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Warren Truck Assembly Plant: Body Shop Expansion

The Warren Truck Assembly Plant has been producing trucks since 1938. This 3.3 million square foot facility sits on over 86 acres and is responsible for the production of the Dodge Ram 1500 and the Dodge Dakota. In 2005, Chrysler decided to upgrade and expand Warren Truck’s Body Shop and they turned, once again, to Commercial Contracting Corporation to help them oversee the job. As Construction Manager for this project, CCC was responsible for managing the daily activities of all the vendors on site performing work. Adding to the difficulty of this project was the fact that the Plant would not be shut down for construction so all tasks had to be completed in a live, working environment.

Due to the fact that construction would be going on in a live environment, safety was of the utmost importance to Chrysler. CCC’s people-based safety program was exactly what was needed in this situation. By moving a step beyond the traditional behavior-based safety systems CCC was able to ensure that all workers on the job site had a vested interest in not just their own safety, but the safety of all people working in and around the construction site. In addition to safety and security responsibilities, CCC was responsible for managing project scheduling, bid packages, construction trade meetings, contract administration and punch-list follow-up, among other tasks.

Upon completion, Warren Truck had an 800,000 square foot body shop addition that tied the existing Warren Truck Assembly Plant to the Warren Stamping Plant, which eliminated the need to truck parts between the two plants, saving Chrysler both time and money.

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