Pallas Foods Distribution Centre

We delivered the design and construction of a new food distribution facility for Sysco Foods, a world-leading food distribution company.

The facility included both cold and dry storage areas, as well as a set of offices. Works also included a 37,000m² concrete parking area on lime and cement stabilised subgrade. The cold warehouse was a complete ‘fridge’ facility, where the structural elements were incorporated into the cold store. This was an American design with local amendments to comply with Irish codes.  A fully equipped garage (complete with fuelling) was also delivered as part of the contract.

Works included:

• Freezer/Refrigerated warehouse 15,000m² (-29°C to +7°C)
• Dry warehouse (13,000m²⁾:
  • Structural steel frame
  • Cladding (insulated panels on Freezer warehouse)
  • Specialist concrete floors
  • M&E services
  • Sprinkler System to FM requirements
  • Client specialist subcontractors including Racking and Mini-loading System
• Ammonia refrigeration
• Service Block/Offices (2,300m²)
• Glazed curtain walling
• Internal cutting rooms/butchery areas and high specification kitchen
• Internal offices and comms rooms
• Vehicle Maintenance Facility including a truck wash and truck fuelling area
• Extensive siteworks including;
• Soil stabilization - 50,000m³ lime / cement
• Earthworks: cut to fill - 125,000m³
• Site access roads, storm,foul water drainage and attenuation ponds
• Utilities
• Concrete truck yard – 38,000m²
• Paved car parks – 10,000m²