Disaster on the jobsite: addressing tornado damage with precision and safety

On 19 July 2023, an EF3 tornado struck the Ramboll Group/Pfizer Rocky Mount manufacturing facility in North Carolina, causing unprecedented damage to one of the largest sterile injectable production sites in the world.


With winds reaching up to 150 mph, the tornado left two key warehouse buildings—High Bay Warehouse Building 500 (86,000 square feet) and Low Bay Warehouse Building 501 (50,000 square feet)—unsafe or destroyed.

The timing was critical; the facility plays a vital role in manufacturing low-cost, generic sterile injectables, which at…

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