Reed Boardall Group - Cementing a firm future
One the UK's largest food cold stores is getting bigger, with the creation of another 22,000 pallet spaces to add to the existing 90,000.
 Specialist contractors building the new extension at Reed Boardall Group's extensive cold store and transport centre alongside the A1 at Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, last month poured a massive 430 cubic metres (937 tonnes) of concrete to make a third of the new floor.
Oldroyd Flooring jetted the ready-mixed concrete into the skeleton structure using two 20-metre hose booms and tamped it into place with a purpose-designed levelling tractor controlled by laser. The work took six hours non-stop.
The rest of the concrete floor will be laid soon and it is anticipated that the new cold store will be fully operational by May 2008.
Reed Boardall's single site philosophy is unique in the industry. It eliminates the need to transfer stock between depots before final delivery, reducing both extra handling and food miles. Combined with a sophisticated infrastructure, it also ensures short order lead times and continuous replenishment of frozen foods to supermarkets, wholesalers and food service suppliers.
Reed Boardall already employs 620 people at the Boroughbridge centre, many of them local, and around 20 new jobs will be created by this latest construction phase.
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