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COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES
AS/RS & FACILITY EXPANSION
Antwerp, Belgium
Design Criteria:
 To
accommodate the large market growth in the Benelux region
of western Europe, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) envisioned
a major consolidation of its logistical network into
the existing Antwerp production center.
Professional Services: To bring this concept to reality,
CCE contracted Euro/Facility Project Management (EFPM)
to provide all the logistical planning and preliminary
design, all detailed engineering and architecture, the
complete systems integration and all construction management
services.
Design Solution:
An automated storage/retrieval system (AS/RS) along
with all new supporting services such as receiving building,
shipping docks, main truck check-in facility and various
other internal renovations and utility upgrades. Project
Features include:
- A 30m high rack-supported main storage structure
- 21,000 position, double-deep AS/RS
- Eight (8) tandem-shuttle, double-deep stacker cranes
- Full pallet conveyor infeed linked to certain production
lines with future AGV link potential to others.
- Primary shipping/loading bays serviced via pallet
flow lanes capable of staging eight (8) truckloads
per loading bay.
- High thruput levels, exceeding 500 pallets/hour
(combined) at peak design.
- Automatic replenishment of conventional picking
warehouse area.
- RF communications between fork truck fleet and AS/RS
control system.
- Fully-integrated computer network with maximum reliability
& redundancy.
- Entire system designed around the “no single
point of failure” concept.
- Shipping facilities designed for fast (20 minute)
truck loading cycles.
- Total new construction in excess of 160,000 square
feet.
COCA COLA ENTERPRISES - THE
NETHERLANDS
BOTTLING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Dongen, The Netherlands
Design Criteria:
 The
Facility Group was retained by CCE-NL to provide program
management, design coordination and construction management
services for the extensive building and process renovation,
relocations and expansion program to be undertaken at
its Dongen complex. The additional building area of
240,000 square feet will bring the complex to over 500,000
square feet. Additional bottling lines are planned with
extensive relocations and renovations to the existing
lines and spaces.
- Project area includes sales office center consolidation
from another site, additional concentrate storage,
multiple logistic operations modifications and expansions,
extensive site infrastructure improvements including
code compliance upgrades and consolidation and coordination
of receiving and shipping functions
- Services include feasibility study, program management,
design coordination and construction management
- Process additions bringing the total site capacity
to over 60,000,000 cases per year - one of the largest
in Europe
- Glass bottles and plastic extrusion containers produced
on-site
- Multiple supply and distribution channels both inbound
and outbound-extensive material handling analysis
COCA COLA ENTERPRISES -
FRANCE
BOTTLING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Dunkerque, France
Design Criteria:
 The
Facility Group was retained by CCE-NL to provide a feasibility
study, project management, program management, design,
and construction management services for the extensive
building and process renovation, relocations and expansion
program to be undertaken at its Dunkerque complex. The
additional building area of 391,800 square feet will
bring the complex to over 843,700 square feet. Additional
bottling lines are planned with extensive relocations
and renovations to the existing lines and spaces.
- Re-configuration of the process support areas
- Enclosure of a portion of the canopy on the East
Side of the building
- Upgrading the space to a warehouse staging area
Addition of a small canopy on the North Side of the
building for unloading of raw materials
- Additional grading and roadwork in anticipation
of future expansion to 9-bays
- Additional modifications to plant offices
- Process additions bring the total site capacity
to one of the largest in Europe
- Plastic preforms and plastic extrusion containers
produced on-site
- Additional filling capacity with aseptic areas and
water treatment capacity expansion
- Multiple supply and distribution channels both inbound
and outbound-extensive material handling analysis
- New or expanded utility services including boiler
system, air compressors, water treatment system, and
primary electric modification to the on-site electrical
distribution network
EXEL LOGISTICS - THE NETHERLANDS
DISTRIBUTION FACILITY PHARMACEUTICALS
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Design Criteria:
 Design
and construction of a new cold storage warehouse facility
& providing Exel with a full survey program in relation
to their existing distribution facilities in Nijmegen.
Facilty Group provided the following services.
- Developed functional specifications for the new
cold storage facility
- Project Management of the construction of the facility
- Provided training and start up assistance for new
operations requirement
In addition to the cold storage project, The Facility
Group was also requested to perform a building and building
control system study to provide Exel with an overall
report outlining required improvements to guarantee
the functionality of the facilities.
Facilty Group provided the following services.
- Conducted a building investigation taking all structural
and technical building components into account
- Provided the client with a detailed report outlining
areas of concern and recommendations
- Provided Exel with a detailed cost estimate in
relation to the required improvements
- Investigated building quality issues and initiate
warranty execution by previous suppliers
- Managed both the warranty activities as well as
the building
improvement program
FOOT LOCKER - THE NETHERLANDS
EUROPEAN SERVICE CENTER
Heijen, The Netherlands
Design Criteria:
 The
Facility Group is contracted to provide master planning
and design for the proposed expansion of the Foot Locker
European Service Center located at Heijen, The Netherlands.
