TEAM EXPERIENCE
Architecture + Master Planning
With more than 30 years of specialized experience in the planning and design of wineries, BAR Architects provides unique design expertise along with knowledge of winemaking equipment, processes, and approaches. Our client list includes numerous large and small wineries, many of which were executed as collaborations with other members of the First Press Winery team. The quality of our firm’s work is evidenced by a high number of repeat clients and the creation of award winning projects that are timeless and enduring.
Metal Building Systems
With over 30 years in the industry, our experience with the design, fabrication and erection of metal buildings provides the know-how to execute buildings in an unlimited variety of shapes, sizes and materials. Working with multiple manufacturers, Soule can choose from a wide variety of options to best meet the functional and aesthetic goals for each building. By utilizing non-bearing walls, many of the design limitations applicable to other construction types are not relevant. Soule’s in-house detailing capabilities means that walls can be constructed with insulated metal panels, tilt-up concrete, masonry block, EIFS, stucco, aluminum storefront and wood. "I didn’t know that was a metal building", is a comment often heard when people first see a Soule structure.
Production Programming + Winery Systems
Raesfeld Associates offers a complete range of planning and development services specific to the wine industry. Through a collaborative process, we assist the owner, winemaker and project team in developing construction solutions that respond to the unique aesthetic and operational requirements of each winery. Key elements of our services include Production Programming & Winery Systems Integration. Our programming efforts focus on translating the qualitative and quantitative enological requirements into tangible architectural requirements and equipment/infrastructure necessary to support proposed winemaking activities.
Building Foundations
ZFA Engineers has developed a successful history of designing wineries using a winery-specific team that understands wine-making processes as well as the need for future adaptation or expansion. ZFA provides both winery owners and architects with efficient and safe structural systems for protecting valuable winery equipment and products, as well as providing elegant structural solutions to impress visitors and guests. With eleven LEED accredited professionals on staff, sustainable design is another important part of ZFA’s philosophy.
Ray E. Slaughter + Associates Electrical
RESA provides extensive electrical engineering experience in the design of commercial, industrial, residential, and institutional buildings. Our winery practice focuses on appropriately responding to all operational criteria, Owner/winemaking preferences, and the economic goals for the project. RESA has also assisted in the design and execution of photovoltaic systems for wineries and commercial facilities located throughout Northern California. Ray Slaughter, founding principal, is directly involved with the design of each electrical system and oversees all other aspects of engineering and documentation by the firm’s highly trained staff. Electrical
Mechanical / Plumbing Systems
TEP offers a full range of Mechanical Engineering services including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing and control systems design. Our company provides innovative and functionally appropriate solutions within each project’s unique framework of cost, energy use, environmental, aesthetic, spatial and technical requirements. In each project we seek opportunities to reduce energy consumption, optimize energy use and minimize the environmental impact of our mechanical systems. With over 60 years of HVAC and plumbing contracting experience, TEP provides comprehensive knowledge of construction related issues; one of the reasons we are so highly regarded by HVAC, plumbing and refrigeration contractors.
Mechanical / Plumbing Systems
Refrigeration System
As the largest winery refrigeration specialist in the country, we have engineered and installed hundreds of winery refrigeration systems throughout the United States. APCCO has been involved in winery refrigeration for over 35 years, (with combined experience totaling more than130 years), and no other firm can match our professionalism or depth of knowledge. Projects have ranged from 5 to 2400 tons of refrigeration, and many have been installed and maintained for winery clients for more than two decades. From conceptual design and budgeting through final installation, start-up, and scheduled service, APCCO is truly in a class by itself.