Frequently Asked Questions

Our experience has focused primarily on food processing facilities, including baked goods, processed deli meats, confectionery, frozen entrées, and dairy products. We have also worked extensively on distribution centers, cold storage, and warehousing facilities.

While we have significant experience in the food and beverage sector, our capabilities span a diverse range of industries. Our team has successfully contributed to the design and engineering of facilities such as door manufacturing plants and private aircraft hangars.

For the majority of these projects, we’ve been involved in the complete facility design, from production areas to office layouts, ensuring fully integrated solutions that support efficient and effective operations.

SCM provides engineering, design, project management, and drafting services for facilities in the industrial, food, and beverage sectors.

Our in-house team offers architectural design, mechanical engineering, and electrical design services, developed in both 2D and 3D environments. We also create renderings and walkthroughs to support decision making, presentations, marketing, and facility displays.

In addition, SCM has established trusted partnerships to give clients access to specialized services, including civil, structural, fire safety, refrigeration, and branding design and engineering.

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At SCM, we don’t just deliver engineering solutions, we become an extension of your team. With extensive experience in the niche food and beverage industry, our firm combines technical precision with a truly personal, hands-on approach that’s rare in the world of industrial engineering.

Unlike larger firms where clients are passed between CEOs, business development reps, and project managers, SCM’s partners are directly involved in every stage of your project. From the first conversation to the final commissioning, you’ll work side-by-side with the people who are actually shaping the solutions. This ensures that your vision is fully understood, your priorities remain front and center, and every detail aligns with your goals.

As well, our team operates with efficiency and versatility, equipped with a wide array of tools to provide comprehensive solutions at a competitive rate

Absolutely. We have extensive experience working with municipal building departments and regulators across Canada. SCM manages the entire building permit process on your behalf, including submissions, correspondence with plans examiners and Chief Building Officials (CBOs), and closeout. Additionally, we are well-positioned to collaborate with international partners when required, enabling us to deliver services wherever the work may lead.

As early as possible, ideally during the concept or feasibility stage. Early involvement helps confirm whether your planned expansion or retrofit is practical, ensures process and building requirements are aligned, and identifies utility, regulatory, and hygiene needs before costly decisions are made. From there, the firm can guide pre-design, detailed design, construction planning, and commissioning, especially for complex upgrades inside a facility that is currently in operation.

Yes. We design food manufacturing facilities that are licensed at both provincial and federal levels, fully compliant with CFIA and Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) regulations, provincial requirements such as OMAFA (formerly OMAFRA), and even smaller facilities operating at a municipal regulatory level. We adhere to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) for all levels of regulation to best suit our clients needs.