Projects and Installations
The scopes we deliver, how they are sequenced, and what happens on site.
Commercial refrigeration projects across Ontario, from a single compact cooler to a phased multi-room programme in a trading store. This page covers the project types, the system configurations and how each stage is run.
Most Refrigeration Projects Are One of Five Shapes
Enquiries arrive in every form imaginable, but by the time a project is scoped it almost always resolves into one of five patterns. Knowing which one you are in tells you a great deal about lead time, disruption and where the risk sits.
A new-build fit-out is the easiest, because the building can still be changed on paper. An expansion inside a working operation is harder, because the constraint is the access route rather than the space. A replacement in a live store is hardest of all, because the old room has to come out without the product warming up.
The sections below set out the project types, the system configurations Greens Coolers builds, and the way an installation programme is actually sequenced on a site that cannot stop trading.
- New build and fit-outInvolved at design stage, where door positions, power locations, drainage routes and slab detail are still cheap to change.
- Expansion in a live operationAdditional capacity added around an existing layout, with the access route and staging area planned before a date is offered.
- Replacement and changeoverAn existing room decommissioned and removed, sequenced so product stays refrigerated throughout.
- Multi-room and multi-sitePhased programmes with a standard specification applied across rooms or locations so settings and parts stay consistent.
Representative System Configurations
The configurations that make up most Greens Coolers project work. These are illustrative representations of the system types described across the site, not photographs of a specific client installation.
Seven Stages on Every Installation
The same sequence applies whether the project is a single room or a phased programme across a trading store.
Scoping conversation
What the operation does, what has to be stored, what is failing now, and the date the project has to be finished by. Constraints first, equipment second.
Site assessment
Clear floor area, finished ceiling height, lowest obstruction, columns, drains, electrical panels, slab condition, and the full route from the loading point to the room.
Design and specification
Footprint, temperature duty, door position and swing, shelving arrangement, floor detail and refrigeration mounting set from real product volumes and door traffic.
Written scope and programme
Inclusions, exclusions, electrical requirement, building works and the proposed installation window, issued so it can be circulated to owners, managers and landlords.
Logistics and site readiness
Truck size, loading hours, staging area and the readiness of slab, access and power confirmed before a delivery date is committed.
Installation
Panels assembled, doors hung and adjusted, floor and ramp detail set, refrigeration mounted and connected, with electrical work coordinated into the same window.
Testing, handover and sign-off
Pull-down under realistic load, temperature verification, defrost and drainage checks, controller walkthrough with your staff, and written operating detail left on site.
What a Project Typically Includes
Every project is quoted individually, and the boundary is written into the scope. The table below is the usual shape of that boundary so you can see where responsibility sits before you ask for a number.
| Assessment and design | Measurement, workflow review, layout, sizing, temperature duty and configuration — carried out before any specification is issued |
|---|---|
| Supply | Insulated panel room or equipment package, doors and hardware, floor detail, refrigeration package, controls and shelving as specified |
| Delivery | Freight to site with truck size, access hours, offloading and a staging area for panels agreed in advance |
| Installation | Panel assembly, door hanging and adjustment, floor and ramp detail, refrigeration mounting and connection, and reinstatement of the working area |
| Electrical coordination | Supply requirement identified at design stage and carried out by a qualified electrical contractor scheduled into the installation window |
| Permit coordination | Where structural support, roof penetrations, sprinkler modification or building alterations trigger a requirement, identified in planning and coordinated with the authority having jurisdiction |
| Decommissioning and removal | On replacement projects, the existing installation taken out and removed, with the changeover sequenced so product stays refrigerated |
| Programme management | Phasing, out-of-hours windows and coordination with other trades on a fit-out, set out with the quote rather than negotiated later |
| Testing and handover | Pull-down under load, temperature verification, defrost and drainage checks, controller walkthrough and written operating detail |
Photography From Completed Ontario Installations
An honest note about what is shown on this page and what is not.
How Commercial Refrigeration Projects Are Delivered in Ontario
New builds and fit-outs
The cheapest commercial refrigeration projects Ontario operators run are the ones where the refrigeration was considered before the walls went up. At design stage a door can be moved on a drawing, a power feed can be routed to the right position, a drain can be placed where condensate will actually go, and a slab can be poured level in the area the room will sit.
Greens Coolers is regularly brought in at the drawings stage to mark up what the refrigeration needs from the building. That input costs nothing and removes most of the expensive surprises. The systems specified at that point come from the same catalogue as everything else — walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers, glass-door walk-ins or custom cold storage depending on the operation.
Installing into a working operation
Most projects are not new builds. They happen in occupied buildings with customers, staff and stock in them, which makes the access route the governing constraint. Panels arrive flat and are assembled in the room, so what matters is the tightest doorway, the sharpest corner, the stair turn and the lift dimensions between the truck and the space.
