Process Improvement in Action: Stancold’s Cost-Effective Freezer Fit-Out for Proper Cornish

The Stancold Food Projects team recently completed a freezer fit-out for Proper Cornish, a renowned South West food production company and Taste of the West award winner. Since its founding in 1988, Proper Cornish has earned widespread acclaim, winning multiple awards - including Taste of the West Awards, British Pie Awards, and World Pasty Championships - for their celebrated Cornish pasties and other savoury delights.

Proper Cornish reached out to Stancold in March to help expand the frozen storage capacity at their Bodmin production facility. This need arose after securing a new contract with a nationwide distributor, requiring them to scale up both production and storage capabilities.

A section of their facility was initially planned to be a freezer space but left fallow—until now. Stancold Food Projects was tasked with transforming the space into a fully operational freezer, ideal for storing bacon destined for their delicious pastry goods.

Always eager to assist Taste of the West award winners in any way that they can, Stancold were excited to work with Proper Cornish on this project!

The process started with a site visit by Stancold’s Food Project Specialist, Andy Connell. During the site visit, Andy was able to better understand not only site logistics but to make an innovative suggestion to bring down the overall cost of the project for Proper Cornish. 

The original project plans called for whitewall to be fitted around the building’s columns. Fitting small sections of whitewall around the columns raised the cost of the project while only adding a handful of additional storage capacity. Andy suggested fitting the whitewall straight across the columns. The slight reduction in usable space had no impact on Proper Cornish’s operations due to the size and shape of objects they were storing but significantly lowered the project’s overall cost.

‘Fitting the whitewall across the columns rather than around them is a prime example of a value-engineered solution,’ says Andy, ‘it lowered the project's overall cost without sacrificing what Proper Cornish looked to achieve with the space.’ 

Over the course of seven total days on-site, Stancold constructed the space into a suitable freezer environment, complete with Kingspan Quadcore panels for the walls and ceiling, a strip curtain, and an insulated concrete floor with a modular heater mat to match the floor level of the existing facility.

Stancold Food Projects enjoyed the opportunity to work with the fantastic team at Proper Cornish and further support the Taste of the West community. 

As an added perk, Stancold’s expert installers were treated to Proper Cornish’s delicious pasties each day on-site—though it’s a wonder they didn’t try to extend the project just for more!

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