Cary construction company gets contract for Owens Corning plant in Gaston County

Cary construction company gets contract for Owens Corning plant in Gaston County

Global Engineering and Construction Group of Cary will handle construction management, engineering and procurement duties for the $120 million Owens Corning composite tissue plant planned in Gaston County.

Owen Corning (NYSE:OC) announced in October that it will build the 110-employee plant in Gastonia. Production is planned for 2015.

Global Engineering is a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ: FWLT) of Zug, Switzerland.

Roberto Penno, CEO of Global Engineering, says landing the job shows…