Handover Of First South Carolina-Built 787 Dreamliner Expected
In 2012
Boeing marked the opening of its new South Carolina Delivery
Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony in North Charleston Friday.
Elected officials and representatives from community and business
groups, suppliers and subcontractors joined more than 500 Boeing
employees to commemorate the occasion. In honor of Veterans Day,
Boeing South Carolina paid tribute to veteran teammates by
selecting men and women who served in the armed forces from various
site operations to assist in cutting the ribbon on stage.
"Today, we celebrate the opening of the Boeing South Carolina
Delivery Center and look forward to delivering our first South
Carolina-built 787s in 2012," said Jack Jones, vice president and
general manager of Boeing South Carolina. "Customers will come from
around the world to take delivery of their 787 and will see the
great pride and talent of our Boeing South Carolina teammates."
Boeing's Site Services Group, CJMW Architecture and the KRB
Building Group were recognized at the ceremony for bringing
construction of the building to completion on schedule. In
addition, the KBR Building Group worked more than 4.7 million
labor-hours on the Boeing South Carolina site without a lost time
incident.
"Thank you to CJMW, KBR/Turner JV and SSG for their hard work in
getting this building open and ready for us to start delivering
airplanes," said Marco Cavazzoni, vice president and general
manager, Final Assembly & Delivery, Boeing South Carolina. "We
would not be here today without their dedication. I'd also like to
thank our state and local government and industry partners for also
making today possible. Today's ribbon cutting represents the last
major piece of construction on our new Boeing South Carolina
campus."
The 58,000 square foot facility includes three floors of
offices, conference rooms and food operations. On the second floor,
two passenger boarding bridges provide airplane access to
customers, the first passenger boarding bridges to be used at a
Boeing Delivery Center.
More than 600 tons of steel, 2,800 cubic yards of concrete,
42,000 square feet of exterior metal panels and 14,000 square feet
of glass were used in the building's construction. The flight line
has approximately 115,000 cubic yards of concrete with seven flight
stalls serving as the working offices for flight service
technicians before the delivery of the 787.
The South Carolina Final Assembly and Delivery facility will
ramp up to produce three 787 Dreamliners per month by the end of
2013.