Hygienic Building Design

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The Nestlé Sustainable Building Model

Key Principles:
Safety
Strategy
Building design
Building technology
Materials
Building cost
Image

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Design and concept of buildings

The objective of the design and concept

Building types are clearly related to their functions (eg.):
Process
Stores and warehouses

Hygiene consideration: construction
climatic conditions
soil conditions
seismic tendencies
architecture
maintenance and cleaning
local problems
local

Hygiene consideration:
processes to be housed
building codes
general safety of personnel
wall

Hygiene consideration

Building materials role:
products, processes and required levels of hygiene
cleaning procedures

Hygiene consideration example:

Climatic conditions

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Hygiene consideration:

Wall and floor joints

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Refer to:
GI 206.3 - Guideline for Floor

The main recommendation

The main recommendation is to keep the building simple.
Points

Keep the building simple

all ledges must be self-draining.
external ledges must

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Boundary fences and walls

Main purpose is to be the first barrier

Boundary fences and walls types

fine mesh (<5cm x 5cm) fence

solid wall

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Building structure

The structure, which is the load-bearing part of the building,

Basic types

There are two basic types of building elements:
vertical bearing elements
horizontal

Vertical elements hygiene considerations

Columns and masonry walls should be:
of steel

Vertical elements hygiene considerations

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Horizontal elements hygiene considerations

Floor slabs - ground floor - suspended and

Horizontal elements hygiene considerations

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Recommendations
Some important points of consideration:
Avoid open steel structure in high

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Recommendations on building structure

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Visitors gallery
A visitors gallery is designed to:
observe the operations
special clothing avoidance
protect

Basic types of visitors gallery

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Visitors gallery hygiene considerations

Visitors gallery must:
permit observation
provide a barrier
Important

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Loading and unloading docks

Loading and unloading docks are points where:
lorries (trucks)

Hygiene considerations all types

Loading/Unloading must not affect the hygienic quality on

Hygiene considerations road transport

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Hygiene considerations road transport

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Hygiene considerations trains/rail cars

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Loading and unloading docks
Points of consideration:
Types of products handled
Protect product

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Milk reception areas

are designated area in any factory processing liquid milk

Milk reception areas

receive either tankers or milk churns or a combination

Milk reception areas

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Milk reception areas

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Milk reception areas

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Milk reception areas hygiene considerations

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Types of external and internal walls

traditional construction
pre-fabricated (sandwich)
made of corrugated or

Walls hygiene considerations

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Walls hygiene considerations

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Walls hygiene considerations

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Walls hygiene considerations

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Walls – typical faults

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Recommendations for wall hygiene

Choice between a traditional and a pre-fabricated wall

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Recommendations for wall hygiene

Recommendations for wall hygiene

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Preventative measures for wall hygiene

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Roof types

Two basic types of roof structures:
Pitched Flat

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Roofs

Best hygienic roofing material:
PVC or flexible polyester.
Easy to clean
Does

Roofs hygiene considerations

Important hygiene aspects for roofs:
barrier against infiltrations
ease

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Roofs hygiene considerations

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Roofs hygiene considerations

Roofs hygiene considerations

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Good construction and protection at expansion joints or building connections -

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Roofs hygiene considerations

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Roofs hygiene considerations

Particular attention must also be paid to condensation created by vents.

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Roofs hygiene considerations

Recommendations

The roof is a critical part of the building and as

Roof key points

Water leakage
Regular inspection and maintenance

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