Critically Controlled Logistics Center
Grifols – Clayton / North Carolina
Project category: Automation, Cold Storage, Pharma-Cold
Project status: Completed
ESI Group was selected to design and build an 83,500-square-foot extreme climate-controlled plasma storage center for Grifols Pharmaceuticals, located on their Clayton, NC campus. The facility is an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS)—a rack-supported structure equipped with three AS/RS SR machines and standing 90 feet tall.
The temperature within this critically controlled space is maintained at -35°C, using a double-redundant R507 refrigeration system with nitrogen back-up for added reliability. This new plasma storage facility plays a vital role in supporting Grifols’ largest U.S. manufacturing site.
This project was awarded a Gold level honor through ABC’s Projects of Distinction Program.
Imagery by Xfinigen Media Production Group.
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 – VP Automated Warehousing, Nancy Good- Field Assistant, and Ron Good – Construction Manager