Stiles and Hooker were engaged by design management contractors First Principles Constructors, to complete the engineering design of Synlait Milk’s infant formula milk powder dryer building, at the newly developed Pokeno site.
The site compliments Synlait’s main processing site in Dunsandel, which includes three powder dryers, liquid milk processing and lactoferrin production.

The design incorporated a variety of materials including concrete foundations and floors, precast concrete walls and columns, steel plate roofing, insulated panel walls and ceilings, structural steel framing and tin cladding, ensuring the facility’s durability, efficiency and compliance with strict hygiene requirements for food production facilities.