Six new butter tempering rooms for Lineage

An extraordinary process behind an everyday product
Before the design phase began, we mapped the client’s specific process requirements. The tempering rooms are designed to thaw pallets of deep-frozen butter under strictly controlled conditions. By gradually bringing the butter to the desired temperature, it reaches the customer in the right condition for immediate processing.

Although this may sound straightforward, it presents a considerable technical challenge. A full truckload of frozen butter introduces a substantial amount of cold material into the room. At the same time, the temperature must be controlled with great precision and rise evenly throughout the process to preserve product quality and prevent deformation. Achieving this requires a carefully integrated design in which the structural and technical disciplines are closely aligned.

The tempering capacity was tailored to Lineage’s logistics processes. In total, six butter tempering rooms were built:

• Rooms 1–3: capacity for 24 Euro pallets or 20 block pallets per room• Rooms 4–6: capacity for 28 Euro pallets or 24 block pallets per room

Working in an active facility
On-site work began in early March 2026. Integrating the tempering rooms into an existing warehouse required modifications to the underground infrastructure.

Our team sawed through the concrete floor, rerouted plumbing and installed new drainage systems. Once the floor had been repaired and fully cured, construction of the tempering rooms could begin.

The steel structures were then erected, followed by the installation of insulated panels and the remaining structural components. Thanks to thorough preparation, close collaboration with our trusted partners and subcontractors and careful project coordination, the work progressed according to plan.

Expertise in cold and climate-controlled storage
Delivering these butter tempering rooms required highly specialised structural solutions. From design and engineering through to on-site construction, we drew on our extensive experience in industrial building, cold storage and climate-controlled facilities to deliver a solution that meets Lineage's operational requirements.