BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Washington Group International, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a three-year architectural and engineering services contract with Pfizer Global Manufacturing for small and large projects located at the client's facilities in Holland and Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Washington Group is one of four firms chosen by Pfizer Global Manufacturing to provide architectural and engineering services for its sites in Michigan.
"We look forward to continuing our highly valued relationship with Pfizer that began in the mid 1990s," said Timothy Gelbar, Senior Vice President, Biopharmaceuticals in Washington Group's Industrial/ Process Business Unit. "We welcome the opportunity to join with Pfizer Global Manufacturing as a responsible corporate citizen of the local community."
As part of the agreement, Washington Group Midwest LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Washington Group International, is opening an engineering services office near Pfizer's Kalamazoo facility to provide services to the various Pfizer Global Manufacturing sites. The office, expected to open in early October 2004, will be staffed initially with 40 engineers, validation professionals, and support personnel.
Washington Group's prior services to Pfizer include engineering and construction management projects for facilities in England and Ireland as well as architectural, engineering, and validation assignments for Pfizer research and manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Pfizer Global Manufacturing is the manufacturing and largest division of Pfizer, Inc., the global pharmaceutical company. Pfizer Global Manufacturing has manufacturing plants, logistics centers, and offices in 40 countries.
Washington Group International, Inc. provides the talent, innovation, and proven performance to deliver integrated engineering, construction, and management solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. With approximately 27,000 employees at work in over 40 states and more than 30 countries, the company provides professional, scientific, management, and development services in more than two dozen major markets.
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Included among those markets are: Power generation, transmission and distribution, and clean air solutions; environmental remediation; heavy civil construction; mining; nuclear services; defense, homeland security, and global threat reduction; industrial, gas, chemical, and pharmaceutical processing; manufacturing; facilities operations and management; transportation; and water resources.
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