On Tuesday this week our team had the pleasure of attending the opening ceremony for Haigh’s Chocolates new national production, distribution and administration facility located within the Terre Property Nexus North Industrial Estate, Salisbury, South Australia. Alister Haigh, Simon Haigh, Sara Fitzgerald (nee Haigh) and Haigh’s CEO Peter Millard conducted proceedings, officially opening the facility. The new $130M development employs over 400 staff and allows Haigh’s to double their production capacity and enter a new phase of significant growth and development. The 18,000m2 facility contains 9,000m2 of production factory, 6,000m2 of distribution and online fulfilment warehousing along with 3,000m2 of staff administration and amenity facilities.
BELL was engaged in 2021 by Haigh’s to champion the design of the facility as Principal Consultant, Architect, Interior Designer and Landscape Designer. In our role as Principal Consultant, we procured and engaged the entire consultancy team on behalf of Haigh’s. In addition, we initiated an EOI process to select suitable contractors to tender on the project and procured and engaged the Project Management consultancy on behalf of Haigh’s to manage the tender process and superintend the project after completion of 60% documentation.
As our 5-year design partnership concludes we reflect on how immensely proud we are of the project. We are thrilled with the result and overwhelmingly grateful for the opportunity we have had to work with such an iconic Australian brand and wonderful group of people. Credit and congratulations to Haigh’s Chocolates and the entire project team on reaching this milestone.
The completion of this project further cements our capability to lead and deliver the design of highly complex projects in the food and beverage and manufacturing industries.
Design Partners
Town Planner: Future Urban
Cost manager: Rider Levett Bucknall RLB
Land Surveyor: Alexander Symonds
Structural and Civil Engineer: WGA (Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec)
Services Engineering Consultant: Lucid Consulting Australia
Acoustic Consultant: Resonate Consultants
Traffic Engineer: Cirqa
Refrigeration Consultant/ Nominated Contractor: Cold Logic – Leaders in Industrial Refrigeration
Private Certifier: BuildSurv
Signage and Wayfinding: Elevation
Tender and Construction Partners
Tender Project Manager + Project Superintendent: Moto Projects Pty Ltd
Builder: CIP Constructions
Furniture Supplier: Estilo
