Food & Beverage buildings
Facilities for the Food & Beverage Industry
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Are you looking for a building fully committed to safety and hygiene for your food and beverage company?
When adding manufacturing capacity, for example, through a new food and beverage unit, companies seek flexible and efficient production. Getting a facility up and running quickly with a tight budget is increasingly important.
Your agri-food production plant needs to adapt to constant changes in the demands of the market or to new technologies, no matter if your area is beer and beverage, poultry, meat, fish, dairy or plant-based foods. Additionally, production is increasingly regulated through stringent standards on quality and safety, through environmental aspects and also tight and specific production norms spread across the world. Because of the sensitive nature of food processing and the risk of contamination, a food plant often requires clean manufacturing solutions and complex processes such as the installation of a hygienic, sterile processing system.
To meet your individual needs in the food & beverages sector, we offer functional and cost-effective buildings.
Our team will work closely with you to identify and assess different opportunities, technological solutions, ideas and alternatives within a scope that you define for the project. Astron expertise is vast across multiple food types in the design and construction of large and small food processing plants (Among others, Hipp, Bonduelle, Danone, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Nemiroff, etc.) . Our know-how: consulting, design, engineering and construction.
What are the objectives of an industrial building dedicated to the food & beverage industry?
>> Food available to the public faster and at less expense
In order to meet this objective, we use a system approach and pre-engineered products that perfectly fit together. Usually it takes 10 – 12 weeks for the complete design and production of your building. Construction is carried out by certified erectors in 4 – 8 weeks, depending on the size and complexity of the project.
Along with making your food & beverage plant available faster and at less expense, our collaborative building strategy yields significant, tangible business results by reducing overall schedules by six to eight months compared to a standard design/bid/build process.
>> Flexibility & agility: quickly and in an uncomplicated manner!
Food & beverage processing companies often seek flexible and efficient production. Getting a facility up and running quickly with a tight budget is increasingly important. As flexibility is crucial, our teams propose a collaborative approach to get a facility up and running quickly with a tight budget.
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>> Food safety is priority number one:
Maintaining a clean and safe environment. It all starts with the design and building of the manufacturing facility. We can deliver a build-to-purpose production unit according to your process, equipment and technology for improved safety and efficiency.
>> Control the overall cost of your facility:
Once you have selected the building dimensions, frame type, wall, roof systems and accessories, the building cost is fixed and will stay the same over the project time-line. So you can rely on these figures and take care of other financial aspects of your project.
Design and construction costs for a typical industrial building account for only about 20-30% of the total costs over the life of a building, including operation and maintenance. They represent all the costs needed to run your business activity inside the building, like maintenance of the equipment and, of course, all heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, etc.
In the short run, you may consider the price of the building itself, but you should also consider the whole lifespan, including the total operating and maintenance costs.
>> Adopt a qualitative approach in the architectural design, reflecting your brand image
The production facility can present a positive and enhancing image of your company, by becoming an object compatible with your environment.
The choice of its architecture can be a break with what already exists, instead accentuating its singularity with a marked architectural design or integrating harmoniously with its environment.
Favouring the construction of a more inclusive society, working for the emergence of responsible sustainable buildings for all ... Faced with current social, society and environmental challenges, we can work with you to find efficient and innovative solutions for sustainable production, and control the impact of your project on the environment.
Astron is committed to respect the human rights of employees, suppliers and customers, to protect the environment, but also to take solidarity actions. Our CSR approach is integrated in all our activities.
We have worked with a multitude of food & beverage processing companies from water to organic baby food, and alcohol, and we have expertise in creating hygienic, optimized buildings that work. Contact one of our food & beverage construction experts!
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Adopt an environmentally responsible approach + RSE
The agri-food production unit can be part of an overall policy to control environmental impacts. For example the installation of a photovoltaic plant can be planned. Your building can be energy autonomous, i.e. produce as much electricity as it consumes, or even produce positive energy.
FLEXIBLE
The industrial building that best adapts to your needs
# Ingenious design
Your project should start long before the construction phase. Our team provides you with different variants of building solutions, considering structural optimization, energy efficiency, natural lighting and minimized construction cost, using 3D models and BIM. Our design & build approach is reinforced by our pragmatic approach based on our experience as engineers, manufacturer and assembler in terms of functionalities and cost control. All Astron products are tailor-made, based on proven pre-engineered solutions worked out within the large group of 150 engineers in 8 European design offices.
# Evolving the design
When you start thinking about a new building, you usually have many ideas in your head – dreams, needs, concerns. At Astron we help you to turn your ideas into reality – within a fixed timeframe and a fixed budget. We translate your functional and regulatory requirements into fluid space. You validate each phase and remain the decision-maker for the proposed options: ergonomics, structure, choice of materials.
# Variable shape
Adapt your building to any type of environments. Shape, climatic & atmospheric conditions, soil & seismic characteristics, together we will find the best configuration to contribute to the profitability of your project.
# Future extensions
Your building can be designed to allow for future modifications to best accompany the development of your company, without interrupting your operations: an extension, photovoltaic installation, future cranes …or mutability.
