Customer:
General Motors, LLC

Location:
Detroit-Hamtramck, MI

Project:
Complete Paint Shop

The new paint shop project successfully completed over 1,000,000 hours of safety, quality & craftsmanship!

As a General Motors strategic sourcing partner, Gallagher-Kaiser (GK) was privileged to engineer, procure and construct the paint shop for GM’s first ever all-electric-vehicle assembly plant at Detroit-Hamtramck. 

GK supplied a new brownfield paint facility consisting of a complete demolition of all building interior, two new building additions and complete turn-key paint shop process equipment. 

Project Sustainability Efforts:

• Factory ZERO is the first complete new paint shop in the United States to utilize the patented Kaiser Compact Eliminator (KCe), the most effective wet scrubber available today
• During the demolition phase of the existing paint shop, the GM & GK team removed 18,380 tons of scrap and recycled 17,660 tons of that total 
• Concrete removed during demolition is being re-purposed for roadways
• Treated storm water used for cooling towers and fire protection
• The Factory ZERO plant will dedicate 16.5 acres for a wildlife habitat