Curtis mitchell of Austintown, a member of Ironworkers Local 207, signs the last steel beam that was set into place Friday at the new Ultium Cells LLC plant in Lordstown.
.Staff photo / Ron Selak Jr.
LORDSTOWN There are 14,000 beams that form the massive steel structure of Ultium Cells LLC’s 2.8 million-square-foot battery-cell manufacturing plant here.
On Friday, ironworkers with Local 207 in Boardman who’ve been erecting the skeleton for months hoisted and set the last piece of structural steel into place in a “topping out” ceremony, marking a significant milestone in the $2.3 billion plant.
“It’s a big accomplishment,” said Curtis Mitchell of Austintown, a member of Local 207 and of the raising crew that lifted the beam adorned with a small evergreen tree into its final resting place.