Reliable Facilities for Your Trusted Consumer Brands

Cosmetics, Home Care, Packaging, Personal Care, Pet Care, Pulp and Paper, Specialty/Fine Chemicals

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Execute Critical EPC Projects

Utilizing a construction-first mindset means we deliver integrated, sustainable, customer-driven solutions that drive business forward. Our in-house construction professionals are well-versed in multiple subcontracts, as well as fast-track and complex design-build projects. To streamline everything from permitting and pre-capital consulting to startup and commissioning, our integrated team quickly adapts to changing regulations, manages stakeholder engagement and keeps projects safely on track. We offer a single point of accountability, providing a team that is willing to dig into the details throughout the entire project life cycle.

Construction Services  

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Unlocking Site Selection Success

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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.

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Collaboration and Planning Drive Success for Construction Projects

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

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Revolutionizing Automated Warehousing: A Turnkey Approach to ASRS + Building Delivery

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The desire for reduced labor costs, improved accuracy and supply chain safeguards is pushing distribution centers and manufacturing facilities forward into the golden age of advanced automation. Extensive data analysis, careful application to relevant business operations and facility integration is essential in order for automated systems to operate optimally.

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Move Faster With Manufacturing

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. Harness the collective experience of our full-service team of engineers, architects and constructors to get projects online safer, smarter, faster and more reliably.

Manufacturing & Industrial  

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

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

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Taking the Pressure Off Planning for Capital Investments

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When major operational changes require large capital investments, the unknowns of the outcomes can weigh heavily on an organization. Pre-capital consulting is crucial to delivering a successful project, especially for companies that have multiple departments with diverse responsibilities or functions.

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Fast-Track Design Offers a Clean Start for Production of New Product

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Managing risk in new product production is key to a profitable outcome. When a personal care products manufacturer wanted to introduce a new body wash to its portfolio, it needed a new manufacturing process to operate within an existing and predetermined production space, all while meeting an aggressive schedule.

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Taking a Design-for-Manufacturing Approach to Packaging

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

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Bigger Is Not Always Better: Space Optimization for Manufacturing

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

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Lean Assessment to Optimize Your Operations

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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.

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Integrating Robotics Into Existing Processes

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Industrial automation through robotics is more accessible than ever with robots performing human-like functions such as assembling and testing products and picking and packaging them for distribution. Consider integrating this competitive advantage into your process to reap the safe, fast and reliable rewards.

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Prioritizing Sustainable Solutions

We’re constantly aligning business strategies with our dedication to growing responsibly and being good stewards of the environment. Beyond complying with changing rules and regulations, we are passionate about bringing sustainable solutions to the table. Our sustainability efforts come fully equipped with appropriate strategies to protect your community and environment. We help our clients identify, prioritize and implement sustainability initiatives, offering a range of solutions, including internal emissions reductions, material management, and sustainable siting and development. Whether helping our clients prepare for extreme weather events or remediate earlier environmental damage, we support efforts to build a sustainable future.

Supporting a Sustainable Future  

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Powering Future Manufacturing With Decarbonized Industrial Operations

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Industrial manufacturers are exploring how to decarbonize assets and processes, a key step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainability.

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Opening the Door to Sustainability

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For TruStile Doors, finding a more beneficial use for more than 7,200 tons of sawdust byproduct created each year through manufacturing meant integrating a solution into design of its new facility — effectively reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 37,000 tons per year.

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Four Factors Impacting Water Management in Industrial Operations

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When trying to boost water efficiency, industrial water users should consider regulatory compliance, aging infrastructure, economic growth and ESG factors.

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Client Satisfaction Report:  Church & Dwight

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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.

Consumer Products  

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Revolutionizing Automated Warehousing: A Turnkey Approach to ASRS + Building Delivery

Burns & McDonnell

The desire for reduced labor costs, improved accuracy and supply chain safeguards is pushing distribution centers and manufacturing facilities forward into the golden age of advanced automation. Extensive data analysis, careful application to relevant business operations and facility integration is essential in order for automated systems to operate optimally.

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Designing for Procurement Can Help Alleviate Supply Chain Headaches

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

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Flash Fulfillment Solution Leads to More Efficient E-Commerce Processing

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As the e-commerce market continues to grow, flexible fulfillment solutions are needed to improve the order-filling process, reduce labor costs and improve space utilization.

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