Work is ranging from buying and installing factory equipment to fitting out the training center — the first portion of the massive facility to open when VW employees move in early next year.
"When you think of it, we're really building a great big house for our plant and our new team members," said Don Jackson, VW president of manufacturing for its Chattanooga operations.
Jackson said work on the $1 billion factory is on schedule for an early 2011 production start though it is tight.
"We got a very tight schedule for 2010 so we can build trial vehicles," he said.
Equipment installation is under way in the paint shop, the most complex of the three main buildings at the 2 million-square-foot production facility.
Just this week, the city's Industrial Development Board approved seven contracts or change orders ranging from as little as $18,000 to as much as $2.2 million.
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