We were very proud to have been chosen to carry out this strategic project for Shetland Island Council. This project was a slow burner from the-off, with multiple visits to the Island, many options were discussed until the final solution was arrived at. Happily, our visits were always a pleasure, Shetland is a great place with wonderful landscape and great people.
To supply a full turnkey cold storage facility to house the existing fish market whilst the existing site was re-developed. The project length was proposed at 18 months.
Major factors discussed were the suitability of locating a building externally on the quay and the feasibility of building a structure of some sort in an existing warehouse. The latter was chosen as the best option due to the risk of high winds blowing down a traditional aluminium “A” framed building.
The market area was to maintained at 3 degrees for fish storage after sale before transportation. A full specification for the building was specified by the consultants Arch Henderson for temporary cold storage in Scotland.
We engineered an innovative solution to temporary cold storage in Scotland on the Shetland Islands.
A suitable building on the quay was identified. With a large clear span area it was ideal. We recommended building a modular steel framed “box” insulated with 50mm sandwich panels. Designed carefully, it it gave the largest internal floor plan available from the existing warehouse.
Cooling would be supplied by 4 independent cooling systems, each comprising of a 80kw chiller and 50kw low temperature ahu. A key advantage of stand alone systems is that there is no single point of failure. It was calculated that 2 systems would maintain the temperature.
With a limited 100A supply to the building generation was specified, again, for 100% redundancy, twin tandem running sets were specified.
This project was built on time and on budget. At the time of writing this, the project has been on-going for 19 months.
No significant problems have been encountered, and to everyone’s surprise, even the porters who work the market like it, which we have been told is praise indeed (apparently they are very outspoken!!)
Our 25kW Air Handling Units (AHUs) provide cold store cooling and air conditioning for a huge range of clients.
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Our 100KW chillers have the power to deliver temperature-controlled air across a wide range of commercial and industrial applications.
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Our Temporary Coldstore cooling rigs are the perfect solution to breaks in your cold chain. We can provide temporary cooling in a hurry so you don’t risk losses or miss out during peaks in demand. Whatever you need, we can bring the coldstore to you.
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Temporary Buildings for Cold Storage- Modular and rapidly built they are an ideal option for rapid expansion of cold storage space.
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A really nice temporary chilled storage project. This fruit storage warehouse was finished to a high specification and has been contracted initially for 2 years.
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A great job this one. We were approached to offer a rapid solution for a chilled packing area. Large in size, and to be built within an existing warehouse, the area was to be used for chilled storage and packing of box meals.
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To provide a major distribution company with a temporary chilled logistics building. A really good job this one, with an interesting problem to solve.
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Cold storage is especially tricky to maintain in readiness for the six or seven weeks of the year when you really need it. Renting equipment when you really need it makes business sense.
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One of the larger warehouse cold storage conversions we have carried out. From the initial proposal to final commissioning and ongoing support, this project ticked all the boxes for us and a very happy client.
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