Smithton, Australia · Food Processing Plant

$38,000,000 FM (Factory Mutual), UL (Underwriters Laboratories), and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) qualified food processing facility with temperature-controlled potato storage and two new production lines.

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Project Overview

CSC served as Owner’s Representative with design-build oversight for a McCain Foods processing program in Smithton, Tasmania. Scope centered on a temperature-controlled potato storage warehouse and two new production and packaging lines, with mechanical design focused on extending product storage times while minimizing weight loss. CSC led design coordination, value engineering, budget development and forecasting, bid documents and contractor evaluations, safety adherence, special inspections for steel and concrete including tilt-up panels, and day-to-day construction management. Responsibilities also included schedule control, QA/QC, and civil upgrades for new employee parking and utilities. The project achieved a 0.00 Recordable Incident Rate.

Program Value & Scale

  • Program value: approx. $38,000,000.
  • Facility: food processing with temperature-controlled potato storage.
  • Schedule: coordinated phasing to maintain operations and commissioning.

Key Deliverables

  • Temperature-controlled potato storage warehouse (mechanical strategy to extend product storage time with minimal weight reduction).
  • Two new food production lines and packaging.
  • Civil and site upgrades, including employee parking and utility services.

Execution

  • Owner’s Representative and design-build oversight.
  • Design coordination, value engineering, budget development and forecasting.
  • Managed bid package, contractor evaluation and contracting.
  • Safety management, special inspections (structural steel, concrete, tilt-up panels).
  • Schedule, quality, and cost control through commissioning and turnover.

At-a-Glance

Program
$38,000,000 food processing program.
Specialized
Temperature-controlled potato storage, extended-hold mechanical design.
Compliance
FM, UL, FDA qualified systems.
Safety
0.00 Recordable Incident Rate.

Location

1 Smith Street, Smithton TAS 7330, Australia

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