Nucor Corporation announced today that the company's Towers & Structures business unit will build its second state-of-the-art utility structures production facility in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Earlier this year the company announced plans to build its first structure production facility in Decatur, Alabama. The new facility will be located adjacent to the Nucor Steel Crawfordsville steel mill and is expected to create 200 full-time jobs.
In a press release, Nucor cited federal legislation passed in the last few years, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, that provides nearly half a trillion dollars in funding and incentives to build out our nation's clean energy future, creating increasing demand for transmission and other utility structures. Demand is also being driven by infrastructure damage stemming from natural disasters, replacement of aging utility infrastructure and population growth.
Last year, Nucor formed its Nucor Towers & Structures business unit when it acquired Summit Utility Structures LLC, a producer of metal poles and other steel structures for utility infrastructure. The company announced plans at that time to establish a nationwide footprint by building two new utility structure production facilities for a combined investment of $270 million. The company said both the Indiana and Alabama facilities will be highly automated, utilizing efficient straight-line production, and will also include advanced hot-dip galvanizing operations.