Before applying a sealant to the floor, painters inflate beach balls to the specific sizes of over 2,500 pipe inlets and outlets above the "clean rooms" at the new GlobalFoundries facility on Thursday morning.
The pace of indoor work has stepped up at the GlobalFoundries Fab 8 construction site. Hundreds of workers are now welding, fitting ducts, finishing rooms and installing the utilities in the 1.3 million-square-foot building.