Blue Rock completes 357,840 s/f warehouse in Northampton Twp.

NORTHAMPTON Twp., PA — Blue Rock Construction completed a 357,840 s/f warehouse for Hanover Company in Northampton Township following 14 months of construction. The facility received its Certificate of Occupancy in August 2026.

Located on Savage Rd., the warehouse features 51 dock positions, two drive-in doors, curtain wall systems along the northeast and northwest elevations and a 3,000 s/f office fit-out. Ware Malcomb served as architect, with Blue Rock providing construction management.

The project required significant site preparation across the 65-acre property. Unsuitable existing fill and extensive rock required deep dynamic compaction, blasting and other ground-improvement work to prepare the building pad. Blue Rock coordinated blasting and dynamic compaction simultaneously to maintain progress.

Site access presented another challenge after an existing bridge was determined to be structurally unsound. Blue Rock installed a temporary Acrow Bridge to maintain construction access while coordinating installation of a permanent Contech culvert system. The work included damming the stream, compaction grouting and establishing the facility’s permanent paved entrance.

The team also worked through an exceptionally wet stretch of weather while completing the building, converting stormwater basins and advancing through final inspections and closeout.

The property has a connection to Pennsylvania’s industrial history. It was once home to the Atlas Quarry, operated by Atlas Portland Cement Co., which supplied hydraulic cement used in construction of the Panama Canal.