250,000 Bird Broiler Chicken Farm - Herefordshire

This new site consists of five clear-span steel framed buildings 109.730m (360') long x 24.400m (80') wide.

The buildings are steel clad inside and out, featuring a curved external eaves detail.

The roof area insulation is 300mm thick and wall insulation is 150mm thick.

High specification double glazed uPVC windows have been installed to provide natural daylight. These have insulated composite panel shut-off doors operated on a rack and pinion system.

The buildings have a side wall air inlet and roof fan air extraction ventilation system, with additional large end extraction fans. The ventilation equipment was supplied by a third party and installed by Jaques Int Ltd.

On this project

Groundwork was completed by Connop & Son

Ventilation was completed by JF Mckenna Ltd

Electrical work was completed by Securcom Systems Limited

Heating was supplied by CE Mechanical Services

Feeders were supplied by Wellfed Systems UK