BRIEF To provide efficient designs and control construction on a continuing basis for a diverse range of alterations and new construction for Heinz Wattie’s Pacific Region production facilities at King St, Hastings and Tomoana.
To conduct such work around an operating food processing plant with stringent continuing hygiene requirements.
FOOD PROCESSING PROJECT OUTLINE
Extensions to the “seasonal kitchen”. (Over 3000sq m of process room).
“Recipe 2000” - extensions to the recipe rooms to allow output to be increased more than fourfold. (More than 2000sq m of process room).
New canopy and foundations for a new tipper for the sugar in-feed.
More than 2000sq m of new building additions at both sites. Warehouse extension, 1250sq m retort room, etc.
1500sq m upper floor in existing building for pouch filling with processed food.
DAF (de-aeration and filter) plant at both Tomoana and King Street sites. Effluent separation at King St. $3M projects to remove fat and treat effluent to stringent standards.
Coolstores.
120m long overhead enclosed walkway with up to 35m spans.
Fire engineering analysis of existing factory and development of alternative fire safety solutions to cater for the unique requirements of a large and complex processing factory.
LHTDESIGN'S SCOPE OF WORKS LHTDesign carried out the design and documentation of these projects and managed the construction of the projects by controlling the various sub-trades.
OUTCOME The various projects were completed on time and to budget despite the difficulties of working within an operating food factory.
Specialist components such as floor slabs subject to acidic attack were successfully designed and constructed to achieve compliance with hygiene regulations.
REFERENCE For a client's perspective on this project please contact Graham Danes of Heinz Wattie's. Phone: (06) 873 1657. Or Simon Boys (now Fonterra). Phone: (03) 684 2910.
