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Food Factory Design Services
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Your Food Factory Designed To Exceed Your Expectations
When you’re looking to invest in your factory extension or fit-out project, careful planning and design work must ensure all aspects of the project are accounted for and any potential design pitfalls identified and addressed.
As with any significant financial commitment you need to know your investment is in safe hands. Oakley’s strong reputation is built on solid food factory design and build experience coupled with a unique turnkey approach that removes the stress and risks from food factory expansion.
Would you settle for anything less?
Our Scoping & Design Services Include
- Clarify and document user requirements (User Requirement Specification/URS) and carry out surveys and feasibility assessments.
- Develop internal layout plans including drainage, walling, M&E and services.
- Create a plan, section and elevation drawings for planning application purposes.
- Submit planning applications and liaise with planning authorities to ensure your application is successful.
- Develop complete construction drawing packs.
- Using Revit software, we can create realistic rendered visuals of the proposed expansion and layout changes, to facilitate our clients’ internal decision processes and presenting to stakeholders.
- Value engineered design solutions – helping you to achieve more with less!
Recent Projects
Food Factory Design, On-time & On Budget
Scoping, Concept Design and Planning: For larger projects we will begin in the concept design and planning phase. This is typically done when it’s a ground up factory build and requires architectural drawings and applying for planning permission. We will sit down with you and your team to find out about your growth plans and further understand your business model and process. With this understanding we are able to translate your requirements into initial concept designs or architectural designs for planning. We will then take care of submitting these plans to your local council along with documentation to provide the strongest case for approval.
Detailed Design: We usually start here when a project doesn’t require planning permission for a ground up build or extension, or once planning permission has been secured. Whether your project is to build a new food factory from the ground up, fit out current space you have in your premises, or transform a new unit into a food production facility, detailed construction drawings are now required. This is crucial to ensure that every detail is taken care of and your finished factory will meet your requirements. This is a collaborative process, where our design team work alongside you over a period of 6-8 weeks to bring your vision to life. At the end of this phase, you will be presented with a full set of detailed construction drawings alongside a comprehensive scope of works and fixed proposal for the build and fit-out phases. This detailed design pack is yours to share if you wish to get alternative quotes.
Factory Build and Fit Out: If you are confident in our turnkey approach and happy with the design, we can then proceed with the building and fitting out of your new food factory according to the detailed design. This enables you to completely step back from the project, allowing you to focus on running and growing your business, knowing it’s in safe hands. We will take care of:
- Groundworks
- Steel Frame Fabrication and Erection
- External Cladding and Rainwater Goods
- Hygienic Walling, Flooring and Drainage
- Civils and Drainage
- Resin Flooring
- White Wall Panelling
- Refrigeration
- Cold Room Installation
- Fit Out of Auxiliary Areas, such as staff welfare facilities and offices.
Our aim is always to make your project, stress-free and cost-effective, so we have a clear process that ensures your 100% satisfaction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Oakley’s food factory design service covers the full scope of pre-construction planning. This includes documenting your requirements then carrying out site surveys and feasibility assessments, developing internal layout plans covering drainage, walling, M&E and refrigeration. Our in-house design team create plan, section and elevation drawings for planning application, submitting and liaising with local planning authorities on your behalf, producing complete construction drawing packs and generating realistic 3D rendered visuals using Revit software to help you present the project to internal stakeholders and decision-makers. Every design is value-engineered to help you achieve maximum output from your investment.
No. Oakley’s design and build phases are structured as separate stages. At the end of the detailed design phase, you receive a complete pack of construction drawings, a full scope of works and a fixed-cost proposal for the build. However, if you choose to proceed with Oakley for the build, their turnkey approach allows you to step back entirely from the construction process, with a dedicated contract manager, site manager and full visibility via their Procore project management platform, backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
The detailed design phase is a collaborative process where Oakley’s in-house design team works alongside you and your team over a period of approximately 6 to 8 weeks. During this time, every detail of your food factory layout is refined and finalised, potential design issues are identified and resolved and a full set of construction drawings along with a comprehensive scope of works and fixed-cost proposal.
Yes. For projects that require planning permission, like ground-up factory builds or extensions, Oakley manages the entire planning process on your behalf. This includes creating the architectural drawings needed for the application, preparing support documentation to build the strongest possible case for approval, submitting the application to your local council, and liaising directly with the planning authority throughout the process.
Yes. Oakley’s designs are built around the highest standards in hygiene, efficiency and health and safety compliance. Their experience working in the food and beverage manufacturing industry means they understand the specific requirements of certifications, like BRCGS (Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standards) and SALSA (Safe and Local Supplier Approval). By aligning the design of your factory with these certification requirements from the outset, Oakley ensures that your finished facility will not require costly modifications later to pass audits. This is a key advantage of their turnkey approach in comparison to managing separate designers and contractors yourself.
What Our Clients Say...
They interpreted what I needed
They interpreted what I needed, what I wanted and they adapted to any changes that I needed to make. They have delivered exactly what we were after!
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If you’re looking for expert advice and a 100% done-for-you food factory design service that goes above and beyond to deliver, value, efficiency and impeccable standards, then Oakley is your number one choice.
