
The New Way to Look at Construction: Continuous Flow
Many industry insiders will quietly tell you that the U.S. lags behind European countries on construction innovation and quality. They point to poor procurement, siloed and sub-optimized collaboration, and disjointed work as the reason for this inefficiency. But a principle …
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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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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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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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New Processing Site Ensures Safety to Workers, Jobs to Community
Earlier this year, Meat + Poultry Magazine reported that meat processors and food distributors were investing from under $1 million to almost $400 million into renovating existing operations or building new facilities. For meat and poultry processing more than 20 …
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Ben E. Keith Awaits Its ‘Gateway to the Southeast’
Ben E. Keith Foods - New Brockton, AL
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Project Planning for the Uncontrollable
Project Planning for the Uncontrollable The promise of shorter timelines and lower costs has made design-build the dominant model in industrial construction. But both time and budget are subject to uncontrollable circumstances like extreme weather, labor shortages, and trade war …
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The Great Mississippi Doesn’t Deter ESI From Completing New Facility
The Great Mississippi Doesn’t Deter ESI From Completing New Facility ESI broke ground on a new food facility in Marrero, Louisiana in January 2019, but the project was quickly delayed until after Labor Day because of an unprecedented level of …
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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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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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ESI Design named on Top Green Providers List
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michele Loppnow, ESI Group USA, mloppnow@esigroupusa.com 262.369.3535 ESI Design Services named a Top Green Provider for 2017 by Food Logistics Hartland, WI—June 20, 2017 — Food Logistics, a publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through …
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