Schott Solar Facility
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Owner: CH2M Hill-Lockwood Green

Architect: CH2M Hill

Project: Three Pre-engineered Metal Buildings

Contract Amount: $4,817,418

Completion Date: February 2009

This was SCHOTT Solar’s first Photovoltaic production facility in the United States, located in Mesa del Sol Development which is revolutionizing the southern Albuquerque metro area. The new facility produces both photovoltaic (PV) modules and receivers for concentrated solar thermal power plants (CSP). The three pre-engineered metal buildings were designed and fabricated by Nucor Building Systems: a 115,000 square foot Receiver Building, a 56,000 square foot Modular Building, and a 22,000 square foot Office Building. MSRCI offered the best delivery schedule, utilizing Nucor Building System’s newest Fabrication Facility in Brigham City, Utah.

LEED points for Nucor’s usage of 80% recycled steel and competitively priced with the industry’s leading efficiency made them the optimum choice. Nucor’s commitment to meet or exceed stated delivery dates with no cost increases was also essential.

The new facility comprises 200,000 square feet, and employs 350 people with the first phase, representing a $100 million investment by SCHOTT Solar. Eventually, this new solar manufacturing plant is expected to more than double the size of the existing manufacturing plant.