Mechanical [30+] – Covert Engineers, Inc.

Crinkle Cut French Fries (3D Design)

CEITM was contracted by a large international vegetable processor to provide complete engineering services including design, procurement, project management, installation oversight and startup/commissioning services for a new Crinkle Cut French…

Fruit Processing Facility Relocation

Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

CEITM was contracted by an Oregon fruit processor to develop general arrangement/layout drawings for five existing process lines (food service, aseptic, canning, compote, and FIH) to be relocated to a newly purchased existing facility. The…

Greenfield Distillery

Greenfield Facilities [80+], Ice, Drink & Beverage [70+], Mechanical [30+], Refrigeration [70+]

Covert Engineers, Inc. was hired by a design-build contractor to provide the utility and process design for a new, brownfield distillery project in Portland, OR including milling, mashing, fermenting, stills, tank storage, blending, maturation…

Site Master Planning

Greenfield Facilities [80+], Meals, RTE, Recipe [70+], Mechanical [30+]

CEITM was commissioned by an international food processing company to investigate the possibility of expanding an existing facility, within the property line boundary, to maximize production on an available site. A conceptual engineering design…

Barley Malting

Cereal Grains & Nuts [30+], Greenfield Facilities [80+], Mechanical [30+]

CEITM was commissioned to provide the process area HVAC design for a new barley malting facility in Montana as part of a partner design team residing in Western Canada. Preliminary and final mechanical design was developed for all required HVAC…

Chicory Processing

Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

CEITM was initially commissioned in 2017 to provide expedited final design and startup of a portion of a new chicory root processing line in Gering, Nebraska. The initial effort was a very fast paced emergency engineering effort to provide process…

Whey Process Expansion

Dairy [200+], Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

An existing dairy processing plant in the Midwest contracted CEI™ to provide the preliminary and final process engineering design to expand the capacity of the existing dairy production facility by several million pounds of milk per day for…

Fully Automated Canning Line

Canning, Retort, UHT & Aseptic [10+], Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

CEITM provided engineering services for the design and installation of a fully automated retort line for packaging of canned products. This automated design was fully comprehensive starting with empty cans and aseptic product, and ending with…

Greenfield Potato Processing Plant

Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Greenfield Facilities [80+], Mechanical [30+], Refrigeration [70+]

Greenfield Potato Processing Plant In 2016 CEITM was selected as part of the design team for a new, state of the art, greenfield potato processing plant. The total project budget was $250MM and included a 250,000 sq.ft. processing building,…

Seafood Facility SQF Renovation

Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+], Seafood [40+]

CEITM provided plant design and scope development services to incorporate SQF requirements into a seafood processing facility renovation project. The specified plant design created the necessary distinct production zones with physical separation,…