Macallan – New Filling and Disgorging, Cooperage and Office, Lab, and Welfare Facilities
To meet with increased production demands, Edrington required and new Disgorging and Filling facility on site at the Macallan Distillery. As a site within the Macallan Estate had been developed for Maturation Warehousing, and due to the adjacency of these 2 activities a site within the Warehouse complex was identified for this.
Location: Aberlour
Client: Edrington
Cost: £50m
Completion: August 2018
Blyth & Blyth were appointed as Lead Consultant to undertake the Civil, Structural and Building Services design associated with this project.
Working closely with the Process Engineers a layout was developed for the new Disgorging and Filling Store along with associated external Tank Farm, Process Building and Tanker loading bays.
The Client also required a Cooperage to be incorporated into the development, and this was designed to be an extension to the Filling/Disgorging facility.
New Welfare facilities were also included within the scope of works and these include offices, meeting rooms, canteen, toilets, and shower/changing/locker facilities.
Key challenges
One of the key challenges of the project were the coordination of the Process requirements into the Building design, to ensure that the installation phase of the project was coordinated, and the process equipment installed in conjunction with the Build sequence.
Also, the design required to be developed to ensure that the layout worked with the operational requirements of the building, and this required close liaison with the end users and operators to ensure the layout meet their requirements.
Results
The new Disgorging and Filling store, very quickly after testing and Commissioning achieved its designed through put, and operated in line with the Client’s expectations and in accordance with the design Brief.