Saturday 15 October saw the Woolworths Heathwood Chilled & Frozen Distribution Centre (HCFDC) take home another Master Builder award.
Having already been awarded for Excellence in Construction of Industrial Buildings – Over $5 million at the Brisbane region awards, the project has now received the highest accolade for the state of Queensland in the Industrial category.
Built by ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø on behalf of LOGOS Group and Woolworths, the award-winning facility is a 42,000m² semi-automated distribution centre that is fitout with Scantec Refrigeration Technologies temperature-control systems.
The HCFDC is 22-meters-high and comprises 33,460m² of warehousing, freezer, chiller and staging area, 2,796m² of office space and a 60-meter-long 179m² airbridge that connects to the neighbouring Hilton Meats facility.
The facility also houses an MHE workshop, 250 bay forklift charging room, four blast freezers, a 2,842m² returns facility as well as a pedestrian bridge, multi-deck carpark, landscaped areas and 32,000m² of hardstand.
The HCFDC is targeting a 5 Star Green Star certification for sustainability, which, if successful, will be Woolworths Group’s first 5 Star Green Star certified Distribution Centre in Queensland.
A big thank you and congratulations to our project partners: Woolworths Group, LOGOS Group, Primary Connect, Deloitte PDS Group, Watson Young Architects as well as our valued subcontractors and suppliers. The win is a collaborative effort and we recognise and appreciate everyone who was involved!