Industrial & Advanced Manufacturing
Under construction
Helix Bioworks Production Facility
Foundry District, Calder Flats
A cGMP biologics production plant: ISO 7 cleanrooms, process utilities, and a schedule set by the first batch run.
Size
145,000 SF
Contract value
$112M
Duration
18 months
Delivery method
Design-Build
Status
Underway — topping out Q3 2026
Sector
Industrial & Advanced Manufacturing
Location
Foundry District, Calder Flats
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The brief
Helix Bioworks sold its first commercial production slots before the building existed. The facility — ISO 7 cleanroom suites, a process-utility spine of RO/DI water, clean steam and compressed gases — had to be mechanically complete in time for a nine-month equipment qualification campaign that could not move.
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The build
Progressive design-build: scope and price validated with the owner's process engineers before contract, then the schedule built backwards from the qualification start date. The process-utility racks are being prefabricated off-site in 40-foot modules while our crews place the 14-inch production slab. Every cleanroom envelope detail is being documented as-built for the owner's quality dossier — during construction, not reconstructed afterwards.
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The handover
Structure tops out Q3 2026, tracking eleven days ahead of the qualification-driven baseline. (Fictional project shown mid-construction — this is how we report progress, honestly and in writing.)
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