Chris Woods News

Olympus ready to build 280-job service center in Bartlett

Posted by | July 18 2016

Original article appeared in the Commercial Appeal Olympus Surgical Technologies America marked the start of construction on its $12 million Bartlett distribution center with a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday. The medical device maker expects to hire 280 for the East Coast National Service Center, which is scheduled to open next summer. Representatives of general contractor Chris Woods...

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Olympus holds groundbreaking for new Bartlett facility

Posted by | July 18 2016

Original article appeared in the Memphis Business Journal “Silicon Valley of medical device” is in Memphis A planned groundbreaking for Olympus’ new $12 million facility in Bartlett was moved indoors due to the weather, but the results were the same. Olympus executives along with local and state economic development officials see the project as another...

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Chris Woods Construction Awarded Lakeland Middle Preparatory School Project

Posted by | July 18 2016

Lakeland School System has award the new Lakeland Middle Preparatory School Project to Chris Woods Construction.  The 11.7 million dollar, 111,000 square foot state of the art facility includes administrative space, a gymnasium, cafetorium, library, over 30 classrooms as well as additional liberal arts education space.  The project will start in July and will open...

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Chris Woods Construction Awarded Two Projects by FedEx Express at World Technology Center

Posted by | July 05 2016

Chris Woods Construction has been awarded a contract for the interior renovations of eight of the nine buildings on the campus of their World Technology Center in Collierville.  Valued at over $3.1 million and involving over 700,000 square feet of office space, the work will be performed in multiple phases over the next six months...

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