Tyson Foods Processing Facility
Danville, VA
This state-of-the-art indoor grow facility harvests organic herbs and leafy greens.
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LJC provided integrated design-build and engineering services on this new Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) project.
This 100,000 square-foot advanced biofarm is located on a 10+ acre site. The 28’ insulated pre-cast concrete panel building has a painted/stained exterior design. The indoor farming project also includes 12 truck-height docks and surface parking for 100 cars.
Within the 100,000‐square-foot facility, 15,000 square feet are engineered with refrigerated rooms for cold harvest and pre‐ship storage, and 5,000 square feet of refrigerated space for pre‐ship storage. Over 70,000 square feet of indoor grow areas are engineered for materials dry storage, seed lines, germination chamber, nursery, grow lines, harvest, pack, and shipping that require specific temperature calibration year-round. The facility hosts a general administrative office of around 3,000 square feet, along with ample space for employee breakrooms that serve up to 100 employees. Also included are 1,200 square feet for label storage near the harvest/pack lines, a well-ventilated room of 2,000 square feet for soil production and a separate 3,000 square feet to hold irrigation equipment, tanks, bio‐filters, etc. All grow system water is reclaimed on-site in a closed-loop irrigation network.
Washable smooth concrete floors and wall finishes meet USDA/FDA and health department standards. This food-safe facility also has multiple mass hand washing/sanitizing stations with eight-person hands-free sink areas installed near the employee locker rooms and break facilities.
INTEGRATED BY DESIGN
