APOLLO PROJECTS
food processing design & construction
Specialising in controlled environment
design and construction, Apollo
Projects has diverse experience and
specialised knowledge of the latest
technologies and design solutions
associated within food, beverage and
dairy processing, building, civil and
building services construction.
Apollo is a leading full end-to-end
project delivery services company.
The company has designed and built
scale developments for some of New
Zealand’s leading food and beverage
processing companies including
Fonterra, Synlait, Goodman Fielder,
Taylor Preston, Ngai Tahu and Santa
Rosa.
Apollo has a proven commitment
to quality and attention to detail,
innovation, and the latest technologies.
“We take considerable time and effort
to understand our client’s business and
their project objectives. Our designs
are fit-for-purpose – be it pressurised
hygiene zones, floor protection,
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Waikato Valley Chocolates.
DESIGN &
Reclad of large dairy plant.
CONSTRUCTION
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SPECIALISTS IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF
INDUSTRY-LEADING DAIRY PROCESSING FACILITIES.
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coving, drainage, refrigeration,
insulated and hygiene envelopes
or piped services – we understand
what materials work best in certain
environments,” says Bevan Hames,
Apollo Projects' national manager of
business development.
“We mainly build greenfield projects,
however many of our clients engage
us to undertake scale extensions or
upgrades to existing environments.
In this regard we understand the
challenges operational plants face
when considering upgrades or
maintenance to their facilities. The cost
of shutting down the plant to carry
out the work can mean hundreds of
thousands of dollars in lost production,
or worse – contamination which could
damage an entire industry.”
A good example is a dairy dryer reclad
for Fonterra. The project brief was
to fully re-clad a 22m high building,
without interrupting operations or
compromising the hygienic integrity of
the cleanroom environment.
“Our innovative approach was to
minimise the manual handling on-site
by constructing an engineered winch,
central lift and a mono-rail system,”
says Hames.
These additions were integral to
the project. The ability to lift out full
sections of 10m panel, and safely
transport each panel around the
building was the key innovation –
which Apollo believes is a first of its
kind anywhere in the world.
“To our knowledge no other milk
processing facility has been re-clad
whilst maintaining 24/7 operations.”
Apollo has now applied this method
to other dairy facility upgrades with
success.
Apollo is also independently ranked
in the top 1% of New Zealand
contractors for health and safety, and
has also been recognised in the Lion
Supplier’s Awards, winning the Lion
‘Integrity Award’.
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