Stiles and Hooker were engaged by Medical Pacific Ltd for this multiyear project,  to repurpose an existing AFFCO meat works site and convert it into a large custom-made pet food manufacturing facility.

Dedicated to premium pet health and wellness, King Country Pet Food’s new facility will be one of the largest food processing facilities in New Zealand.

The project consisted of work on numerous aspects of the 4.7ha site which included an extruder and milling hall, freezer upgrade, finished product silo hall, silo slab design, site civil works, the structural design of a grain reception building and the fitout, modification and strengthening of a packing hall, meat room and boiler house.

Materials used included CFA piles, foundation beams, infill and raft slabs, steel frames, steel decks, precast panels, insulated panels, flatslabs and topping.