Designing and Building Facilities That Nourish the Future

Modern facilities help manufacturers deliver quality food and beverages to consumers.

---

Reliable Facilities for Improved Food and Beverage Processing

Delivering quality food and beverages to consumers requires modern manufacturing and packaging facilities that leverage innovation and efficiency. While you’re working on feeding the world, we’re here to plan, design and construct the facilities that make it happen. From site selection and construction to startup and commissioning, Burns & McDonnell designs and builds facilities with the cutting-edge technology required to automate key processes and boost overall production.

Food & Beverage  

Beverage

Dairy

Food Ingredients and agriculture

Frozen and prepared

Pet food

Protein

Chocolate and Confectionery

Services We Offer

• Construction
• Controls & Automation
• Estimating
• Packaging Design
• Pre-Capital Planning
• Process Design

• Project Management
• Refrigeration
• Safety
• Structural Design
• Supplier Management
• Wastewater

Execute Critical EPC Projects

Our integrated design-build team brings a single source of accountability to the design and construction of your project. It allows us to move at a faster pace as a unified team because we have all services in-house and can streamline processes. Our designers and construction professionals already work side by side, giving you greater flexibility in finding the right resources for your project with our ability to prioritize. While only 5% of projects in the industry as a whole finish within 10% of goals for costs and schedule, according to the Construction Industry Institute, the rate for Burns & McDonnell projects tops 95%.

Construction  

white paper

Food Safety Modernization Act Compliance

With the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Preventative Controls for Human Food now in place, food manufacturers are required to comply with the most sweeping food safety regulations in over 70 years. To become FSMA-compliant, manufacturers and owners must establish and implement a food safety plan that considers all factors relating to the new rule. Since compliance dates have already begun, it’s important to be fully prepared.

Article

Mitigating Manufacturing Capital Risk Through Asset Investment Planning

1898 & Co.

Methodologies within the industrial asset management landscape, including Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Asset Performance Management (APM), and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), were seen as a business imperative in the last decade as manufacturers demanded more insights and longevity from their physical assets.

Service Feature

Unlocking Site Selection Success

Burns & McDonnell

For many projects, the perfect site can feel just beyond reach. The process of finding your ideal location may seem daunting at first, but working with an experienced site selection team to do all the heavy lifting — from sifting through sites to learning about unique site features and determining a ranking — can help make the process smoother.

Blog

Collaboration and Planning Drive Success for Construction Projects

Burns & McDonnell

By defining key project elements and engaging multiple parties early, construction managers can deliver projects in a steady and predictable manner.

Case Study

Facility Renovation Improves Processes for Production and People

Burns & McDonnell

Reimagining constrained space leads to increased plant capacity, improved production processes and overall better manufacturing efficiency for a food processing company.

White Paper

Lean Assessment to Optimize Your Operations

Burns & McDonnell

To pinpoint operational challenges and identify optimal solutions for manufacturers, lean assessments may be the right approach. A Lean Six Sigma evaluation of current processes takes a holistic view of a business in order to build efficiencies now and in the future with shorter lead times, better on-time delivery, faster cash conversion and greater product control.

Blog

Taking a Design-for-Manufacturing Approach to Packaging

Burns & McDonnell

Involving manufacturing teams early in product development can efficiently marry commercial expectations for packaging with manufacturing capabilities.

news

Burns & McDonnell Team to Propel Expansion of Cold Chain Logistics Solutions Nationwide

Burns & McDonnell

MINNEAPOLIS — Global engineering, construction and architecture firm Burns & McDonnell is bolstering its support of the food and beverage and cold chain logistics industries. The firm has assembled a veteran team of cold chain logistics solutions professionals with nearly 175 years of combined experience in design and construction for prepared foods, protein, e-commerce, food processing, leased warehouse, food service and retail/grocer facilities nationwide.

LOAD MORE  

---

Streamline Your Manufacturing Operations

From site selection to facility optimization, innovation in manufacturing creates societal progress. Getting your trusted brands to the shelves fast requires massive support — sustainable facilities enhanced with automation, operational flexibility and physical and cybersecurity safeguards, all wrapped within cutting-edge design that accounts for and optimizes every inch of space. Our comprehensive manufacturing solutions enhance the products that shape consumers’ quality of life. Learn how our adaptable, customized solutions maximize manufacturing facilities to make consumer products that enrich lives worldwide.

Manufacturing & Industrial  

Blog

Why the Future of Manufacturing Depends on a New Kind of Workforce — And How to Build It

Burns & McDonnell

Automation, reskilling and robotics are key strategies to bridge the labor gap in manufacturing.

