construction is likely to impact these plans and may result in a longer timeline for the plant's completion.
The delay is attributed to the difficulty in finding suitable land for the plant. Intel's original plan of producing a factory on the land concluded that there was humus-rich black soil up to 40 cm in the ground, which would get removed for usage by agricultural fields in Germany. However, now the top layer of black soil, which needs to be excavated, is measured up to 90 cm in depth, which doesn't allow fab construction to start and requires the removal of the soil in order to satisfy the safety regulations. This useful soil has to be extracted first before being "contaminated" with concrete and other types of foundation soils like gravel. The state of Saxony-Anhalt postponed the construction until the required soil was removed and regulations were met. This will supposedly happen by the end of 2024, and construction will start in 2025.
Source:
Volksstimme.de
The delay is attributed to the difficulty in finding suitable land for the plant. Intel's original plan of producing a factory on the land concluded that there was humus-rich black soil up to 40 cm in the ground, which would get removed for usage by agricultural fields in Germany. However, now the top layer of black soil, which needs to be excavated, is measured up to 90 cm in depth, which doesn't allow fab construction to start and requires the removal of the soil in order to satisfy the safety regulations. This useful soil has to be extracted first before being "contaminated" with concrete and other types of foundation soils like gravel. The state of Saxony-Anhalt postponed the construction until the required soil was removed and regulations were met. This will supposedly happen by the end of 2024, and construction will start in 2025.
19 Comments on Intel Postpones Magdeburg Fab Construction to 2025 Due to Soil Concerns
Best case, that's over 3000 dump truck loads that has to be carefully graded off and piled up, then scooped into dump trucks.
Civil work is the most time consuming part of construction, as you can't do anything else while it is going on.
If the contract states amount of workers and machinery used, they will exactly use that amount. Otherwise, you need a new contract which probably demands a public announcement since the subsidies. So it simply will take more time or more money......they will not just increase workforce. In my city we right now have a whole public place who gets new pavement and it is just one worker from Portugal who is doing the whole place. The contracted company does have way more people, but the public contract wouldn't work out if they use more man and machinery, so he is doing it by himself. He is a super nice dude and worker by the way.
Building on black muck, loam etc. is usually a no no.
I've seen places here in Canada where it can be over 50ft deep. Main issue is cost of buying crushed rock, sand filling in the hole and packing every 8 inches. Could always drive down piles. So again like always, comes down to money.
If you read the article, you don't need to speculate as much.
The civil work will be complete by the end of the year, and it is evidently just starting. It would take 3-4 months already, so it is an additional 3 months.
Not a full year delay like the article implied.
the hospital my hubby worked at poured 40 FOOT FOOTERS for the cardiac building!!! it can be done even in ohio valley unstable af soil...