June 2022 | Beverage Industry
New beverage facility builds trend toward continued efficiency
Architectural-led designs help beverage warehouses build for the future
As the industry continues to navigate a new “normal,” including the lasting effects of the coronavirus pandemic, supply chain issues, labor shortages and inflation, major beverage players are finding innovative ways to weather the storm and carry on with business as usual. Among those players are operators, who tactfully are expanding on existing beverage facilities or building brand-new ones to ensure continued efficiency, no matter the circumstances, today and in the future.
To build and create continuous efficiency, operators must address the aforementioned issues, which significantly are impacting the market, experts say.
Paul Laman, vice president of beverage at Fairfield, N.J.-based DMW&H, specifically notes labor as a key consideration when building for efficiency.
“With the shortage of labor in the marketplace, new and future beverage facilities must be more labor efficient, so new buildings will need to accommodate more advanced fulfillment and storage technologies,” Laman says. “This may influence the building height, column pattern, floor strength and thickness, number of receiving and loading doors, power requirements and temperature needs.”
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