Facility Design
Innovative Architecture and Engineering

Specializing in the industrial market, we plan, design and engineer targeted solutions that prioritize the functionality of your facility while also incorporating your desired user experience and aesthetics. Our solutions-driven approach ensures operational needs are fully met, with a focus on maximizing efficiency, enhancing safety, and optimizing workflow.

With a fully integrated team of engineering, design, and construction experts aligned with the same core values, you can trust that your best interests are always our priority. Our end-to-end expertise covers every aspect of your project. From precise site and facility master planning, to engineering essential systems, to ensuring strict compliance with drawings and specifications during construction, we keep your facility running smoothly.

Learn more about Gray’s conceptual design and programming, architecture, and interior design capabilities.

Front-End Services

As you embark on your next industrial project, our multidisciplinary team will accelerate your progress by strategically combining front-end services to explore every possibility. Whether replicating an existing facility or turning a broad business need into an actionable plan, we’ll define the strategy and identify solutions tailored to your goals.

Aligning on a Shared Project Vision

  • At the start of your project, we facilitate in-depth discussions with all key stakeholders.
  • We create alignment on scope, requirements, and potential risks up front.

Ensuring Flexibility in Design

  • Our team continuously assesses project plans and progress, and optimizes costs by exploring alternative solutions without compromising quality or functionality.
  • To support business growth, we consider future expandability of building and utilities.

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EPC Turnkey 

Handing the reins of your industrial project to the experts at Gray AES for design, development, and execution greatly reduces risk. From start to finish, you can trust us to expertly manage and execute your project with clear accountability while keeping you informed every step of the way. 

Amplifying Your Resources

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Architectural Services

Our architects have spent decades living and breathing industrial design. We understand all the critical pieces of the industrial design puzzle—from material flow to equipment placement to process optimization—giving us the ability to deliver better designs and execute projects more smoothly.

Offering a Unique Interdisciplinary Approach

  • After working with in-house engineering, construction, and process teams for decades, our architects bring an interdisciplinary perspective to design that can’t be matched.

Blending Functionality and High-End Design 

  • Our highly skilled architects create designs that perfectly blend functionality, aesthetics, and user experience, promoting productivity and comfort within your space.

Elevating Your Visitor Experience

  • Our architectural and interior designers understand the importance of your brand and how a unique visitor experience can bring your vision to life.

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Engineering

When working with us, you can be confident our engineering team knows exactly what it takes to ensure your site and facilities are engineered for functionality, efficiency, safety, ease of maintenance, and sustainability.

Utilizing a Flexible Engineering Approach

  • We save time and eliminate rework by taking a phased and flexible approach to delivering our engineering services

Transcending Engineering Disciplines 

  • With an expert team of civil, mechanical, electrical, and refrigeration engineers in-house, we deliver efficient designs that support your facility’s operational goals and meet all requirements 

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Post-Design 

Just because your design is complete doesn’t mean our design team disappears. We are committed to your long-term success and providing a final product that meets our mutually high standards for quality.

Delivering on Design Intent

  • Through construction administration, we confirm that the materials, workmanship, and methods used align with the original design intent

Providing Onsite Design Assistance

  • Unexpected questions during construction are a near certainty, so our team is committed to responding to requests for information quickly to ensure your project is executed as planned

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Specialized Services

Whether you're pursuing a trailblazing project or serve a highly regulated industry with exacting standards for quality and safety, we offer dedicated experts that understand the nuances of achieving your goals.

Drawing on Decades of Experience 

  • After decades of delivering a variety of specialized design services, especially for the food & beverage industry, we have developed design standards and recommendations that can take your facility to the next level  

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FAQS

Because we work closely with our pre-construction team at Gray, we can provide detailed and accurate pricing coming out of preliminary design and engineering so that you know exactly what to expect very early in the process. Second, we incorporate value engineering into our services and are prepared to make adoptive changes throughout a project as new insights or considerations arise.

No, in addition to our expertise in new site and facility design, we offer vast experience delivering renovations and expansions for existing facilities.

Yes! We have extensive experience with a variety of 3D modeling tools that we incorporate into our design process to more realistically simulate ideas, foster innovation, and help bring our design intent to life for our customers and project teams alike.

As requested, we can conduct thorough reviews of design plans. Our services include looking for potential barriers, suggesting modifications to achieve compliance, and identifying discrepancies that might arise during the construction or permitting processes.

No, we offer in-house architecture and engineering services that can be part of our comprehensive, turnkey design services or stand as independent discipline-specific services.

We tailor our design project delivery method to suit our customers’ needs. Our services can be delivered through design-build, design-bid-build, or other integrated/lean methods.

Yes! Designing your facility isn’t just about putting up four walls. We know there are so many pieces of the puzzle that need to come together in perfect harmony to produce the high-quality products you need. Our multi-disciplinary teams include everyone from the engineers, architects, and project managers that bring your facility to life to the experts that design and develop your process, packaging, automation, and OT systems.

With decades of experience working on food and beverage facilities, our teams offer extensive knowledge on pressurization, temperature, humidity, facility washdown, and required material finishes to guarantee reliability and longevity that meets or exceeds domestic and international design standards.

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We offer an integrated suite of solutions-driven services that cater to evolving industry needs. Get started with our experts today.