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Projects

Ivoclar Vivadent

IVM, a high-tech dental manufacturing company, was experiencing rapid growth and needed to expand their production capacity. To this end they had three separate projects that all needed to be completed at the same time and within a 12-week time frame. To ensure a successful outcome, BD Engineering introduced a Lean Construction principle called Pull Planning to IVM’s project management team (Client, Architect, and General Contractor). This principle helped the owner, design teams and contractor to quickly identify any pinch points in the projects’ schedule and identified ways to streamline the process. Based upon that Pull Planning session it was discovered that key pieces of equipment would need to be ordered prior to the finalization of the design documents to maintain the design and construction schedule. Highlights of this process included:

  • Identifying client expectations and proposed outcomes.
  • Developing the conditions of satisfaction and milestones to work within IVM’s construction timeframe requirement of 12 weeks for design.
  • The Pull Plan was broken down into weekly increments. Then each discipline began to determine work items that were required to be completed at the end of each of the 12 weeks.
  • Once the Pull Plan was completed, we were able to determine that the 12-week design schedule could be met.

Baldor Produce

When Baldor Produce needed to relocate their food processing operations and corporate headquarters, they relied on BD Engineering to make their vision a reality. The project consisted of renovating an existing approximately 200,000 sq ft warehouse facility in Hunt’s Point, NY and converting it to produce processing, cold storage, distribution and corporate office space. The design also included the installation of two 750 kVA generators to allow the facility to operate at near capacity during a power failure. This site was also served by a rail spur to bring in raw product.

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Really Cool Foods

Really Cool Foods is a high quality food processor that specializes in preparing ready-to-eat meals and entrees. Their successful business had outgrown their existing operation in Syosset, NY and they needed a new, state of the art facility to accommodate the growing demand for their gourmet product line. BD Engineering provided the design for the new 60,000 sf food processing facility with the capability to expand to 360,000 sf as the business grows. Also part of this project was the design and construction of their new corporate headquarters. The office was designed to meet the LEED Gold certification level.

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Brooklyn Navy Yard

This 270,000 sf facility built in the 1860’s as a ship building shop had been abandoned for decades. The Brooklyn Navy Yard’s mandate was to renovate this facility to accommodate multiple food processing/light industrial tenants with the effect of creating hundreds of jobs while maintaining the original character of the building. With a construction budget of over $50M, BD Engineering was up to the task. We had to balance functionality and flexibility with the need to maintain the historic integrity of the building, all while achieving LEED Silver certification.

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Bindi Desserts

When Bindi need to expand their production and storage facility in Belleville, NJ, BD Engineering stepped in to provide a design that fulfilled their goals and kept the disruption to their existing operations to a minimum. When they needed to build a new distribution center and class A office space for their new North American headquarters in Kearny, NJ, they relied on BD Engineering to provide state of the art engineering to make it a reality. This new 40,000 sf facility was designed to allow for expansion that would double their distribution capacity.

Mr. Cookie Face

Located in Lakewood, NJ, Mr. Cookie Face and BD Engineering have a long standing relationship when it comes to upgrading their existing facility whether to expand current production or to retool for a new specialty ice cream product. BD Engineering’s refrigeration engineers understand the critical nature of cold storage for high fat content novelty ice cream products. With a high profile client list that includes Walt Disney and Dreyers, MR. Cookie Face needs an engineer who can react quickly and deliver consistent results. For this they rely on BD Engineering. Click here for client testimonial.

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Food Processing

Atalanta
Baldor Produce
Barry Callebaut
Bindi Desserts
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Burger Marker
Café Spice
Caribbean Foods
Colavita
Dairyland USA
Damascus Bakery
DeBragga & Spitler Meats
Dr. Praeger's
Ecce Panis
El Ranchero

Fresh Direct
Gotham Greens
Kedem Wines
Master Purveyors
Mr. Cookie Face
Oberlander Bakery
Puratos
Really Cool Foods
Ruggiero Seafood
Sensible Foods
Slavin Seafood
Starkay White
Sukhadia Foods
West Side Foods

Retail

Advanced Auto
Audubon Crossings
Blinds to Go
Blink Gym
Burger Garage
Cheeburger Cheeburger
Chipotle
Dress Barn
FastSigns
Gold's Gym
Jersey Mikes
Haddad Stone Showroom
Honda
Lifestyle
Lucile Roberts
Massage Envy

Monster Pets
Party City
Party Fair
Pep Boys
Perrone's Restaurant
Pinnacle Bank
Salon Professional
Spirit Liquors
Staples
Surf Taco
The Sound System
Tobacco Leaf
Walgreens
Walmart
World's Fair Drive

Supermarket

Agata Valentina
Fairway Market
McCaffrey's
Murphy's Market
ShopRite
Stop & Shop

Light Industrial

Absecon Mills
Allied Extruders
B.P.
Grinnell Recycling
Ivoclar Vivadent
NJSPOIT Data Center
P&L Custom Emergency Vehicles
Revent

Medical

Aim Diagnostics
Dr. Iofin
Dr. Tanpiengo
Dr. Kalish
Dr. Roland
Fast Care

Child Care

Bright Horizons
Children of America
Little Learner
Gino Daycare

Solar

Georgian Court University
Masonic Temple
Bysolar
On Force Solar
NJ Solar

Office

Allstate Insurance
Canon Headquarters
DGC Office
Dowgin
Eaton
Moorestown Municipal Complex
Union Line
Woodbridge Municipal
Westside Foods

Educational

Bergen County Votech
Burlington County Community College
Hudson County School of Technology
Irvington Middle School
Georgian Court University
Kean University Scene Shop
Kean University Mass Spec
Kean University Data Center
Kean University Residential Life
LaCorte Elementary
Montgomery Township School District
Netcong Elementary
Patterson School #10
Perth Amboy High School
Thomas Edison High School
Woodbridge Middle School