Holten Meat Expansion Phase II
Sauget, Illinois Clayco design-built a technologically advanced food processing and distribution center for Holten Meat, Inc. in Sauget Business Park in Sauget, Ill. Completed in 1999, the 83,533 SF facility is divided into temperature-controlled manufacturing area, a distribution zone and a 17,000 SF office wing with a laboratory and full-service test kitchen. The kitchen is used to confirm that the taste, texture and overall apperance of various Holten meat products meet its standards for high quality. The laboratory test food to ensure it meets Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guildlines for freshness and sanitation. Understanding the relationships and traffic patterns between these areas was critical to providing a logical flow of product and workforce.

Constructed using light grey concrete tilt-up panels, the single-story facility is accented by a series of red squares at the roof line and a smoke gray glass curtainwall system at the entry.

As the turnkey, design-build contractor, Clayco handles all architectural, engineering, construction coordination and interior finish. After construction of the facility was complete Clayco install the product manufacturing lines in three phases over an eight-week period.