Plans Are On the Drawing Board at GSBS for 680,000-Square-Foot Tyson Food Facility in Eagle Mountain

GSBS Architects are currently underway on the architectural plans for a $300 million “case ready” beef and pork plant which is slated to begin operations in 2021. With a projected annual local payroll of $44 million, the facility is expected to employ 800 workers to start and could expand to 1,200 positions within three years. The new plant in Eagle Mountain, UT will be a meat-cutting and packaging operation which will take large cuts of beef and pork and convert them into steaks, chops, roasts and ground meat to be packaged, weighed and labeled on retail trays that are shipped and sold in grocery stores.

According to Principal-in-charge Scott Henriksen, ground was broken October 29th and design documents were submitted for permit in multiple phases soon after. GSBS Architects is participating in the Design/Build project with Big D Construction. Completion of the construction is targeted for the end of 2020.

Tyson Foods, one of the world’s largest food companies, was founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson and has grown under three generations of family leadership. The company has a portfolio of products and brands like Tyson®, Jimmy Dean®, Hillshire Farm®, Ball Park®, Wright®, Aidells®, ibp®, and State Fair®.

Headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, the company had 121,000 team members as of September 29, 2018.

GSBS provides architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, energy engineering, health care and health education consulting, economic analysis, sustainability and planning services through offices in Salt Lake City, Utah and Fort Worth, Texas. During the last 40 years, the firm has completed hundreds of projects of various project types including recreation, commercial, academic, government, justice, hospitality, and health care.