Northern Star Co. is a food processor and a division of Michael Foods Inc. Since 2005, Nelson-Rudie has provided engineering services on multiple projects at its Minneapolis, Chaska and Gaylord facilities, including facility renovations, process-related improvements and building additions.
At the Minneapolis facility, one project involved enclosing the existing 12,000-square foot processing facility while minimizing operational downtime and maintaining ongoing plant operations.
At the Chaska facility, a project consisted of remodeling an existing 230,000-square foot office and warehouse building and converting it into a potato processing plant. The project included a new 6,500-square foot waste process room, a 4,400-square foot spiral chiller room and a 3,500-square foot engine room.
At the Gaylord facility, our team remodeled an existing 32,599-square foot building and converted it into an egg processing facility. This remodel included significant modifications to accommodate a new underfloor process sewer piping system with stainless steel floor drains. New additions included a 2,700-square foot mezzanine, a 4,000-square foot shipping and receiving area and a 1,350-square foot compactor room.