Holland Expands A-B Distributor

Holland Construction Services Inc. recently completed a cost-saving expansion and renovation of the H.W. Herrell Distributing Co. warehouse in Imperial, Missouri. The project increased operational efficiency and safety with room for continued growth for the next decade.

The $1.8 million project involved the rebuild of approximately 11,000 square feet of the existing 55,647-square-foot facility, and the addition of 3,000 square feet providing room for more draught coolers, warehousing and an office area with restrooms and employee break room. Mark Herrell, vice president of H.W. Herrell, said the resulting facility provides flexibility to accommodate future growth - increasing truck loading capacity and refrigerated storage with improved traffic flow in the loading locations.

Herrell also enlisted the services of Facility Planning, Inc., co-owned by Steve Hunter and Mike Pratt, as an owner's representative for the project. Pratt highly recommended Holland Construction for the project and worked with Herrell to develop the initial layout, then collaborated with architectural firm ACI/Boland, Inc. of St. Louis to develop the final layout and design.

H. W. Herrell Distributing was founded in 1923 as distributors of ice, coal and gravel, and non-alcoholic Anheuser-Busch products. After prohibition ended, the company gained exclusive distribution rights to Anheuser-Busch alcohol products, now servicing nearly 300 retail accounts in the Jefferson County area.

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