Boeing, politicians celebrate 777X wing plant construction

Published 12:00 am Thursday, August 14, 2014

Boeing building new wing plant

Boeing executives and Washington state politicians marked the beginning of demolition work at the Everett, Washington, widebody jet plant Wednesday to make way for the new 777X composite wing factory.

Boeing is flattening three office buildings, the first one built in 1968 when the site was initially developed for the then-new 747 jumbo jet.

Around those office buildings work is already in full swing, with about 190 construction workers on site, projected to grow to a peak of as many as 1,500 over the next two years.

Some 70 dump trucks are now arriving at the site each hour, bringing in loads of dirt that will be used to raise the grade level where the office buildings stand to that of the adjacent main factory.

Attending the ceremony, Gov. Jay Inslee said the composite technology deployed at the facility is key to the state’s manufacturing future and “will lift aviation for decades to come.”

— From wire reports