Star Refrigeration has completed a major warehouse conversion project in London for frozen seafood supplier Chan Brothers Ltd.
In a contract valued at £2.7million, cooling solutions specialist Star assumed the role of principal contractor. Star not only supplied a cold store refrigeration plant, but was also responsible for managing the complete fit out of the building.
Chan Brothers imports, stores and distributes seafood to the UK food service trade. The company was looking to develop an existing warehouse into a cold storage facility in the Docklands area of London.
The converted building was to feature three large cold stores, each with racking for pallets of frozen seafood. Together the insulated cold rooms would provide storage for just under 3,000 pallets, or around 3,500 tonnes of product.
The building includes a number of energy saving features including solar panels for warm water and ground source heat pumps for warehouse heating. A rainwater harvesting system provides water for toilets, general washing down and a vehicle wash facility. Star also established a waste management system, to comply with current regulations.
The company designed, manufactured and installed an R404a refrigeration plant, featuring triplex compressors, low pressure receiver, nine evaporators and an evaporative condenser. The 282kW system provides efficient cooling for the three cold stores at minus 24 degrees centigrade.
In addition, Star organised all building works on site, including the cold store insulation package, supplied and installed by ISD. Star also oversaw the installation of fixed pallet racking and a touch button mobile storage racking system in the largest cold store. This was supplied and installed by Storax Racking Systems.
