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TAKING A WAREHOUSE TO PAR WITH GOOD WAREHOUSING PRACTICES
By Johan Bekker , project engineer at Hi Calibre Engineering
The temperature control of the indoor environment at Nkunzi Pharmaceuticals ’ 940m ² Warehouse 1 was found to be inadequate and Hi Calibre Engineering was appointed to upgrade the facility . The scope was to bring the warehouse up to par with good warehousing practices , specifically environmental control .
The project began in July 2021 and commissioning was completed in July 2022 . Nkunzi Pharmaceuticals , located in Wadeville , Germiston , is a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products .
This included remedial work done to the warehouse , installation of an Environmental Control System ( ECS / HVAC system ) that would maintain an indoor temperature between 15 ° C and 25 ° C and allow for future expansions to the warehouse , and a validated Environmental Monitoring System ( EMS ).
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Johan Bekker , project engineer at Hi Calibre Engineering .
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