Whether Gouda, Camembert or mountain cheese – each type of cheese has its own maturing processes and hygiene requirements. Schwan Projekt GmbH is your partner for civil engineering and integrated project solutions in the food industry. Especially in cheese dairies, where cleanliness and a controlled microclimate are essential, we combine the art of engineering with practical implementation to create perfect production conditions.
The role of civil engineering in cheese dairies
- Planning and structure: Our engineering services cover the entire planning process – from the statics of the ripening rooms to the selection of suitable floor coverings.\n2. Well thought-out layout: To prevent cross-contamination, production routes, storage zones and hygiene sluices must be clearly defined. The selection and positioning of suitable room separation solutions is essential to ensure hygienic production processes.
- Cold room construction as a core element: Cheese often requires several microclimates. We develop customized cold rooms that can precisely control temperature and humidity.
Hygiene highlights: GRP and Co.
- Material planning for optimum hygiene: The selection of suitable surfaces is crucial for efficient cleaning and long-term hygiene assurance. In our planning, we consider materials with textured surfaces that facilitate the drainage of cleaning water and thus minimize the formation of germs.
- Optimization of doors and partitioning systems: To ensure that production areas remain clearly separated, we place particular emphasis on integrating robust room partitioning solutions that can withstand both temperature differences and high-pressure cleaning. The right positioning and choice of materials ensure long-lasting, hygienic working environments.
- Surface design for controlled hygiene zones: In humid ripening rooms, hygiene zones must be strategically planned to prevent unwanted bacterial growth. Through the targeted use of suitable coatings for walls and floors, we create low-germ, easy-care areas that support the production process.
Schwan Projekt GmbH as project manager
An engineering office coordinates not only the construction plans, but also all trades:
- Refrigeration technology: We plan cooling circuits that are precisely tailored to cheese production.
- Ventilation and air conditioning systems: Cheese in particular often requires special humidity levels to allow mold cultures to thrive.
- Cleaning and sensor systems: Whether CIP systems or highly sensitive sensors for germ measurement – we make sure that everything fits together smoothly.
Our claim: An efficient, smooth construction phase and a subsequent production process that saves costs and time.
Automated processes thanks to sensor technology
In addition to traditional methods, Schwan Projekt GmbH relies on sensor technology and digitalization. This makes it possible to track in real time where temperature or humidity deviate from the target values. The recording of microbial values is also becoming increasingly automated. If limit values are exceeded, warning messages are issued. This allows cheese dairies to react quickly and ensure quality before problems arise.
Hygiene and ecology – a contradiction?
On the contrary: those who plan their hygiene concepts wisely often benefit from higher energy efficiency. Tightly closing hygiene doors keep conditioned air in the ripening rooms, while insulating building materials (e.g. GRP) reduce energy loss. This not only lowers the electricity bill, but also contributes to sustainability. An optimally balanced ripening climate also produces better products – a plus for your brand reputation.
Using special cold room technology and digital sensors, white mold, blue mold and hard cheese varieties can be matured in parallel in one complex. Doors with hygiene-specific seals and GRP cladding prevent incorrect cultures from spreading uncontrollably. The cheese dairy was thus able to expand its product range without constructing additional buildings.
Perfect cheese needs more than just first-class raw materials – it requires well thought-out hygiene management based on civil engineering and innovative materials such as GRP. Schwan Projekt GmbH creates the basis for cheese dairies to produce sustainably and efficiently.
From planning and cold room construction to the integration of modern sensor technology: we take a holistic and future-oriented approach to hygiene. In close cooperation with the Wirth Group, we ensure that all structural and strategic aspects are seamlessly integrated to ensure the highest standards of hygiene and long-term efficiency.
We also work together with FoodTec Buildings to tailor structural solutions such as hygienic wall cladding, cold rooms and insulated doors to the individual requirements of cheese dairies. Because only those who keep an eye on the entire process can ensure a consistently high level of quality.”
Why the Wirth Group is your ideal partner
- Comprehensive support: From planning to implementation – everything from a single source.
- International experience: Successful projects in the DACH region and worldwide.
- Expertise and innovation: Continuous further development of our technologies and processes.
- Customer centricity: Individual solutions that are precisely tailored to your needs.
