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INTERNATIONAL
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT

Gray goes overseas

with Project ABC

At Gray, we often talk about nurturing across their broad network of relationships to
relationships and keeping in touch with past identify potential partners.
customers; we’re sure you’ve heard our first (this “It was amazing to see how truly small the world
is our second core value) Core Value many, many is,” recalled David Florence, Vice President, Pre-
times: “We are customer and relationship driven”. Construction Systems and Services. “A previous
10 Maintaining those relationships is important to customer of ours – Alltech – is Irish, so we reached
out to Mrs. Lyons and she quickly recommended
our culture, and certainly impacts our business.
Sometimes it leads to a Gray first, as in this case John Paul Construction in Dublin, where the Lyons
with our very first project in Europe. had developed Pearse Lyons Distillery. It just so
When a Gray customer asked if our team would happened that this same firm worked with the
be interested in proposing on a project in Ireland, architect’s team that designed a warehouse 20
Gray team members immediately reached out years ago that our customer purchased.”
After competing against three local companies

“In regards to engineering, in Ireland, Gray was awarded the project, known
as Project ABC. Located 30 miles from Dublin in
the EU is very prescriptive Newbridge, Ireland, the project is being built for a
in procedures and major carbonated soda drink manufacturer. Gray is
working to convert an existing warehouse – the one
policies. Thus providing designed by the architect’s team – into a beverage

a design-build solution concentrate manufacturing facility. David refers to
the project as a complete “soup to nuts” turn-key
with a phased design and solution, as Gray is providing process engineering,

construction approach is CSA design, MEFP design, all process equipment
procurement and installation, automation and
very challenging.” controls engineering, construction, installation,

The Project ABC team uses BIM models to aid in exclusion zones identification.