24/7 Food Manufacturing Paving Challenges

The food manufacturing facility operates 24/7 and features narrow, one-way roadways, limited access points, and time-sensitive dock operations. The pavement construction presented a high operational risk due to several factors:

• Directional traffic constraints
• Continuous truck and dock activity
• A single product delivery port critical to production
• Waste management infrastructure essential to maintaining a clean production floor

Any interruption to site access, deliveries, or waste removal could have directly impacted the facility's operations.

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The Solution

Benchmark provided Construction Phase Services (CPS), serving as the owner’s eyes and ears on site and managed daily coordination between the facility, contractor, and operations team to keep the plant running.

A disruption to access, deliveries, or waste removal at this facility could have triggered significant failures. Shutting down a production line for even a few hours often costs far more than the pavement repair itself.

Understanding these risks upfront helps develop a CPS plan that prioritizes the facility's needs. By considering the site’s constraints, we transition from consultants to strategic partners in facility maintenance.

With our optimized phasing plan, we completed the project with minimal disruption to the plant's 24/7 operations, ensuring critical deliveries stayed on schedule and high-quality pavement was installed as designed. The project's success has fostered a strong, multi-year partnership, and we look forward to future collaborations.