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Our team delivers integrated design-build services for cold storage, food processing, and distribution facilities nationwide—bringing designers, builders, and in-house structural engineers together to solve complex challenges, control costs, and keep projects on schedule. 

From small box-in-box repairs to 300,000+ sf campuses, we bring experience across -20°F freezer environments, chilled processing areas, and ambient support spaces. With self-perform insulated metal panel (IMP) capabilities and deep technical expertise, we streamline every phase of construction to ensure quality, speed, and long-term performance.

2,000+
cold storage and food processing projects nationwide
60+
years of experience in cold and food construction

Integrated Design-Build for Cold Storage and Food Facilities

Our designers and builders collaborate from day one, aligning design decisions with constructability, cost, and operational goals. This connected approach eliminates handoffs and delivers facilities that perform as well as they look—on time and on budget.

How We Work

Early alignment

We start with a clear understanding of your process, site, and timeline to shape realistic budgets and informed design choices.

Collaborative design

Architects, engineers, project management and field operations work together to translate your goals into smart, constructible solutions—balancing innovation with cost control.

Transparent execution

You’ll always know where the project stands thanks to open-book budgeting, regular check-ins, and proactive issue resolution.

Seamless delivery

Our integrated team brings your facility online efficiently and ensures a smooth handover—ready for production from day one.

Architecture & Engineering

With in-house architecture and structural engineering teams, designs are built around real-world cold and food operations. Early integration with our project management and field operations streamlines approvals, reduces redesigns, and plans for future growth—delivering faster decisions, fewer surprises, and facilities ready for what’s next.

Self-Perform Expertise

We self-perform key trades that are critical to cold storage and food facility performance—keeping quality, safety, and schedules firmly in our control.
Our in-house specialties include:

  • Insulated metal panels
  • Refrigerated doors
  • Floor insulation
  • Drywall
  • Concrete
  • Division 10 specialties, window shades, and rough carpentry 

By managing these trades in-house, we eliminate dependency on outside crews—ensuring tighter quality control, faster schedules, and greater cost certainty. The result: fewer delays and consistent craftsmanship in the systems that protect temperature integrity and food safety.

Facility Upgrades and Improvements

We deliver fast-track renovations, line moves, and shutdown work in active plants warehouses, planning around production, sanitation windows, and limited shutdowns to keep operations running.

  • Typical renovation work includes:
  • Cooler/freezer conversions or expansions
  • In-plant room builds, line relocations, and utility reroutes
  • Dock and door upgrades, IMP repairs, and envelope improvements
  • VIP/special projects with tight phasing and quick decisions

We are a partner for both major capital projects and smaller upgrades that keep facilities efficient, compliant, and ready for growth. 

End to End Services

From early site review, feasibility, and entitlement support through design, construction, and commissioning, our team covers every phase of cold storage and food facility delivery, so you are not coordinating multiple firms.

Strategic planning

Set the right foundation with early analysis that de-risks major decisions.

  • Feasibility studies, master planning, and due diligence
  • Site logistics reviews and utility infrastructure assessments

Design & engineering

Optimize performance, constructability, and cost with integrated design tailored to cold environments.​

  • Architectural and structural design
  • Refrigeration, MEP, and material handling systems
  • Site and building planning for efficient product flow

Construction & commissioning

Deliver safe, efficient facilities that are ready for day-one operations.

  • Self-performance of key trades, project management, and quality control​
  • Site-specific safety management
  • Commissioning, start-up, and LEED/sustainable close-out where required

Cold + Food Projects

Karis Cold Exterior

Karis Cold Storage | Rock Hill
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Lombard Cold Storage

Lombard Cold Storage
Lombard, Illinois

Chicago Cold Storage Construction - Liberty Cold Storage exterior drone view

Liberty Cold Storage
Bolingbrook, Illinois

Industrial Cold Storage Construction - Joliet Cold Storage exterior drone view

Joliet Cold Storage
Joliet, Illinois

Pork King Packing

Pork King Packing
Marengo, Illinois

Vanee Foods Company
Broadview, Illinois

US Cold Wilmington

US Cold Storage | Wilmington
Wilmington, Illinois

United States Cold Storage Fort Worth Texas

US Cold Storage | Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas

Kraft Union City GA

Kraft Foods | Union City
Union City, Georgia

Cold Storage Construction Experts - Koch Foods exterior

Koch Foods | Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama

Cold Storage Construction Company - Kraft Foods Ohio exterior

Kraft Foods | Coshocton
Coshocton, Ohio