Designing Best-in-Class Operations That Achieve Breakthrough Productivity, Cost, and Speed-to-Market Goals
At BHDP, we bring more than 80 years of expertise in industrial and manufacturing facility design. Since our founding in 1937—with Cincinnati Milacron as our first client—we’ve partnered with many of the world’s most admired and innovative manufacturers, having completed projects in over 25 countries on six continents.
Industrial facility design is informed not only by machinery and process requirements but also by the people who drive production. We begin by defining and understanding near- and long-term production demands, aligning capacity planning with the built environment to ensure facilities are strategically positioned for both immediate and future needs. We also account for workforce considerations—safety, ergonomics, access, and experience—to ensure every environment we design supports productivity, retention, and well-being. This people-first mindset, combined with our technical acumen, results in high-performance facilities tailored to each manufacturer’s unique goals.
BHDP’s Approach to Industrial Facility Design
Working closely with our clients, every BHDP team employs our iterative design process to extract an intimate understanding of key business drivers, operational requirements, and organizational culture objectives.
A central part of our approach is delivering measurable productivity improvements through efficient, forward-thinking planning of equipment general arrangements, utility distribution, material and people flows, and future expansion needs. Other firms may be satisfied with designing to a snapshot in time, but we will know where our clients are headed, so our designs can help them keep pace with the evolving industrial landscape.
This integrated design process ensures the interaction of people, operational work processes, and functional space are harmonized to create innovative design solutions that bring our client’s goals to life.
Our extensive manufacturing facility design portfolio is a testament to our commitment and capability to deliver best-in-class operations for manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and distribution centers around the world. Our history is not just about longevity—it’s about proven performance and trusted partnerships.
Want to learn more about how we execute industrial projects that achieve greater results? Hear from Michael Verdier, Industrial Market Leader, in this video.
Our Industrial Facility Design Expertise in Action
BHDP provides strategic manufacturing facility design services and expertise across a wide range of industries. Our capabilities include:
- Capacity Planning and Siting Studies
- Site and Facility Master Planning
- Consumer Product Manufacturing
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Automotive Production & Assembly
- Discrete Manufacturing (Assembled Goods)
- Chemicals & Coatings Manufacturing
- Advanced Logistics and Distribution
- Packaging
- Consumer Packaged Goods
Some of Our Industrial Clients
If VEGA was ever going to do another expansion … it’s a no-brainer that we would use BHDP for architectural design. They understand the values of our business, and to me, that is difficult to find in the modern world.
John Groom, President, VEGA Americas, Inc
Some of Our Industrial Clients
Our People