Extension of storage and distribution spaces with hi-bay
storage configuration and extension of pick mezzanines
- Extension of existing material handling systems
for case and individual pick
- New material handling systems for items minimizing
labor factors in individual and case pick operations
- Development of business and inventory forecasting
models for the seven- (7) year planning horizon with
2001 volumes as the base line for analyses.
- Identifying key operational and facility design
requirements for the panned increase in facility size
and throughput capacity.
- Developing advanced material handling solutions
and site plans as well as budget costing for each
selected alternative recommendation.
- Material handling systems developed to support rapid
store growth and E-commerce initiatives will involve:
- High speed Piece and Carton sortation.
- Automated Carton Storage and Retrieval.
- Extensive Carton Conveyance.
- Full integration with existing Warehouse Management
System (WMS)
HAGEMEYER
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Germany
Design Criteria:
To support Hagemeyer Germany’s new strategic plan
for centralized distribution of their products, The
Facility Group was commissioned to develop a consolidation
plan for the 80 Fröschl/Brück branches into
Regional Distribution Centers required to support Hagemeyer’s
customer base in Germany.
- Design and layout of Hagemeyer regional distribution
centers
- Conduct the material handling/building layout for
all of the locations accommodate the efficiency and
operational flows desired by Hagemeyer
- Develop specifications, bid and manage the installation
of material handling equipment
- Development and programming of the main office and
dock office areas for the distribution center
- Overall ONEsource project management for the complete
building program and material handling
HILL’S PET NUTRITION MANUFACTURING
Etten-Leur, The Netherlands
Project Criteria:
 Due
to corrosion and aging in the extrusion area of the
plant Euro/Facility Project Management was requested
to provide planning, design and construction services
on a ONEsource basis in relation to renovation of the
existing roof structure in the extrusion area, reenforcing
of the fire-walls and façade cladding. Based
on a detailed study of the situation EFPM developed
an innovative solution for the effective implementation
of the works.
- Detailed assessment of the existing structure and
development of a detailed implementation plan allowing
for continuous operation of the production facility
during the renovation activities.
- Removal and replacement of existing roof concrete
slabs with steel cassettes including insulation and
roof cover. Work must be carried out in day production.
- Re-enforcement of the firewalls by installing UNP
steel sections back to back with both sides connected
through the wall.
- Disassembly of all electrical and piping/ventilation
and lightning protection installations and re-installment
following refurbishment.
- Supply and installation of omega-sections on the
existing facade cladding and installation of insulation
between the steel cladding and omega sections.
- Improvement of the roof structure in the existing
tower area
- The complete program to be realized within a six-month
schedule.
IAMS
DRY PET FOOD PLANT
The Netherlands
Design Criteria:
 The
Facility Group was retained to provide engineering and
project management services for a new 255,000 square
foot dry pet food manufacturing and packaging facility.
The $110 million facility was completed on a fast track
schedule and was operational in 19 months.
- Services included site selection, city negotiations,
process engineering, equipment procurement, building
engineering, project and construction management,
start-up and testing
- Integrated operations included meal processing,
liquid systems processing, multiple bulk receiving
and transfer systems for corn, grains, and meals,
milling, grinding, blending, processing, finished
product storage, packaging, warehouse storage and
shipment.
- Fully automated process controls – over 8000-point
control system organized into multiple operating modules
controlled by factory wide integration and interface
with business information system.
- Multiple processing lines with flexible operations
supported by diversity with delivery of process ingredients
and multiple destination routes for continuous or
staged packaging at the same time
- Project completed ahead of schedule and within
budget
INTERFACE INTERNATIONAL
THE NETHERLANDS
Scherpenzeel, The Netherlands
Design Criteria:
Interface is a major U.S. company, with headquarters
in Georgia, U.S.A. engaged in the manufacture of carpet
tiling. Their European subsidiary located at Scherpenzeel,
The Netherlands is currently planning to re-structure
its manufacturing processes. The project called for
preparing a master plan for a carpet backing line and
carpet tiles, based on a 2 meter width process at a
line speed of 25 mtrs/min.
Facilty Group has been contracted to conduct the
master planning study for the new Carpet Tile production
line on behalf of the Interface International BV, Scherpenzeel
facility.
The planning activities involve detailed analysis of
the clients’ requirements and preliminary design
services in order to finalize:
- A detailed project description describing the process,
production and building requirements.
- Preliminary Outline Specifications for the equipment
and instruments involved and a P.O.S. for all required
building related work.
- General equipment and Building Layouts
- Pre-tendering of all equipment, preparing functional
specifications and proposal requirements.
- Evaluation of all received quotations on equipment
and recommendation for Interface.
- Detailed scheduling and cost-estimates, including
all activities-disciplines and works, required for
the new line up to and with the commissioning.
- Utility and support system requirements.
- Detailing alternative equipment layout studies
for the packaging areas.
LAURUS N.V., THE NETHERLANDS
RETAIL GROCERY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
The Netherlands
Facilty Group was contracted to provide a full
Master Planning study with respect to a new Greenfield
retail grocery DC in the Netherlands. The size of this
Greenfield DC exceeds 40,000 M2 and relates to a total
investment of € 50,000,000 including land.Scope
of work included:
- Data analysis and conceptual sizing
- Return on Investment analysis
- Site location study based on the developed concept
- Financing services
- Basic Design & Permit development.
