Nadico designs and supervises industrial buildings and production plants for the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive, metal and textile industries. We support the client from plot feasibility to plant commissioning, integrating building, process, installations and activity licence into a single project, with solutions that often anticipate current regulations and reduce waste and emissions.
What we do in the industrial sector
An industrial building is designed around the process: raw material and product flows, loads, clear heights, clean rooms, refrigeration, explosive atmospheres or chemical storage. That is why our engineering and architecture teams work together with the client and its process suppliers from the preliminary design. Typical services: consulting and feasibility, basic and detailed design, installation licensing and activity licence, site supervision and construction management, PV self-consumption and BREEAM certification.
Food and beverage industry
Plants with hygiene, refrigeration and traceability requirements: hygienic design, clean rooms, freezing and cold storage rooms, waste and water management, and health and environmental compliance.
Pharmaceutical and chemical industry
Laboratories, clean rooms and plants for manufacturing medicines and medical devices, with qualification and validation protocols; chemical plants with chemical storage (APQ), explosive atmospheres (ATEX) and, where applicable, major accident (SEVESO) regimes.
Frequently asked questions about industrial building projects
What does an industrial building need to obtain its activity licence?
An activity design that demonstrates compliance with fire safety (RSCIEI), environmental, noise and accessibility regulations, plus licensed installations. Activities involving chemicals add the APQ files and, where applicable, ATEX and SEVESO.
Do you design the building or the process as well?
We design the building and its installations around the process defined by the client or its process engineers, and we coordinate the interfaces (loads, utilities, evacuation, ATEX) so the plant works from day one.
Do you work on existing plants?
Yes: extensions, changes of activity, structural upgrades, replacement of asbestos roofing, installation licensing and energy improvements. We start with a technical inspection of the building.
Let’s talk about your plant
If you are going to build, extend or modernise an industrial plant, contact Nadico. See also our industrial projects.
