Try to search for companies that have completed projects similar to yours or resolved the issues you face. This helps you relate and fulfill your preferences well. In the case of wholesalers, suppliers, producers, or even distributors, there are numerous options for the construction of the cold storage facility in the available space.Â
However, any business should not pick someone just because they approach first, or someone who is cheapest. Here in this guide, a few tips have been mentioned to guide you about what to do before anything is built.Â
1. The Perfect Space For Your CompanyÂ
It is never a good idea to build a new facility to fulfill your current needs. However, it’s great to build a facility when your company is expanding at a rapid pace and the operations are advancing and outgrowing. Due to this, the current building can not meet the current demands. Whatever the reason behind the construction plan. Make sure that the plan of building a new cold storage facility meets your future or long-term plans.Â
Would your planned new facility sustain the continued expansion over the next five or ten years? Moreover, in case you add a new product or service type to your current offerings, would you be able to accommodate them appropriately? To figure out the size of the facility you need is necessary to understand how you would store products. It is best to build the freezer for the storage needed, rather than fit the storage to the freezer.
2. Optimizing The Facility For Energy Efficiency
The element of energy efficiency always comes with great benefits that pay back the long way and always tend to offset the cost associated with the installation of a new and expensive freezer room construction. During construction, certain measures including wall insulation, installing more roofs, proper dock seals, air destratification fans, and automated light sensors are all great.Â
However, it is you who have to decide which of these is necessary for the success of the business. However, you can always purchase an additional item, equipment, or furniture or upgrade office furniture in the future. But in current times, the most common energy-efficient measure is to use LEDs for refrigerated space lighting.Â
3. Determine A Budget And Stick To It
Planning about the budget is a major step. However, besides determining a good budget, make sure the design process of the cold storage facility involves everyone on the team who will be linked to the usage of the new facility. Evaluating the needs of everyone will help keep the project on track and within the decided budget. The approach of taking lower bids sometimes backfires.Â
As such, this type of process can lead to higher costs when necessary items are neglected by you or someone you are working with, or lower quality material is used to stay within their bid. However, when you work with any builder or designer, you get associated with the feasibility section of the project before you invest in the building’s complete design. This way you become aware of whether you have a budget that will work for your business.