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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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