ST. THOMAS, ONT. \u2014 PowerCo Canada has just announced it has awarded two major contracts for the $7 billion St. Thomas gigafactory, with agreements in place for both structural steel and foundations for the project\u2019s first cell production building and critical works.<\/p>\n
While dollar amounts were not disclosed, Steelcon Group of Companies will carry out the structural steel work and Magil Construction Canada Inc. was contracted for the foundations.<\/p>\n
This milestone sets the stage for groundbreaking at the site in the coming weeks, explains a release, marking another step for Canada\u2019s largest-ever electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility.\u00a0 The factory alone will be the size of 210 football fields. The entire industrial park itself will span an area of 850 football fields.<\/p>\n
The gigafactory will have six production blocks with a potential production volume of up to 90 gigawatt hours \u2013 enough for about one million EVs a year, the project website reads.<\/p>\n
When it comes to the most recent contracts, Steelcon will have 500 workers in their production facilities working on fabricating the steel for the project. Onsite, at peak, there will be approximately 100 workers installing the steel. More than 30 workers will be from the surrounding London and southwestern Ontario region.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are proud to partner with PowerCo Canada to build the St. Thomas gigafactory, a project that embodies the future of Canadian industry,\u201d said Danny Bianco, president at\u00a0Steelcon\u00a0Group of Companies, in a statement. \u201cOur team of skilled Canadian fabricators is ready to deliver, and we are especially proud to contribute to a project that will support significant local employment and drive economic growth here in Ontario.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n According to PowerCo, the foundation work to be delivered by Magil Construction Canada Inc is one of the largest foundation packages to date in southwestern Ontario. It includes construction of foundations for three buildings, encompassing a total floor area of 850,000 square feet.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0first concrete pour is anticipated in the coming weeks. There will be 32,500 cubic metres of concrete involved in this stage of the project and 500,000-plus square feet of formwork.<\/p>\n This announcement follows the kickoff of PowerCo\u2019s recruitment campaign to fill hundreds of jobs at the gigafactory this year. Once fully operational, the plant will support thousands of direct and indirect jobs in the region, the release adds.<\/p>\n PowerCo SE was founded by\u00a0Volkswagen\u00a0in 2022 to lead battery cell production on a global scale. PowerCo SE has made plans for three gigafactories \u2013 including the St. Thomas Gigafactory \u2013 with two of them now under construction.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Steelcon](\"https:\/\/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steelcon-Equinix-TR-6-October13web.png\")
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