Maidstone Bakeries

MAIDSTONE BAKERIES

Overview

Maidstone Bakeries was a joint venture between Tim Hortons and Cuisine de France to commercialize a cutting-edge technique that “flash freezes” par-baked donuts, fritters and crullers as soon as they leave the fryer. The facility supplied sweet baked goods and baguettes to the network of popular Tim Hortons franchises across Canada and North America.

Project Highlights

This fast-track design-build project went from planning to completion in less than 12 months.
A 31-acre site was developed as well as a 230,000 SF facility which included a 40,000 SF storage freezer and 40,000 SF office space.
Site preparation, adjoining caissons/foundations, expandable building design, and mechanical/electrical system sizing all provided flexibility to allow for future expansion.
Dennis Group was involved in two subsequent expansions which increased the size of the facility to 400,000 SF.

La Brea Bakery

LA BREA BAKERY

Overview

La Brea Bakery had overextended the production capacity of their west coast facility and was on a fast track program to expand sales in the eastern United States.

Project Highlights

Dennis Group was engaged as a partner to assist La Brea in their efforts to increase the production capacity by constructing a new facility on the east coast. Complete interior fit-up, MEP and construction management design-build services were provided for a new bakery facility.

The Swedesboro facility houses the largest automated artisan bread production line in the world. The project involved the fast-track fit-up of a 190,000 square foot facility including a 20,000 square foot storage freezer and 7,500 square feet of office space.

Major accomplishments of the project included complete design with smooth integration of production systems supplied by equipment manufacturers located in four countries. The facility has been designed and constructed to allow for easy capacity expansion in the future.

Dole

DOLE

Overview

Dennis Group teamed with Dole to develop the design for a forward processing plant in the Midwest. Dennis Group worked with Dole to develop the process and then designed the facility around the needs of that process.

Project Highlights

Dennis Group assisted Dole with site selection, and once the site selection was finalized, developed the site, executed preliminary and detailed engineering of the building, erected the building, designed the process and process utilities, installed the process equipment, and commissioned the facility to operate all in under one year.

In addition to the original facility, the Dennis Group executed two expansions to the Dole Springfield facility. The Dennis Group provided design/build services for a 30,000 SF warehouse expansion, and for a 25,000 SF expansion to house processing and packaging of fresh cut fruit.

Dole

DOLE

Overview

Dennis Group was enlisted to design and build the Dole Fresh Flowers World Headquarters facility in Miami, Florida.

Project Highlights

This state-of-the-art 328,000 SF facility combines 250,000 square feet of 32º ± 0.5º refrigerated space with 78,000 square feet of corporate offices located on an 18 acre site.

Dennis Group maintained a fast-track schedule for this project.

Dole

DOLE

Overview

Dennis Group provided complete site, facility and process design, procurement and installation services for this greenfield site.

Project Highlights

The project included development of a 100 acre site and construction of a 280,000 SF processing facility to house production equipment for the making of prepared salads and cut vegetables.

Major accomplishments of the project include balancing a site that required over 500,000 cubic feet of cut and fill, working with the state to install a 100,000 gallon waste water retention tank, installation of a 2000 ton ammonia refrigeration system, and installation of equipment to produce 500,000 lbs. of salad per day.

Dole

DOLE

Overview

Dennis Group teamed with Dole for the design and construction of a greenfield operation in Helsingborg, Sweden.

Project Highlights

Included was development of a 4-acre site, and the design and construction of a 55,000 SF facility for the processing and packaging of ready-to-eat fresh salads.

This project also included the design and installation of four automated processing and packaging lines, including the first fully automated drying operation within the Dole organization.

Additionally, the entire project was designed around an efficient future building expansion that would incorporate a total of 8 processing lines

Coffee Facility

CONFIDENTIAL

Overview

The company consolidated their coffee operations from Kansas City, KS and Sherman, TX to New Orleans, LA to defray shipping costs.

Project Highlights

This project was a consolidation and included the relocation and installation of 12 coffee roasters, 4 packaging lines and blending and grinding equipment from their Kansas City facility as well as coffee silos from a facility in Sherman, TX.

Areas of the existing facility were renovated to create a new plant entrance, amenities and better GMP controlled access to the operation.

An existing section of the facility was removed and a 140 foot tall 50,000 square foot processing tower was constructed.

This project included the addition of utility infrastructure (aspiration, compressed air, tower water, chilled water, and fire quenching systems), as well as a separate flavor storage building with automated delivery and cleaning systems to support the production lines.

Construction and installation was executed without impact to the plant’s existing operation, and the shutdown, relocation and startup of assets from the Kansas City facility was completed without impact to the supply of product to customers.

Bakery Facility

CONFIDENTIAL

Overview

A new greenfield facility was built on a 35-acre site to produce a popular line of frozen baked goods.

Project Highlights

Speed-to-market was key to meet growing consumer demand, and this fast-track project which included a 188,000 SF bread bakery, automated sandwich assembly and packaging line, went from site design to commissioning in under 12 months.
The campus encompassed a 20,000 SF finished goods storage freezer, refrigerated shipping docks and 18,000 SF of office space.
Future expansion needs played a role in both the building design and the utility system sizing, and subsequent projects executed by Dennis Group have enlarged the footprint to 320,000 SF.