MASTERFOODS LIMITED
LOW VOLUME DRY PET FOOD FACILITY DESIGN STUDY
United Kingdom
Design Criteria:
To investigate feasibility of designing small-scale
dry pet food facility for developing markets.
Facilty Group was responsible for preparing a
Design Study, on behalf of the Global Engineering division
of Masterfoods U.K., for a low tonnage dry pet food
facility.
The scope of work involved:
- Establishing the design basis and product / packaging
mix
- Analysis of production data
- Plant layout
- Equipment selection and list
- Process description
- Process Block Flow Diagrams
- Capital Investment Estimates
OLYMPUS DIAGNOSTICA, IRELAND
EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION HUB, THE NETHERLANDS
Ireland
As part of Olympus Europe strategic plan for the distribution
of diagnostic re-agents from their Irish manufacturing
facility, Facilty Group provided professional services
support in the selection and implementation of a European
distribution hub through a third party logistics provider.
Our scope of work included:
- Collation and analysis of current sales volumes
/ customers for all European operations
- Risk assessment
- Identification and Qualification of suitable third
party logistics providers
- Preparation and issuing of tender documents to
short listed 3PL providers.
- Analysis and clarification of offers
- Final recommendation of suitable party and selection
in conjunction with Olympus
- Contract negotiation support and implementation.
- Program management of changeover from existing
in house logistics operations to third party provider
- Project management support of 3PL start up including
scheduling, IT integration, SOP Compliance and due
diligence
PENSKE LOGISTICS
VALUE ADDED SERVICE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Roosendaal, The Netherlands
Design Criteria:
 The
Facility Group has been retained to provide master planning,
design and ONEsource construction services for the renovation
and refurbishment of two (2) existing Penske Logistics
distribution centers in Roosendaal, The Netherlands.
Scope of Work:
- Completed complex will include renovations and
new construction for a total of 301,300 square feet
- New cross dock facility constructed on the same
location as a previous facility
- New Value added storage and distribution operations
- Demolition and extensive site modifications for
the new operations
- New utility infrastructure throughout complex
- Extensive remodeling of office and support spaces
- Complete design services including master planning,
basic design, permitting documents, and detailed architectural
and engineering
- Project management and construction supervision
services including estimating and scheduling and sub-contractor
management
PENSKE LOGISTICS
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
The Netherlands
Services Description:
 Penske
Logistics retained Facilty Group to provide professional
services on four distribution projects in The Netherlands.
Services included program management, master planning,
preliminary design, logistics planning, material handling
designs, engineering and project management.
Waalwijk – Provided master plan analysis
including site selection, logistics analysis, material
handling design, engineering and project management
for relocation of 350,000 square foot distribution facility
and corporate office complex. This complex will centralize
Penske’s international distribution and logistics
operations.
Coevorden - Provided material handling design
and project management of 200,000 square foot facility
renovations and new construction to accommodate relocation
of operations in existing multi-facility complex.
Roosendaal - Provided master plan analysis of
a complex of three sites and multiple buildings. Services
include master planning of the sites, operations and
facilities improvements, and material handling design,
engineering and project management for renovations and
improvements to facilities and operations. Project includes
complete updating of site security features and operational
modifications.
Gennup – Provided site survey and assessment,
master site planning, and warrantee management services.
This 300,000 square foot facility will serve Foot Locker
as their European distribution center.
UNILEVER BEST FOODS
LOGISTICS OPERATIONS MASTER PLANNING
Budapest, Hungary
Facilty Group was contracted to provide a full
Master Planning study with respect to the Unilever /
Bestfoods logistics operations in Hungary.
Scope of work included:
- Building cost models for a logistics operation
in Budapest Hungary, including all operational, real
estate and logistics services aspects.
- Data analysis and conceptual sizing of a Greenfield
combo DC
- Developing Real Estate cost models and conducting
Building Cost benchmarking
- Developing a 7 year logistics strategy in collaboration
with the clients local and corporate teams
ZIPPAK
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION FACILITY
Winschoten, The Netherlands
 Zippak
International, a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works (ITW),
selected Winschoten, Netherlands as the location for
their European manufacturing operation for re-sealable
package liners for the food/consumer goods sectors.
Design Criteria: The project called for the construction
of a 2,000m2 fit for purpose green fields facility allowing
for the installation of six extruder lines as well as
warehousing in accordance with their existing facilities
in Ottawa, Illinois, U.S.A.
Scope of work:
Facilty Group has been contracted on a fixed price
basis for the design, engineering, permitting and project
scheduling and construction of the Winschoten Production
Facility.
- Complete permitting requirements
- Soil / acoustic investigations and structural engineering
- Building and process utility load requirements to
service 6 new extrusion lines which will include:
New floor plan, Schematic Piping Plan, Schematic HVAC
and Electrical plans and specifications for all disciplines
- Engineering and Design
- Project Scheduling
- Construction
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