ESI Navigates Rising Costs for PFG Expansion
Performance Food Group (PFG) selected ESI to design and construct a 152,623-foot expansion to its Reinhart facility in Mount Pleasant, PA. This includes freezer space, cooler space, refrigerated dock, dry warehouse, a truck maintenance facility, and related site improvements. The …
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3 Ways to Manage D/B Projects Amid Shortages
Manage Projects with Rising costs. Transportation backlogs. Labor shortages. Time delays. Supply chain troubles. All of which are plaguing the design/build industry, and ultimately trickle down to food facility owners looking to build or expand facilities. “Product availability, lead times …
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ESI’s Field Team continues to grow
ESI welcomes Field Construction Manager, Mario Cancio to the team! Mario has been performing supervision of building demolition and earthwork grading in preparation for a greenfield meat harvesting and processing facility. Welcome, Mario!
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Speculative Cold Storage is Hot
Growing demand for refrigerated cold storage space, along with increasing investor interest and better understanding of how to build these facilities, is spurring speculative cold storage development. Today, retrofitting traditional warehouses may be an advantageous way to capitalize on the …
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Converting Dry Storage to a Cold DC
Grocery supplier C&S Wholesale Grocers of Troutdale, OR, tasked ESI Group USA with converting an existing 75,908 sq. ft. of speculative dry storage into a refrigerated distribution center, with a refrigerated dock, both of which needed to operate at 35℉. …
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Ben Walters, transitions back to Regional Manager
We are excited to share Ben Walters is joins ESI’s Sales Team. Collectively, Ben has worked with ESI for 13 years and is transitioning from the Preconstruction Team. His wealth of knowledge in business development and estimation of food facility …
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Coca Cola Is Expanding Production: The Only Place To Go Is Up
Reyes Holdings, L.L.C., the parent company of Great Lakes Coca Cola, is expanding production and needs additional finished product storage at its existing distribution center in Alsip, Illinois. The only place to add storage space was on a parcel of …
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Design Improves Supply Chains for Processors & Distributors
The COVID-19 pandemic created bottlenecks and backlogs in protein processing supply chains. As processors look to meet demand in 2021, possibly on the other side of the pandemic, they have an opportunity to re-imagine their business models and make necessary …
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ESI Constructors ranks 12th Largest Construction Firm
ESI Constructors ranks with 11 other top construction leaders who reported over $150 Million in Revenue to the Milwaukee Business Journal. ESI is honored to have this success recognized in the Largest Milwaukee-Area Construction Firms List. Thank you to our …
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Ben E. Keith’s New Award-Winning Foodservice Distribution Center
Photo by Erick Richter / www.CustomAerialImages.com With more than a century-long legacy in the food and beverage distribution industry, Ben E. Keith is known as the leader in delivering premium, high-quality products. Headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, the company’s food …
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Going the Extra Mile in the Design-Build of a Food Facility
How special efforts in the planning phases of a food facility project can help control costs down the line. Today’s design-build projects go beyond steel-and-beam projects. With consumers wanting more transparency and more accountability from food and beverage companies, sustainable …
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for Sysco Freshpoint in Dallas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michele Loppnow, ESI Group USA, mloppnow@esigroupusa.com 262.369.3535 Groundbreaking Ceremony held for Sysco Freshpoint in Dallas Hartland, Wis. – ESI Group USA is a nationally accredited design-build engineering and construction management firm specializing in the food industry. ESI completed …
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Milwaukee Business Journal survey lists ESI Design 17th
ESI Design Services ranks along with 28 others and 3 who reported 6 registered architects in their Milwaukee area office. ESI Design Services is honored to have this success recognized in the Milwaukee Business Journals Largest Milwaukee-Area Architectural Firms List. …
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Milwaukee Business Journal survey lists ESI Constructors 12th
ESI Constructors ranks along with 13 others who reported over $100 Million in Revenue in 2017 to the Milwaukee Business Journal. ESI is honored to have this success recognized in the Largest Milwaukee-Area Construction Firms List. Thank you to our …
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Seasoned employee makes a change, ESI promotes from within
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michele Loppnow, ESI Group USA, mloppnow@esigroupusa.com 262.369.3535 A long-term employee makes a change, ESI promotes from within Hartland, Wis. – ESI Group USA, a nationally accredited design-build engineering and construction management firm specializing in the food industry, …
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