Food and Beverage

Food and Beverage Manufacturing Design & Construction

When your food and beverage manufacturing facility is expanding a new product line, you need a team that helps drive productivity and thinks like an owner, with ROI at the forefront. McCownGordon specializes in food and beverage manufacturing design, engineering, and construction.

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Jamie Bailey, a McCownGordon Construction associate

Jamie Bailey

VP, Client Strategy

Our team can handle any product, anywhere.

Regardless of which segment your food and beverage manufacturing facility lies or where your facility is located, we have the experts to deliver comprehensive turnkey solutions focusing on speed to market and ROI.

We specialize in the following food and beverage categories:

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Turnkey installations

Our team of facility, process, and packaging engineers is here to help you with your next project. From initial concept to your product coming off the line, partnering with McCownGordon provides full turnkey installations and all the solutions in between for your food and beverage manufacturing facility.

Using the most advanced technological tools, our team helps you envision your food manufacturing facility in a virtual world early, eliminating costly changes once construction begins.

If you are planning a new facility, process, or packaging project for your food and beverage manufacturing facility, your selection of a design-build partner is critical. Our manufacturing leadership team brings more than 120 years of combined experience across multiple food and beverage and consumer product markets, with a wide range of project delivery methods.

Amanda Tran, P.E.

Design Engineering Executive

Amanda Tran, P.E.

Design Engineering Executive

Amanda’s extensive expertise plays a pivotal role in delivering successful solutions for our manufacturing clients. With a focus on the food and beverage market, she has global experience with both greenfield projects as well as facility assessments providing clients with advanced optimization for their operations. Amanda’s client-driven approach focuses on driving efficiencies through early conceptual project plans, feasibility studies, innovative packaging design and procurement solutions.

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Construction-led design-build approach

Manufacturing Services

We are known throughout the industry for our construction-led design-build approach that strongly emphasizes preconstruction services. Our advanced technology provides cost and schedule certainties early. Our ability to understand and integrate the different project components from design to startup makes us the ideal partner for a successful turnkey project.

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Excellence in Food and Beverage Manufacturing

From validation requirements to the latest equipment advancements, the food and beverage industry is constantly changing. Our design-build team of facility, process, and packaging engineers stays current on the latest trends and regulations to help ensure your project is a success. Whether your plans include building a new facility, adding a new line, or expanding capacity, our team designs your space in a virtual world to illustrate how to best enhance your production. Check out our most recent project in FoodBev Media.

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Specialized Expertise in Cold Storage Design and Construction

In the fast-paced food, beverage, and life sciences industries, high-performing cold storage facilities are critical to maintaining product integrity, meeting compliance standards and optimizing operations. McCownGordon offers expert design-build solutions tailored to deliver dependable, high-efficiency temperature-controlled environments across the country.

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At McCownGordon, we are always looking for the best manufacturing engineers. Whether you’re a process or packaging engineer or a construction professional, our goal is to hire the best people for building and facility construction, from the inside out. Our team’s ability to help clients create turnkey solutions from all aspects of the process sets us apart across the nation.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • McCownGordon specializes in designing and constructing food processing plants, beverage production facilities, cold storage warehouses, packaging plants, and distribution centers, ensuring compliance with FDA, USDA, and FSMA regulations.

  • We follow industry best practices for hygienic design, integrate cleanable construction materials, and adhere to FDA, USDA, and FSMA regulations to create food-safe environments that support operational efficiency and compliance.

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  • We work with food processors, beverage manufacturers, dairy and meat processing facilities, bakeries, snack food companies, and other food industry businesses to develop state-of-the-art production and storage facilities.

  • Engaging us early in the planning phase helps optimize costs, streamline regulatory approvals, and ensure efficient facility design for scalability and compliance.

  • Yes, we provide design-build, construction management, and general contracting services to deliver seamless, high-quality projects that meet your production needs.

  • We implement phased construction strategies, use prefabrication where possible, and coordinate closely with your team to minimize disruption to operations.

  • Our expertise in design, compliance, and operational efficiency, combined with our commitment to collaboration and quality, makes us a trusted partner for food and beverage manufacturers looking to expand or optimize their facilities.

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