Critically Controlled Logistics Center
Grifols – Clayton / North Carolina
Project category: Automation
Project status: Completed
ESI Group was selected to build an 83,500 square foot extreme climate controlled –35-degree Celsius plasma storage center for Grifols pharmaceuticals. The facility is an Automated Storage and Retrieval System—rack supported structure utilizing three AS/RS SR Machines and is 90 feet tall. This critically controlled tempered space is refrigerated with a double redundant R507 refrigeration system with a nitrogen back-up.
The new plasma center is located on Grifols Clayton NC Campus and is a vital cold storage facility supporting their largest U.S. manufacturing site.
Imagery by Xfinigen Media Production Group
This project received a Gold through ABC’s Projects of Distinction Program.
Details
Project overview:
- Stores over 5,000 pallet positions
- 3 – S/R Machines running in 3 aisles
- 12k square foot office, conference, lockers rooms with multi-story lobby
- The shipping and receiving areas maintain +5 degrees Celsius
Design details:
- Construction – Rack supported
- Wall construction – Insulated metal panels (IMP)
- Roof construction – 10” insulation and a fully adhered TPO roof
- Floor – Heated and insulated 24” double rebar structural mat slab
- Fire protection – FM global in rack double pre-action sprinkler system
- Redundant power feeds from two different substations.
- Freight and personnel elevators.
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Projects of Distinction – ESI/Grifols Field Team
Left to Right: Mark Livesay, Nancy Good, and Ron Good