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