Our Services

Our passion and talents are geared toward all aspects of the agricultural industry, we specialize in facilities such as:

  • Grain elevators/terminals, including port and rail access
  • Liquid fertilizer, dry fertilizer (storage, handling, processing) facilities
  • Animal confinement facilities (feed lots)
  • Feed mills, storage silos
  • Warehousing, office complexes, maintenance/repair shop buildings.

The Gales Design & Consulting Four Step Process

Gales Design follows a four-step process for project design and construction, ensuring that every detail is carefully managed at each stage. This structured approach guarantees precision, efficiency, and a seamless experience from concept to completion.

Step 1: Planning & Design

  • Conduct site survey and assess current facilities (if applicable).
  • Engage in a detailed discussion about project needs and wants, for new construction, expansions, or remodels.
  • Align the project scope, budget and timeline, offering guidance on maximizing the budget’s effectiveness.
  • Solicit, direct, and coordinate with Professionals, Engineers, and Subject Matter Experts to define project requirements and create design documents for bidding.

Step 2: The Right Professional
Contractor

  • Solicit and evaluate each bid from qualified contractors to ensure entire project is clearly defined.
  • Identify the highest value for the owner through our competitive bidding process.
  • Evaluate bids with ownership to identify the contractors that best match all quality and performance expectations including schedule and budget.
  • Facilitate discussions between the project owner and contractors to confirm expectations are understood and achievable for project scope, schedule, and budget to lead to the final contractor selection.

Step 3: Construction

  • Manage all aspects of the construction phase from pre-construction through to project completion.
  • Collaborate with and coordinate all contractors and vendors to ensure efficient project progression.
  • Monitor quality control, verify that design specifications are being met, and conduct site visits as needed.
  • Hold regular update meetings with the project owner and contractors to ensure project collaboration and promptly address any concerns.

Step 4: Project Completion

  • Ensure the punch list is completed, lien waivers are filed, and final build drawings are submitted.
  • Develop and provide the startup/commission team with a clear map of priorities and checklist to ensure a smooth and successful startup.
  • Arrange training for the Owner with subject matter experts as needed for any specialized equipment.
  • Ensure final project completion and smooth turnover to production and use of the facility.

Why Choose Gales Design & Consulting For Your Project?

At GDC, we LISTEN to fully understand your vision. We help you find and and correct any project pitfalls in the planning and design stage, as well as help you establish a realistic budget and timeline. We ensure sure the project design aligns with your needs, wants, and expectations while also accounting for future growth or master plans.
 
GDC is not a general contractor, we guide you in selecting the best engineers, professionals and contractors to deliver skills and talents that are “best in class.” As a service-focused company we never markup construction costs. We are dedicated to working on behalf of our project owners to maximize savings, while ensuring your project is designed and built with the highest quality specifications, materials, and techniques.
 
From conception to completion, we manage your entire project, including support during the commissioning and startup phases. In short, we’re committed to ensuring you get exactly what you need and want —on time and on budget.

Improve Your Over-All Equipment Effectiveness

Ask us how we can help you improve your “over-all equipment effectiveness” or OEE with our process analysis and process mapping abilities. GDC can help in identifying and addressing constraints that limit overall production efficiency within your facility. We can assist in pinpointing stages in the workflow where inefficiencies have occurred, such as bottlenecks, slowdowns, or over-all poor equipment performance due to limited or lack of storage space, or labor challenges. We will help develop a plan to turn issues into opportunities that will allow you to optimize equipment operations and maximize overall output and productivity.