Six EKU Grads Worked on Gray Construction Project Touted by President Obama
Six Eastern Kentucky University graduates – five from the university’s construction management program – played key roles in a job-producing project mentioned by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech earlier this year.
The six are employed by Gray Construction, of Lexington, which was selected by Siemens Energy Inc. to construct a 490,000-square-foot gas turbine manufacturing expansion to its existing facility in Charlotte, N.C. At the time of construction, it was the largest project for Siemens worldwide – and the largest project in Charlotte in 30 years. Siemens, which builds and refurbishes gas turbines for U.S. and worldwide customers in the facility, hired an additional 700 workers since announcing the expansion and expects to bring in 400 more by 2014, hence the mention by Obama.
Published on March 14, 2012