Case Study

Advanced Technology Provides Cost and Schedule Savings for Large Food Producer’s Expansion

Burns & McDonnell

A confidential client needed to expand its existing food production facility by 50,000 square feet to satisfy increased market demand. Laser-scanning technology and 3D modeling aided the process engineering effort and significantly reduced the project schedule.

White Paper

How AIP Software Fills a Critical Capability Gap for Manufacturers

1898 & Co.

Manufacturers face a more complex, dynamic and competitive marketplace than ever before. Crises ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine have vividly demonstrated the imperative for greater agility in operations, supply chain management and financial planning.

SERVICE

Delivering Turnkey Automated Distribution and Fulfillment Facilities for Purchase or Lease

This cutting-edge business line not only transforms but reshapes the entire supply chain paradigm. At Burns & McDonnell, we recognize its untapped potential — a seamless synergy of efficiency and innovation. It's not just a warehouse; it's a game changer in the distribution and fulfilment market, promising a future where precision meets productivity, setting new standards for excellence

Blog

Bigger Is Not Always Better: Space Optimization for Manufacturing

Burns & McDonnell

Several tactics can optimize facility footprints and operations — maximizing the productive use of capital — regardless of market conditions driving the need.

Blog

Designing for Procurement Can Help Alleviate Supply Chain Headaches

Burns & McDonnell

As supply chain disruptions continue to strain timely delivery of utility infrastructure projects, designing for procurement is becoming a vital strategy.

Service Feature

A Holistic Approach To ‘Build Cold’

Burns & McDonnell

Cold environments are an essential attribute for numerous providers in the cold chain logistics industry. As the locations, sizes and operations of these facilities change to meet demand, a multidisciplinary team offering comprehensive cold chain logistics solutions is critical to develop efficient and cost-effective projects.

LOAD MORE  

---

Optimize Your Supply Chain

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed supply-chain vulnerabilities. As we move forward, identifying creative and resilient solutions is critical to procure the equipment and materials needed for safe, reliable and efficient project execution. Our team focuses on building relationships with networks that are right for your needs and the proper distribution of your products, providing the service and speed-to-market you need at a cost that fits your master plan. To make this happen, our team provides detailed analysis to help you make major sourcing and site selections prior to finalizing capital spending plans for multiple sites, taking into account distributors in the area. Our team will also conduct a supply chain optimization test to provide your facility with guidelines for top-of-the-line operation of your manufacturing distribution supply chain.

Industrial, Manufacturing & Optimization  

White Paper

Leveraging Emerging Technology in Confectionery and Snack Manufacturing

Burns & McDonnell

Manufacturers face an imperative to fill vacated roles and boost productivity in the wake of labor shortages, even as input costs climb. With a tough labor market likely to persist, making use of emerging technologies will be vital to economizing on labor, controlling costs and building a long-term competitive edge.

Blog

Designing for Procurement Can Help Alleviate Supply Chain Headaches

Burns & McDonnell

As supply chain disruptions continue to strain timely delivery of utility infrastructure projects, designing for procurement is becoming a vital strategy.

FEATURE

Scoping Out Solutions for Supply Chain and Labor Challenges

Burns & McDonnell

Sometimes challenges contain the seeds of their own solutions. Bogged-down supply chains and persistent shortages of skilled labor are familiar complications throughout many industries, but efforts to address them are also driving more efficiencies in project planning and execution.

Blog

Q&A: Jason Schmid on Mitigating Inflation in the Confectionery Supply Chain

Burns & McDonnell

The cost of cocoa beans has more than doubled in recent months. Confectionery manufacturers can consider many options to manage rising costs.

Blog

Navigate Supply Chain and Manufacturing Challenges During Disruption

Burns & McDonnell

The pandemic has left manufacturers to meet growing demand amid supply chain disruptions and new safety risks — challenges to solve with careful planning.

Case Study

Operating Without Interruption Using a Phased Delivery Approach

Burns & McDonnell

Extensive downtime isn’t an option when it comes to improvement projects for high-use infrastructure. Being able to execute a project seamlessly — and without interruption — requires preparation, planning and coordinated teamwork. The power to keep production moving and schedules flowing lies within a phased execution approach.

White Paper

Resilience Is the Golden Ticket for Chocolate and Confectionery Producers

Burns & McDonnell

Adapting rapidly to consumer preferences, demonstrating resistance to disruptions in the supply chain and available labor market and continuously improving processes and equipment are critical for chocolate and confectionery producers in an industry that is constantly changing.

LOAD MORE  

---

---