The Towers & Structures business unit of steel and steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp. is building a third utility structures production facility in Brigham City, Utah, just north of Salt Lake City. The new $200 million plant will be located on Nucor’s existing Brigham City campus, on Union Pacific’s Malad Subdivision, and is expected to create 200 full-time jobs. The Malad Subdivision connects with UP’s Ogden Subdivision at Brigham City.
“An expansive electric transmission buildout is planned in the western U.S., with local utilities forecasting strong load growth and ramping up capital spending in response,” Nucor said. “Demand for utility infrastructure in the region is being fueled by new energy supply, grid-hardening initiatives and increased load growth from data centers, EV charging stations and electrification. The Utah production facility will be highly automated and will enjoy a freight advantage compared to competitors outside the region. It will receive plate and sheet products from Nucor steel mills via rail to meet its raw material needs.”
Nucor is currently completing construction of two utility structures production facilities in Decatur, Ala., and Crawfordsville, Ind., where it expects to begin production in the first and second half of this year, respectively. The company formed its Towers & Structures business unit in 2022 when it acquired Summit Utility Structures LLC, a producer of steel poles and steel structures for utility infrastructure in eastern Pennsylvania. That location, which primarily serves customers in the Northeast, is being modernized and automated to increase production. The three new facilities, Nucor noted, “will be highly automated, utilizing efficient straight-line production, and will also include advanced hot-dip galvanizing operations.
“Nucor has a strong presence in the West, and locating this new facility in Utah positions us to meet growing demand for utility infrastructure in the region resulting from distributed energy projects, data centers, and population growth,” said Chair, President and CEO Leon Topalian. “As a global leader in sustainable steelmaking, we believe our nation’s energy infrastructure should be built with American-made low embodied carbon steel.”
“Nucor has been doing business in Brigham City for more than 40 years and we are excited to expand our existing campus of Nucor facilities,” said Laurent De Mey, Vice President & General Manager of Nucor Towers & Structures. “Utah is a great state to do business in, and we appreciate the support we have received from Brigham City, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, Utah Inland Port Authority and the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity.”
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Products produced include carbon and alloy steel in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; overhead doors; steel grating; wire and wire mesh; and utility structures. Nucor, through subsidiary The David J. Joseph Company and its affiliates, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron/direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is also North America’s largest recycler.
