Atlas Foods — 4,000 sq ft Cold Storage Built in Under 30 Days

Cooler: four ceiling-mounted evaporators (a mix of Trenton and SmartRefer units) paired with two 7.5 HP Heatcraft condensing units. Freezer: two evaporators paired with two 7.5 HP Heatcraft condensing units. Both rooms 20 ft tall with 10 ft × 8 ft insulated sliding doors. Freezer carries an integrated insulated floor and a forklift ramp at the entry. Plant sized to specialty-food-distribution throughput, commissioned and pulled down to spec on first run.

4,000 sq ft total. A 3,000 sq ft walk-in cooler and a 1,000 sq ft walk-in freezer, side by side. Both rooms are 20 ft tall with 10 ft × 8 ft insulated sliding doors. The cooler runs four ceiling-mounted evaporators (a mix of Trenton and SmartRefer units) and two 7.5 HP Heatcraft condensing units. The freezer runs two more evaporators and two 7.5 HP Heatcraft condensers, plus an integrated insulated floor and a forklift ramp at the entry.

Atlas Foods went from a completely gutted space (no panels, no refrigeration, nothing) to fully operational cold storage in under 30 days. The schedule ran site walk and design first, then envelope panel set, then refrigeration plant install, then door hang and freezer floor, then commissioning and handoff. Tight windows like that require an in-house crew handling design, panels, refrigeration, and doors as one team. Brokered or subcontracted schedules do not hit 30 days.

Atlas Foods is a specialty food distributor running production and distribution out of the same envelope. The cold storage is sized for that workflow: large sliding doors for pallet movement, an integrated freezer floor for forklift access without thresholds, and a refrigeration plant sized to actual throughput rather than to a generic restaurant or grocery template.