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Challenge: During the holiday season, A&F’s distribution center was understandably at peak production. Danis had to accommodate a significant increase in truck traffic at the loading dock bays, which were part of the improvements.

Solution: Danis created a rolling dock bay shutdown plan that provided the construction team with just enough space to safely erect mezzanine steel directly over the shipping and receiving bays. This allowed A&F to maintain height productivity levels required to meet the holiday shipping demand. By moving to a 6 bay rolling shutdown plan from a 26 bay total shutdown, Danis was able to maintain the aggressive project schedule while simultaneously accommodating A&F’s requirements.

Additionally for the holiday season, running from November through February, A&F requested that we hold off on the slab pour and demolition as the noise and vibrations would have affected their operations. We ultimately resequenced the work and began the MEP out of sequence, waiting until after the holiday season to begin this work.

Benefits: Originally scheduled as a major shutdown, Danis devised a 6 bay rolling shutdown, which allowed A&F to keep 20 bays open during the holidays.

New Albany, Ohio

Abercrombie & Fitch DC1 Expansion Project

We developed a rolling shutdown plan for the holiday season, reopening

20 baysfor A&F’s use during this peak productivity period.