Convoy of Hope food packaging facility

General contractor: Q & Co. LLC
Size: 50,000 square feet
Cost: $8 million
Estimated completion: Early 2026
Project description: A manufacturing facility is being built on the campus of Convoy of Hope. The facility will house warehousing and automated food packaging manufacturing lines to assist in the organization’s mission to feed 1 million children every school day around the world by 2030, according to Convoy officials, who added in a provided statement, “When it is fully up and running with automated lines, we will be able to package 1 billion meals a year.” The building will attach to the existing warehouse with a sky bridge and will be constructed of exterior precast concrete on a metal frame. The architect is Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective, which is also providing mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering services. Other engineers are Olsson Inc., civil; and Miller Engineering LLC, structural.