Dietz & Watson, a leading provider of
meat delicacies and cheeses, decided to change
the way their distribution process worked.
They were looking to centralize the distribution,
so it would all come from one place, as opposed
to each production facility handling their
own distribution.
They
purchased a one-year-old, 266,000 square foot
dry warehouse in Delanco Township, New Jersey
and needed someone to turn it into a temperature-controlled
distribution center.
Tippmann
Group is experienced in this type of renovation,
and went to work on the project. The original
tilt-up, concrete load-bearing walls needed
to be removed and replaced with insulated
metal panels in order for the building to
allow for colder temperatures. Tippmann’s
engineers made several structural changes
to the building to allow the original load-bearing
walls to come down.
A
new central freon refrigeration system was
then added to the building, while the entire
interior of the facility was getting engineered
and re-racked. The floor of the warehouse
also underwent significant changes to allow
for the new underfloor heating system.
