Bosch chip factory in Dresden

The new Bosch semiconductor factory, which covers around 100,000 square meters — roughly the size of 14 soccer fields — has been built in Dresden's “Silicon Valley.” The company plans to primarily manufacture microchips for cars in this digitized and highly networked semiconductor factory. During construction, extremely vibration-resistant structures were erected for the fabrication building (FAB), support building (SUP), central energy supply (CUB), and a state-of-the-art office building. Highly available electrical power supply systems, cooling systems, and various generation facilities for the high-purity media, gases, and chemicals required to produce semiconductor elements were constructed and commissioned according to a tightly scheduled (fast-track) construction sequence. The approximately 10,000-square-meter clean room was expanded and commissioned within six months. 

The construction process was managed using Lean Construction Management (LCM®). This allowed the team of about 40 construction managers, schedulers, and commissioning engineers to precisely control the processes.