The Austin Company is uniquely qualified to serve the Meat and Poultry further processing industries. The food safety requirements and media attention across the industry are increasing. Not only are manufacturers fully aware of the processes and personnel aspects of delivering products, you are also aware of the environment that encapsulates the process and personnel and the food safety implications therein including room surface materials, pressurization, raw and cook separation, refrigeration design, wastewater handling just to name a few.
Austin has provided construction and construction management services for over 130 years. Today, utilizing proven construction methodologies and practices, Austin maintains a consistent reputation for providing quality driven, cost effective and safety governed design, engineering, and construction services for technologically complex projects nationwide. Austin has provided innovative solutions for planning, process development, equipment selection, plant design, equipment procurement, equipment installation, start-up and training for Greenfields, expansions, line additions and line modifications.
To meet the demands of the dynamic and increasingly complex market for meat and poultry further processing products, sophisticated facilities for product development, testing, manufacturing and distribution are required. Austin’s key personnel experience in planning, designing, engineering and constructing facilities for the meat and poultry industries uniquely qualifies Austin to provide these services to our clients.
Sanitary Building Design - Key Considerations
- If you can’t see it, you can’t clean it. (Applies to buildings as well as equipment.)
- Integrate sanitation equipment into the initial design
- Design site with pest defense in mind
- Design proper environmental building finishes
- Design sanitation egress around equipment
- Design sanitary utility runs throughout processing and packaging areas
- Design appropriate level of site and plant security
- Control hygienic zones
- Control personnel, product & material flow
- Control water accumulation in the design
- Control room temperature and humidity
- Control room airflow and pressure