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Commercial & industrial GC · Est. 1998

Worker in a high-visibility vest walking a long cold-storage aisle between tall racks of pallets

P-05 Logistics & Distribution

Foundry District Cold Storage

Foundry District, Calder Flats

A −20°F freezer and cooler complex, commissioned to holding temperature before turnover.

Size
168,000 SF
Contract value
$47M
Duration
12 months
Delivery method
Design-Build
Status
2023
Sector
Logistics & Distribution
Location
Foundry District, Calder Flats

N-01 The brief

A food-logistics operator needed 168,000 SF of freezer and cooler space, including a −20°F blast-freeze cell, delivered in twelve months. The refrigeration plant had to be commissioned and every room proven at holding temperature before a single pallet arrived.

N-02 The build

Design-build with the refrigeration contractor at the table from week one. The freezer slab went down over an underfloor glycol warming loop; insulated metal panel envelopes were sequenced so refrigeration piping could rough-in behind each wall as it closed. Commissioning ran as a scheduled phase, not an afterthought: pull-down was staged room by room, with 72-hour temperature-hold proofs documented for the operator's QA team.

N-03 The handover

All rooms proven at design temperature nineteen days before contractual turnover. The operator's first customer contract started the following Monday.

The owner's view

“Every room held temperature for 72 hours before we took the keys. Our first customer started the following Monday, which is the whole point of a cold store.”

Kevin Marsh, Chief Operating Officer, Calder Coldchain Co. Fictional reference

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