Distribution

Providing upfront logistics planning, engineering, and contract management services that are customized to meet the needs and goals of every project has been paramount to Facility Design Group's success in the distribution market. We also provide specialty services in the areas of site location and acquisition, and operations consulting. Our services are designed to help clients assess the impacts of changes in operating strategy, as well as changes resulting from mergers or acquisitions, such as excess warehouse capacity, consolidations, or duplicate inventories.

Facility Design Group features an industrial engineering department comprised of licensed and degreed architects, engineers, and veteran wholesale/retail/food service distribution specialists whose backgrounds include senior distribution management positions with major firms nationwide.

Recent projects include:

 

Kroger

Paramount, CA

Services Provided:

• Design/Build — planning, design, and Construction Management Services
• Site Selection

Project Description:

• 550,000 SF perishable distribution center
• Currently in construction management phase, estimated completion in 2010

 

Price Chopper

Schenectady, NY

Services Provided:

• Architectural
• Engineering
• Material handling

Project Description:

• 90,000 SF addition of a perishable food warehouse/loading dock
• 35,000 SF resource recovery building
• Drive through truck wash and interior trailer wash
• 7,000 SF addition to vehicle maintenance building

Schenectady, NY

Services Provided:

• Architectural
• Engineering
• Material handling

Project Description:

• Six story, 240,000 SF corporate headquarters on existing “brownfield” site
• Corporate offices, auditorium, studio kitchen, employee cafeteria, fitness area

The University of Chicago

Regenstein Library Research Pavilion Expansion
Chicago, IL

Services Provided:

• Owner's representative
• Material handling

Project Description:

• High-density, automated storage retrieval system (ASRS) will be constructed
• ASRS will reside under a dramatic 165-foot by 320-foot by 30-foot-high, glass domed reading room at the ground level
• The addition will also contain consultation space for users of the collections and state-of-the-art preservation department

TESCO

Riverside, CA

Services Provided:

• Construction Management Services
• Design

Project Description:

• 850,000 SF manufacturing and distribution center on 88 acres
• 490,000 SF ambient warehouse
• 240,000 SF chilled/frozen warehouse
• 97,000 SF manufacturing facility
• 22,000 SF of other building including truck wash, fuel island, tray wash, vehicle maintenance area, guard houses

FEDEX Ground

Bedford Park, IL

Services Provided:

• Site Selection
• Architectural
• Engineering

Project Description:

• 350,000 SF “greenfield” distribution hub
• Fully-automated distribution facility will also be home to the Regional Offices
• Support areas include: automated truck wash, new gateway, fuel-island, parking areas for employees, and delivery trucks
• 56-acre land acquisition

UPS

Pensacola, FL and Fort Walton, FL

Services Provided:

• Architectural
• Engineering services

Project Description:

Pensacola, FL Parcel Distribution Facility:

• 11,407 SF pre-engineered metal building containing conveyors to maximize mail sorting and distribution capabilities
• 1,696 SF package car loading dock
• 2,736 SF of new office space
• Auto shop for UPS truck maintenance
• Open parking spaces to accommodate both cars and UPS trucks

Fort Walton, FL Parcel Distribution Facility

• 8,200 SF pre-engineered metal building containing conveyors to maximize mail sorting and distribution capabilities
• 2,400 SF package car loading dock
• 810 SF of new office space
• Auto shop
• Open parking spaces to accommodate both cars and UPS trucks

Foot Locker

The Netherlands

Services Provided:

• Master planning
• Design

Project Description:

• 90,000 SF service center addition extends storage and distribution spaces with a high-bay storage configuration and pick mezzanines
• New material handling systems allow for case and individual pick, minimizing labor in both operations
• The new facility's systems are designed to support rapid store growth and E-commerce initiatives, featuring:
• High speed piece and carton sortation
  
• Automated carton storage and retrieval
  
• Extensive carton conveyance
  
• Full integration with existing warehouse management system (WMS)

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