Utilities

FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITIES REQUIRE SAFE, RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT UTILITY SYSTEMS

Whether it's designing infrastructure for a greenfield project, upgrading systems to accommodate expansion or simply uncovering ways to optimize energy efficiency, Dennis Group has a skilled team that can assist on any aspect of your utility system. We are vendor-neutral and work with our clients to understand their needs and project parameters in order to design a system specifically tailored to their operation.

We work on all aspects of utility systems including:

Refrigeration
Compressed Air
Steam and Hot Water
Wastewater Pre-Treatment

Utilities

Food Production Facilities Require Safe, Reliable, and Efficient Utility Systems

Whether it’s designing infrastructure for a greenfield project, upgrading systems to accommodate expansion or simply uncovering ways to optimize energy efficiency, Dennis Group has a skilled team that can assist on any aspect of your utility system. We are vendor-neutral and work with our clients to understand their needs and project parameters in order to design a system specifically tailored to their operation.

Refrigeration

Dennis Group offers a custom tailored approach for refrigeration systems that is seamlessly coordinated with the building, mechanical, electrical and controls disciplines. We’ve executed more than 300 refrigeration projects to date. Our diverse work has included single- and two-stage ammonia, glycol packaged chillers and carbon dioxide cascade. We can conduct a cost and benefits analysis to help you understand the best application based upon your specific process and business goals.

Storage Freezers
Ice Cream Finished Goods (120,000 SF & 140,000 SF)

Par-baked Donuts & Breads
(90,000 SF)

Frozen Dough
(40,000 SF)

Packaged Snack Foods
(20,000 SF)

Coolers
USDA Chilled Processing Spaces (500,000+ SF)

Cheese Cooler
(126,000 SF)

Processed Fruit Cooler
(40,000 SF)

Flower Coolers
(300,000+ SF)

Glycol Packaged Chillers

Ammonia Two Stage

Ammonia Single stage

Compressed Air

Compressed air is a critical element in any modern food plant, and we've worked in all applications from mechanical to packaging and processing. We consider capacity requirements and ensure that the correct systems are in place to adhere to food safety standards in high-care areas where air is coming in contact with ready-to-eat food.

Steam and Hot Water

Food production often requires heat from both a mechanical perspective and for the process/production itself. Depending upon the facility, we’ve developed combustion systems ranging from boilers (steam and hot water) to water heaters (direct or indirect).

Wastewater Pre-Treatment

Dennis Group has designed wastewater pretreatment systems for a range of contaminants. This includes food solids filtered out through mechanical pre-screening (vegetables, fruits, grains, etc.). Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) and biological aerobic/anaerobic treatments have been implemented to reduce biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS) or fats, oils and grease (FOG).