LISTEN: Ben Rubin, co-founder & CEO of SnoFox Sciences and Dan Postlewaite, manager of sustainable development & senior project engineer at US Cold, join From the Cold Corner. 

The 298,000-square-foot state-of-the-art cold storage facility is located within the heavy-haul corridor, in close proximity to the Barbours Cut and Bayport container terminals, and with convenient access to the regional interstate highway system and multiple Class 1 railroads.  

Schwan’s Company and Construction crews took to the air to install new climate control systems on the expanded Schwan’s Company pizza plant in Salina, Kansas. 

How cold facility flooring can boost or bust the bottom line.

On our latest From the Cold Corner Podcast, I talk with Vincent Free, chairman of the Controlled Environment Building Association (CEBA) about how the organization helps bring together suppliers, sub-contractors, builders and more, to move the thermal envelope industry forward through education and networking.

Looking back on what we’ll call 2020 B.C. (Before Coronavirus), the pipeline for cold storage construction was already robust and healthy. According to research by commercial real estate firm CBRE, overall industrial construction—which encompasses cold storage, along with warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, self-storage, office and flex space—was at 298 million square feet (MSF) before COVID-19, bolstered by the ongoing rise of e-commerce.