INTELLIGENT
Your industrial building optimized in its design & realization
# Early-stage conception
At Astron we help you to turn your ideas into reality – within a fixed timeframe and a fixed budget. Our team provides you with different variants of building solutions so you can select the one which best suits your needs, the most effective with respect to future usage. It includes energy efficiency, lighting optimization and minimized construction cost. Our expert team focus on analyzing your designed building features, systems, equipment, and material selections in order to achieve essential functions at the lowest life cycle cost, consistent with the required performance, quality, reliability, and safety.
# Consistent high quality at all times
We have full control of the supply chain from purchasing through the engineering study, manufacturing to installation. The result is an increased efficiency of the entire process to ensure the right product is at the right place at the right time.
# Easy and precise assembly
A pre-engineered steel building is the key to a successful assembly. No welding or cutting should be necessary on site. Everything is thought out in advance for a precise and fast assembly of your building. We are a one-stop-shop for all of your large industrial building project needs: having all building components at the right place at the right time, for perfect job site coordination.
# Smart production
Our buildings are produced in our two manufacturing plants. The prefabrication at the plant also ensures a smooth assembly process. Astron uses smart shaped profiles. All products can be packed efficiently. 5 times more compact means 5 times less delivery cost. 100 m² building fit on 1 truck.
PROFITABLE
Global cost reasoning on all the items
# Speed of commissioning
The Astron solution is an excellent choice when you have tight construction schedules. Once you have a basis for the design, the systems construction will shorten the manufacturing timetable. Furthermore, the standardized parts and connections will cut building erection time by 20% or more.
# Most sustainable solution
IImagine the operating costs of your building becoming an integral part of the decision-making process in the design and construction stages. At Astron we develop innovative solutions that serve customers not only today, but during the complete lifetime of their buildings. Cost savings from efficiency gains are at the core of our strategy. Our aim is to find the best pragmatic solution for our customers for an overall efficient & sustainable building.
# Reduced operating and maintenance costs
Your building has been designed and fabricated for a low-maintenance service life. The use of high-quality raw materials and high engineering and manufacturing specifications minimize the effects of weather and other environmental factors. Your building has been carefully calculated within the structural and detail design, highest production and quality standard certified by independent certification companies. We have implemented and adhere to systems and methods like Zero-Defect Strategy, 5S, Kanban, continuous improvement system, assembly quality control and continuous maintenance.
ARCHITECTURAL
Freedom at all levels
# Extensive design freedom
Your building represents your company and its style, and serves as a showcase for customer visits.
# Adapted form
From the simplest architecture to the most sophisticated! The shape of your structure can easily be combined with the availability and constraints of your land.
# Perfect integration into the environment
Whatever your direct environment is: downtown, industrial zone, shopping center, respecting urban requirements is a priority for Astron.
# Great freedom
In order to enhance the external aspect of the structure, Astron has a multitude of options concerning the facades. Metal, stone, wood, vegetation are all materials that will perfectly match your architectural wishes.
# BIM solution
Right from the design stage, your industrial building will be imagined and drawn in 3D, ready to integrate BIM functionalities from the very first sketches.
RELIABLE
A fast and efficient process
# Single source supply
Astron helps you to turn your ideas into reality – within a fixed timeframe and a fixed budget. We use a system approach and pre-engineered products that perfectly fit together. Usually it takes 10 – 12 weeks for the complete design and production of your building. Construction is carried out by certified erectors in 4 – 8 weeks, depending on the size and complexity of the project.
One single contact person handles the process from the beginning to the very end, taking care of all the details and bearing the full responsibility until the finalization of the building.
# Building smart
A smart approach to all building components adds up to better quality and durability. Our building systems are engineered precisely to the specifications for a higher-quality building and better building performance.
# Innovative approach
Starting from a blank page, we have the ability to configure the building to best suit your needs. From the planning stage onwards, through production to the final assembly, all our employees are fully committed to customer satisfaction.
# Concept of the large span
For many years, Astron has built its reputation on free spans, without intermediate columns, from 10 to 100 m. Unobstructed, column-free spaces greater up to 100 metres are required for a variety of usages. These include activities where flexibility is key, where visibility is important, such as some manufacturing facilities, and where large movable objects are housed, such as aircraft hangars.
ECOLOGICAL
Energy saving from design to operation
# From A to Z
At Astron we strive to meet all your construction needs with attention to sustainability, providing a simplified and more environmentally friendly way to complete your construction project in every aspect of our business. Astron was one of the first players on the market to provide economical solutions for a «nearly zero-energy building» NZEB for industrial applications.
# Steel promotes sustainability
Because steel building systems start with recycled steel today and can be recycled at the end of their useful lives, systems construction outperforms all other forms of construction for life cycle analysis and least material impact on the environment.
# Certified approach
Astron is assessed by EcoVadis, an international network in the field of sustainability. The assessment focuses on global supply chains, i.e. networks of relationships between production, distribution and procurement. As an example, our optimised use of raw materials and the high recycling rate were rated very positively. The energy optimisation of the Astron buildings and the support of LEED and BREAM certificates were also honoured accordingly. The result is an energy-efficient building that is completed faster, with the highest quality and lowest risks.