Where the route will not pass a full-size panel, the build is specified in sections at design stage rather than improvised on the day. Where loading hours are restricted — normal in downtown Toronto, on retail plazas and under condominium podiums — the window is set around them and a staging area is agreed so nothing blocks a fire route or a customer entrance. That planning sits inside design, delivery and installation.
Replacement and changeover projects
Replacements carry the most operational risk because the business still has to trade while the old room comes out. The sequence is planned in advance: where product goes during the changeover, whether temporary cold storage is required, when the existing refrigeration is decommissioned, and how the old installation leaves the building.
Sometimes the honest answer is that a full replacement is not needed. If the panels and floor are sound and the failure is mechanical, replacing the refrigeration package is usually the better project — the reasoning is set out under cooler replacement and upgrades and penthouse cooler and freezer systems.
Multi-room and multi-site programmes
Larger operations rarely need one room. A supermarket might need a produce cooler, a dairy room, a freezer and a glass-door run on the aisle. A production facility needs zoned temperatures across ingredient, work-in-progress and finished goods. Those are phased so there is always working cold storage available rather than a gap in the middle of a trading week.
Multi-site programmes benefit from a standard specification across locations. Consistent controllers, doors and refrigeration packages mean consistent staff training, consistent settings and a smaller spare parts problem. Rollouts are scheduled site by site around each location's trading pattern.
Where projects actually slip
Very rarely the equipment. Almost always the site: a slab that needs attention, a power supply nobody owned, a landlord approval that had not been requested, a loading restriction discovered on the morning of delivery. Every one of those is findable at assessment stage, which is why the assessment is free and why a delivery date is not offered until the site is confirmed ready.
To scope a project, send the space, the product volumes and the deadline through the quote request form. Sector-specific planning is covered across the industries hub, coverage on the service areas page, and the company's method on the about page.
Project and Installation Questions
What operators ask when they are planning a programme rather than buying a box.
Because named references are published only where a client has given written permission, and most commercial operators do not want their back-of-house arrangements documented publicly.
Rather than invent examples or describe projects vaguely enough to be meaningless, this page sets out the project types and the method. Ask during your assessment and we will tell you what relevant work can be discussed.
A straightforward room in an accessible space is often a single day. Larger custom rooms, freezer builds, projects needing electrical coordination and replacements that require the old room removed first run longer and are staged.
The programme is set out with your quote, including how many visits are involved and what has to be ready between them.
Yes, and it works best when we are involved before the layout is fixed. We provide the refrigeration requirements — power position and capacity, drainage, slab condition, clear openings — so the contractor can build them in.
During construction the installation slot is scheduled against the wider programme rather than dropped in at the end.
A clear route from the offload point to the room, an agreed staging area, a slab that is sound and level in the room's footprint, and power brought to the position identified at design stage.
Those are confirmed before the date is committed, which is the main reason deliveries rarely have to be rescheduled.
In most retail and food service projects, yes. Work is regularly scheduled overnight or early morning, and multi-room programmes are phased so there is always working cold storage.
For replacements, the changeover sequence — including where product sits during the swap — is agreed before the project is booked.
Where a permit or inspection applies, it is identified during planning and coordinated with the authority having jurisdiction and with your landlord or building owner.
Requirements vary by municipality and by building. Structural support, roof penetrations, sprinkler modification and building alterations are the usual triggers.
The room is run down under realistic load and the temperature verified, defrost and drainage are checked, the door seal and closer are adjusted, and the controller is walked through with the staff who will use it.
Written operating detail is left on site covering how the system is meant to run and what to watch for.
Sometimes. It depends on what was installed, what was specified and what condition the work is in — we will assess it honestly rather than assume the previous scope was wrong.
Where the existing work is sound, finishing it is usually cheaper for you than starting again, and we will say so.
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The systems we install
Cold rooms, merchandising systems, specialty beer builds and project services.
Open pageAboutHow the business works
The method behind a Greens Coolers quote and the standards applied on every project.
Open pageService areasCoverage across Ontario
Toronto, the GTA, the Golden Horseshoe and wider Ontario from the North York base.
Open pageGet Your Project Scoped Properly
Send the site and the deadline. You will get an assessment, a configuration recommendation and a written scope you can circulate.
The projects that go well are the ones that were scoped before anything was ordered. Send what you have — drawings, dimensions, photographs, or just a description of the problem — and a specialist will work out what the project actually is.
There is no cost and no obligation attached to the assessment, including on projects that end up going elsewhere.
- Project type identifiedNew build, expansion, replacement or multi-room programme — with the risks specific to each set out plainly.
- Layout and sizing viewFootprint, door placement and clearances recommended from your product volumes and workflow.
- Programme and phasingHow the installation would be sequenced around your trading hours, and how many visits it involves.
- Written scopeInclusions, exclusions and building requirements documented so competing quotes can be compared like for like.
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