Industrial building firm Vaughan Constructions has been awarded the contract to build Australia's largest distribution centre for German supermarket company, Kaufland. The new facility is on a 28 hectare site in Mickleham, Victoria. In March Kaufland was granted planning approval for three supermarkets and the distribution centre.
Vaughan’s senior development manager Chris Telley says a detailed early contractor involvement process delivered "substantial" savings and design improvements for Kaufland. Vaughan worked "very closely" with the Kaufland team to "overcome key supply chain issues and meet strict budget expectations".
The $255 million facility will include more than 117,000 square metres of building area, over two stages. Stage 1 is 98,700 square metres of building area and 107,210 square metres of concrete hardstand, along with 168 recessed loading docks and substantial temperature control areas.
"Kaufland were very mindful that the European climate, construction and building materials can be very different than those in Australia," Telley says.
Kaufland's initial investment in Australia is $459 million. Kaufland is owned by parent company Schwarz Group, the fourth biggest retailer in the world. Its format is large warehouses of up to 4000 square metres, with as many as 60,000 products across a wide range of categories.
Vaughan’s food and beverage industry builds include Aldi, Coca Cola, Coles, PFD, Kraft, Made Group, Ferguson Plarre, and Murray Goulburn.
(Pictured left to right: Kaufland Australia director construction and planning Patrick Bezner; City of Hume mayor Carly Moore; Kaufland Australia director property Maximilian Wiedmann; Vaughan Constructions director Eric Law, Vaughan Constructions managing director Andrew Noble; and MAB Corporation development manager Jamie Buxton.)
