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SKOR Crestlawn — 3,000 sq ft Walk-In Freezer + 1,500 sq ft Processing Area for a School Food Supplier
The Build
If you supply food at scale, you don't get room for error
SKOR Crestlawn supplies food to hundreds of schools, and at that volume one breakdown in workflow or cold storage turns into delays, waste, and a food-safety risk the operator can't absorb. So WFE laid the 3,000 sq ft freezer and the 1,500 sq ft processing area out as one envelope, with the floor plan set so product runs straight from processing into frozen storage instead of being handled twice.
Build Sequence
From empty shell to operational.
Moments from the build, in order. Each frame is a real WFE installation photo from the project.
Build vs Operational
Same room. Two states.
Drag the handle to compare the same envelope from build week to commissioned operation.
Detail Gallery
Operational, in detail.
Walk-in freezer envelope built inside the existing warehouse. Sliding door open, bollards flanking the entry, polished concrete with center drain.
KeepRite three-fan ceiling evaporator. One of two units sized to the freezer’s door-cycle profile.
Freezer envelope commissioned, awaiting product. Dual evaporators on the far wall.
WFE installer in branded blue hoodie at the sliding door, inside the freezer.
Envelope built, materials staged. Crew prepping for the next phase before refrigeration goes in.
What's in the Build
Spec'd for the work.
Every component sized for the project's actual load, door-cycle profile, and shift volume. Nothing pulled from a catalogue.
Tongue-and-groove cam-lock construction, foamed-in-place urethane core, sealed seams for low-temperature freezer operation. 4-inch thickness, white stucco-embossed steel finish, floor-to-ceiling coverage.
Two ceiling-mounted evaporators sized for the freezer's product load and door-cycle profile. Paired with remote condensing units for serviceability and noise control. Operating temperature −18 °C / 0 °F.
Fully insulated, motorized sliding doors at the processing-to-freezer transition. Staff and cart flow remain uninterrupted through the shift; door cycles minimized by sensor-triggered timing. Insulation matched to envelope.
Yellow powder-coated steel bollards installed at every door frame, corner, and forklift-traffic zone. Protects the envelope and door tracks from the cumulative damage that takes cold rooms out of service.
Designed, fabricated, and installed by the WFE in-house team. No third-party subcontractors on site. One point of accountability from floor plan to commissioning. Timeline: Nov 7 to Dec 10.
Equipment Sourced From
Manufacturers listed are representative of WFE's standard build kit; exact units sized per project.
Outcome
How it landed.
SKOR Crestlawn went operational with the freezer holding spec from first pull-down and the processing area running directly into frozen storage. Two automatic sliding doors handle staff, cart, and product flow without manual cycling. Bollards and guards protect the envelope through daily operations. The customer supplies food to hundreds of schools out of a facility built for high-volume production and safe food handling, day after day.
Deep Dive
Two automatic sliding doors, bollards, guards: built for daily operation
A high-volume processing-to-freezer flow is hard on equipment, so this build was specced to take daily wear. Two automatic sliding doors keep staff and carts moving without manual cycling, and steel bollards and guards at every entry and high-traffic zone absorb the forklift and cart impact that wears down a cold room's envelope and door tracks over time.
Refrigeration plant detail
Dual ceiling-mounted evaporators inside the 3,000 sq ft walk-in freezer, sized together for the operator's frozen-storage load and door-cycle profile. Condensing units BTU-matched on commissioning. The refrigeration plant holds spec under the door-cycle pattern of a high-volume school-food-supply operation. Full pull-down test and defrost-cycle verification on handoff.
Project FAQ
01 What kind of operator is SKOR Crestlawn?
A school food supplier: supplies food to hundreds of schools. Federally regulated food operation requiring high volume, consistent cold-chain integrity, and zero tolerance for downtime in the freezer or processing area. The build was specced against that operational reality from day one.
02 Why pair a walk-in freezer with a processing area in the same envelope?
Direct flow from processing to frozen storage cuts handling time, reduces cold-chain handoffs, and shrinks food-safety risk at the transition points. WFE designs the processing area and the freezer envelope together so the operator's workflow runs in a single direction (receive, process, freeze) without back-tracking, congestion, or inter-trade handoffs.
03 Why fully automatic sliding doors on a freezer build?
On a high-volume processing-to-freezer flow, staff and carts move through the doorways constantly. Manual door operation slows the workflow and introduces consistency problems (doors left open, missed seals, temperature loss). Automatic sliding doors keep the workflow uninterrupted and the cold-chain integrity consistent. WFE specs automatic doors on high-volume food-service builds where the door-cycle frequency justifies it.
This Build Maps To
Service. Market. Coverage area.
Custom Cold Storage
Combined freezer + processing builds for high-volume food operators.
Service detailFood Processing
Institutional food service, school supply, and federally regulated production.
Market detailMississauga
WFE HQ. Distribution-scale freezer + processing builds across the corridor.
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