Greenville’s KBR Building Group announced it was awarded a contract to build a new 400,000-square-foot Midwest distribution center for Ferguson Enterprises.
The center will be located on 77 acres in Celina, Ohio. Ferguson, the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies and pipe, valves and fittings, chose the location because of its close proximity to other Ferguson locations in the Midwest.
“Our distribution centers are the heart of our supply chain,” said Al Byrd, Ferguson’s senior vice president of supply chain. “The Celina DC will allow us to get our customers the products they need quickly, even the next day.”
The new facility will create 70 new full-time positions in Ohio and operate with a paperless inventory system, replenishing inventory to Ferguson’s branch warehouses. The center will also support the company’s 10 other regional distribution centers in the United States which stock more than 80,000 different products and employ more than 1,000 associates.
The majority of the Ohio facility will be dedicated to warehouse space. A small single-story administrative office area will house support functions such shipping and receiving.
“Winning work locally or elsewhere keeps our Greenville-based staff fully engaged, which is good for KBR Building Group and our local community,” said Tim Parker, vice president of business development for KBR Building Group. “Also, when our project leadership travels to other areas of the region or the country, we become ambassadors for Greenville, representing our city in a positive way. This includes meeting with prospective international clients. We often bring clients and subcontractors from other locations to Greenville, hosting them during their visits.”
KBR Building Group has extensive experience in building manufacturing and distribution facilities, completing hundreds structures in the U.S. to date. This is the second regional distribution center KBR has constructed for Ferguson. KBR completed a 600,000-square-foot facility in Waterloo, Iowa, in 2005.
