SPONSORED BY: Mar-Span Truss Inc.

AWARDED TO: Sylvain Cheff Construction             

DESIGNED BY:  Sylvain Cheff Construction

ENGINEERED BY: Consumaj Inc

CFBA MEMBER SUPPLIERS:
Ideal Roofing Company Ltd.

HIGHLIGHTS: 

Poultry Barn

· A 26,048 sq ft barn

·4,745 sq ft packing room

·5,100 sq ft manure storage

·36,873 sq ft total area

·The barn holds 52992 birds.

·Automated enriched cage and egg packing system, including egg collection and transfer to packing room: Sanovo Farmpacker 100 (up to 36,000 eggs/hr) with ANT30 robotic handling (up to 80,000 eggs/hr) and Hellmann enriched cage system with perches, nests, scratch pads, feeding, watering, and automatic manure removal system.

·Tunnel ventilation system with evaporative cooling pads, 8 x 57” exhaust fans (45,000 CFM each), 62 ceiling air inlets, and 3- 3’ x 59’ front air inlet panels.

·Centralized environmental control system (Maximus) managing lighting, feeding, ventilation, temperature, humidity, power monitoring, and fire prevention, with 24/7 remote access.

·High-efficiency LED poultry lighting system (Once), red-spectrum, fully dimmable through the Maximus control system.

·Reverse osmosis water treatment system with chlorination and 22,000 L on-site storage (4 x 5,500 L tanks), providing ~1.5 days of reserve; production capacity 12 GPM potable water.

·Wood roof truss system, 3.75:12 roof slope, engineered for code-required snow/wind loads and future solar panel installation.

·Continuously insulated exterior walls with 1-1/2” rigid insulation from footing to top of wall plate.

·Fibreglass doors throughout for durability in high-ammonia and high-moisture environments.

·Steel wind bracing frames at 100’-0” intervals for lateral wind resistance.

·Sloped cage pads

·Custom stainless steel drain pans with removable covers between cage pads for wash-down drainage.

·Blackout wall assemblies at exhaust fans to control light levels while maintaining ventilation.

·Vertical storing dock leveller providing improved door sealing at refrigerated loading areas.

·Protective steel/plastic bumpers to protect cage systems and walls during poultry handling operations.