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Hunt Wesson Distribution Center

Owner/User: Champion Partners
Location: Cranbury, New Jersey

Design Statement: Bernardon provided design services
for this 324,500 SF project, which consisted of a rail-served
distribution center for packaged food products. Bay space is
44’-6” x 50’ with a clear height of 30 feet. Exterior walls are
load-bearing concrete tilt-up panels with a textured acrylic
finish coating. Concrete was chosen for its durability and
longevity based upon the owner’s positive experience with
other facilities across the country. to be erected in 2 1/2 weeks. The project was constructed
under a design/build contract with a construction time of
The structural engineer was given the challenge to design the only 10 months, despite extremely wet conditions in the
thinnest panel possible - the result was a 7 1/4” thick panel spring.
with a total height of 40 feet (35 feet above the floor). At the
office area, poured-in-place columns were used to support The project received an Honorable Mention in the design
tilt-up panels that were 10 feet above grade. This enabled the awards program sponsored by the New Jersey Concrete &
entire perimeter to be limited to the concrete trade and was Aggregate Association and The New Jersey Chapter of the
a benefit in the sequence of work. To expedite the erection American Concrete Institute.
schedule, two cranes were mobilized, allowing all 140 panels

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