ASHRAE Refrigeration Tour (5/6)

Update:

We had a great tour of the Bari Beef facility. Special thanks to Colin (CEO, Bari Beef), Jim Grady and Dean Ellerbrock. Jim and Dean were our technical tour guides.

Also a special thanks to all our members who attended.

- Jason Alphonso, Refrigeration Chair, 2010-2011

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We got a great ASHRAE refrigeration tour coming up,

Bari Beef International – Premium Meats and Specialty Cuts

3875 Bengert Street, Orlando, Florida

Friday, May 6, 2011

Time: 3 pm – 4 pm. We will meet in the main lobby.

Cost: FREE

Who are Bari Beef and Cheney Brothers?

Bari Beef International

BBI/OFS has been providing quality meat products in the Central Florida market since 1985. Their new USDA processing center, a 74,000 square foot facility is comprised of state of the art technology with time honored traditional methods.

Cheney Brothers

One of the South’s largest foodservice suppliers and distributors, Cheney Brothers has been serving customers for the last 80 years. Cheney Brothers offers over 15,000 items – from the gourmet to the everyday.

Bari Beef and Cheney Brothers teamed up in 2006. For more information about these great Central Florida businesses -> http://www.baribeefint.com/

What will you learn?

Design and construction of refrigerated warehouses. This is a state of the art meat packing facility. Construction of this facility was completed in the past year.

Reference Material: 2010 ASHRAE Handbook – Refrigeration. Chapters: 19 – 24

Our Technical Tour Guides,

Jim Grady -Jim Grady graduated from the Ohio State University in fall of 1963.   He joined the Trane Company and completed Trane’s 6 months graduate engineering school.  Jim came to Florida in 1970 as the new manager of Orlando Dunham-Bush sales office.  Jim received his Class A Mechanical in 1973 and shortly thereafter started his first company, Alpine Service Company.   Jim’s experience includes over 25 refrigeration storage projects covering large coolers, freezers and blast freezers. He has over 40 years on experience in the HVAC&R industry.

Dean Ellerbrock – Dean’s a 30 year veteran of the ammonia refrigeration industry.  His expertise lies in design and manufacturing of ammonia plants serving multiple industries – citrus plants, ice cream and dairy process facilities, bottling plants, cold storage & distribution, bakeries, pork, fish and beef facilities. Dean is a Florida certified mechanical contractor and is a member of Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association (RETA), International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) and Florida Dairy Producers Association, serving as President of the Alligators Club in 2008.

Paul Halyard - Paul is one of the most recognized individuals in the engineering profession here in Central Florida. Paul has the distinction of being an ASHRAE Fellow. He started Peninsula Engineering, Inc. in 1977 and subsequently sold it in 1999. Paul received the prestigious Engineer of the Year award in 1992. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for service above self by the Orlando Breakfast Rotary Club. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Engineering in 2010. The Governor of the State of Florida appointed Paul to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers in 2008, as position he served till 2010.

Important Registration Info:

Tour capacity: 20

All registrations will be done using this webpage ONLY. In the comment section below, please provide your full name and phone number. You may register for your friends, but please make sure you provide their full name and  phone numbers too.  No substitution of names will be permitted later.  As an example registrations are to submitted in this format only,

Jason Alphonso (407-427-6824)

John Miller (407-246-1688)

All comments will be time and date stamped.  Please be aware of our capacity limitations.

Important Notice:

This is a tour of a meat processing facility / refrigerated warehouse.  Even though there is no direct animal slaughter, the facility has animal meat at different stages of aging, processing and packaging. We at ASHRAE respect your dietary and religious concerns and would like to provide you an advanced notice of what to expect.