Mega-project · Goochland County, VA

Eli Lilly medicine plant, Goochland County

Lilly's first integrated plant making both active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished medicines, focused on antibody-drug conjugates (targeted cancer treatments), on a 227-acre site in West Creek Business Park just west of Richmond.

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This is a private project: its trade work is bought by the owner's contractors, not posted as a public bid. Project facts come from the linked public sources; the nearby bids are a live query of open public solicitations. Always confirm details on the official notice.
Owner
Eli Lilly and Company
Site
12575 West Creek Parkway, Goochland County, VA
Investment
$5B
Status
Under construction
Groundbreaking
October 22, 2026
Expected to open
2030
Jobs
1,800 construction · 650 permanent

General contractor

Not yet publicly named. This is a private project, so its trade work is bought by the general contractor or construction manager, not posted as a public bid. We'll update this page when the firm is announced.

Firms already on the job

  • Dewberry: Engineering firm that filed the stormwater and land-disturbance permit applications with Lilly (June 2026). Source ↗

How to get work on it

  1. Site work (clearing, grading, underground utilities) was set to start in August 2026 under Goochland's land-disturbance permit. Site and utility work may already be under way, so contact the firms named on this page now instead of waiting.
  2. Watch for the general contractor or construction manager to be named. On a plant this size, almost every trade package is bought by that firm, not by Lilly.
  3. Once it is named, get on its subcontractor prequalification list early. Expect to show safety records (EMR, OSHA logs), bonding capacity, insurance, and similar past work.
  4. Get certified as a Virginia small, women- or minority-owned business (SWaM) through the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity if you qualify. Large owners and their contractors often track local and diverse spend.
  5. Bid the public work around the site, listed below. A project this size brings county road, water, sewer and school work that posts publicly.

Trades a build like this needs

Typical for this kind of facility, not a published bid list.

  • Site work, grading and utilities
  • Concrete and structural steel
  • Process piping and stainless welding
  • Cleanroom construction
  • HVAC and controls
  • Electrical and instrumentation
  • Fire protection
  • Commissioning and validation support

Public buyers around the site

The county roads, water, sewer and school work a project this size brings does post publicly. These are the buyers we read nearby.

16 open solicitations from buyers around the site

Soonest deadline first · 11 closing in the next 7 days. Each links to its official notice.

Statewide · may include work near the site

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)

Road and bridge work around a project this size usually comes from the state, not the county. These listings cover all of Virginia. The ones that name a place near the site come first; check each notice for the exact location.

7 of 104 mention the area

Matched on place names (Goochland, West Creek, Henrico, Powhatan, Hanover, Louisa, Richmond District) in the work location, title or description. A name match is a lead, not a confirmed location.

Elsewhere or location not stated

Soonest deadline first · showing 12.

Sources

Project facts last checked October 24, 2026.

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