Bairds Malt, Inverness
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Summary
Engineering precision meets sustainable brewing, expanding Bairds Malt for the next generation
Robertson carried out a phased project delivery for Bairds Malt, which involved extending the existing facility to create a new state-of-the-art plant to meet increasing demand. The facility on Longman Road Inverness increased its operating capacity by 57,000 metric tonnes per annum.
Complex construction & engineering excellence
The works included extensive groundworks including installing drainage and building the new plant’s foundations in preparation for the structural requirements of the maltings extension and installation of barley silos, germination vessels and kilns.
This project was different to the majority of the contracts we undertake as it involved managing engineering works as well as construction and civils. The civils package works included extensive pilling and deep drainage. We also carried out 30% of the steel frame installation, 100% of the external cladding, 70% of the M&E installation/fit out. The layout of the Bairds Malt site meant that equipment for the kilns, silos and walkways had to be hoisted over the existing buildings by tower crane.
The extended maltings green credentials
The new extended maltings uses 100% renewable energy with the kilning equipment technology limiting gas and electricity consumption, the plant control system has energy monitoring technology and process control that allows both consistent production quality and data led analysis of energy consumption.
To ensure sustainable water consumption we installed a state-of-the-art advanced membrane bioreactor and reverse osmosis plant. This was key for Bairds Malt to meet their requirements of the UK Malting industry’s Save Water Attend Nature project which promotes maltings effluent being treated to such a high standard that the water can be reused for processing.
