Tomball: $50M training center for rig workers going up

TOMBALL – Baker Hughes has started construction on the newest facility on its 100-acre campus at 11211 FM 2920. The $50 million Western Hemisphere Education Center has a completion date of early 2014.

The development will include:

• a 72,445-sf education building
• a 36,000-sf workshop
• a 16,730-sf canteen, lab and auditorium
• a 156,000-sf yard with two training rigs.