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Americold Apollo: A Tale of Two Projects

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Excellence: A Primus Core Value Comes To Life

Student Success!

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Primus Welcomes Automation Expert Randy Jennings to Its Team

Primus Earns Built by the Best Award

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Congratulations Primus Grads!

Check out the Latest Issue of Primetime, the Primus Newsletter

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Lebanon Valley Cold Storage Breaks Ground!

New Project Takes Primus Panels to the Next Level

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Here Come the Interns!

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Primus Achieves LEED Gold!

Better Planning, Better Execution, Better People: Primus PEPs It Up in 2016!

Congratulations to Kenny Banks!

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Primus Repeats Its Christmas Giving Success!

Project Manager Tim Sandberg Named to ENR Southeast’s Top 20 Under 40!

Primus Wins Big at DBIA National Conference!

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Primus Builders Awarded New Cold Storage Project by Case Farms Chicken

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Executive Vice President Erik Gunderson Introduces the 2015 North American Cold Storage Construction Guide

Our United States Cold Storage Project Wins Again!

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New Roles at Primus Streamline Delivery & Encourage Communication

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Primus Salutes Our Graduates!

The Interns Have Arrived!

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Matthew Hirsch Named President of Primus Builders, Inc.

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Primus Executive Vice President Erik Gunderson To Serve As New IACSC Chairman

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Primus Builders Featured in Refrigerated & Frozen Foods!

Another ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Accepted!

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Primus Breaks Ground on New Kroger Distribution Center in Forest Park, Georgia

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Primus Breaks Ground on New Cold Storage Facility for Lineage Logistics

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Kroger Selects Primus to Provide Design-Build Services on Its New, 1,000,000 SF Cold Storage Distribution Facility

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Americold Apollo: A Tale of Two Projects

At Primus’s company meeting in February, before Covid and the shut down, Erik Gunderson entered the ballroom in an astronaut costume and planted the Primus flag. That was the day we celebrated winning the Americold Apollo projects.

Flash forward nine months and both projects have broken ground. Their schedules are aggressive (Americold’s commitment to their tenant demands it) and they are nearly identical. The North project just lags the South project a little. 

Both projects have substantial automation components. Dematic is providing the automation design, working hand-in-hand with our Solutions and Design teams. While their particular solution can be found in Europe, it is the first of its kind in the U.S. in terms of complexity. Primus is designing the building as the automation design is finalized. Our Solutions team provided the racking design for the ASRS component. 

The biggest challenge right now is getting the primary power set up. Each site has a massive power demand, and both are in relatively rural areas that have never experienced a demand like this. Primus is working with Americold and local utility companies to make this happen.

Both projects are nearly out of the ground. They have each started foundations. And that’s where the similarities end. The North site has very loose, sandy soil. To combat this, the team installed 2,000+ rigid inclusion piles. On the South site, the team is literally digging into a mountain. They have exported 250,000 cubic yards of soil and rock,175,000 cubic yards of which was blasted rock. Water pressure challenges on the South site require water pumps for domestic and fire protection usage. The North site required asbestos and PCB removal. 

This is the first Primus project to incorporate 4D scheduling. “It’s a great tool,” said Project Manager Michael Cole. “It really helps you visualize the schedule and pick out flaws.”

The team is also using Last Planner in the field. “Communication has been key to managing it all,” said Cole. “Last Planner has been helping us keep our daily conversations – with the owner, with the team, with our subs – loaded with accurate and up-to-date information.”

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