USCS’s new 9,010,000 cubic-foot facility at Covington, Tennessee was one of only three projects awarded in the “Industrial/Process/Research” category at the 2015 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition.

United States Cold Storage’s (“USCS”) newest distribution centre at Covington, Tennessee, has won the Merit Award in the “Industrial/Process/Research” category at the 2015 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition. Organised by The Design-Build Institute of America, the competition recognises successful design-build projects that achieve best value while meeting design and construction quality, cost and schedule goals. The Covington warehouse represents several important firsts for USCS, including the company’s first automated warehouse and its most energy-efficient and sustainable operational design according to the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (“LEED”) programme. The warehouse is now under consideration for LEED Silver Certification.