The basics of planning breweries and mineral water operations – Part 1: Site, infrastructure provisions and master plan
The following article deals with fundamentals of planning breweries and mineral water operations. In the first part “From site to master plan”, details are provided about what specifications a factory site has to fulfil, how the special requirements of the sector can be reflected in basic layouts for functional configurations and what other criteria have to be taken into account at an early stage of planning (infrastructure provisions, routing configurations, integration into infrastructure, extendibility etc.). In the second part, special features associated with planning are examined, taking account of the statutory framework, hygiene requirements, equipment and other aspects specific to the sector.