When to split mechanical EPC from civil / building?

When the site already has a general contractor for civil and envelope, when refrigerant expertise is scarce among general EPCs in-country, or when a retrofit is inside an operating facility. Splitting requires a strong owner's engineer or PMC to manage the mechanical-vs-civil interface.

NH₃ vs CO₂ vs HFO — how does ColdMatch bid it?

We brief bidders to price a base-case refrigerant and one alternative, with kWh / m³ · yr and 20-year lifecycle cost. This exposes total-cost differences that a single-refrigerant bid hides. Selection factors: charge, safety zoning, ambient (CO₂ transcritical struggles above ~32 °C without ejectors), local F-Gas / Kigali trajectory, and service arm depth.

What performance guarantees are standard?

kW/TR at design condition, kWh / m³ · yr projection over year 1, availability (typically 99.5% excl. planned PPM), refrigerant leak rate, and noise. Backed by liquidated damages up to 10–15% of contract value.

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EPC Marketplace · Refrigeration Mechanical EPC

Industrial refrigeration mechanical EPC contractors (NH₃ · CO₂ · Hybrid)

Mechanical-only EPC for ammonia (NH₃), CO₂ transcritical and NH₃-CO₂ cascade industrial refrigeration plants. Ideal when the building envelope, racking and civil scope are already contracted separately. ColdMatch shortlists IIAR-certified and F-Gas–compliant mechanical EPCs with proven kW/TR performance guarantees and post-Cx service arms in-country.

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Get Free Quotes — Prefilled RFQ Equipment Intelligence

NH₃ (ammonia), CO₂ transcritical, NH₃-CO₂ cascade and hybrid HFO scopes
IIAR / PSM / RMP, F-Gas, PED / ASME certified contractors
Performance-guaranteed kW/TR and kWh / m³ · yr commitments
Typical fit: US$ 2–40 M mechanical scope, retrofit or new build

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Tools & context

Launch Refrigeration EPC RFQPre-filled with mechanical-scope questions.Open Engineering & Planning CenterLoad, capacity and lifecycle tools.Open Refrigerant Phase-Out GuideF-Gas / Kigali roadmap.Open

FAQ

EPC Marketplace · Refrigeration Mechanical EPC — frequently asked

How ColdMatch Group works — independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform — ColdMatch Group is an independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform for industrial refrigeration, cold storage and cold-chain projects from USD $250K+, where the ColdMatch team reviews each buyer brief, contacts suitable third-party suppliers on the buyer's behalf and organizes their responses.

Project-first

Plan the epc marketplace · refrigeration mechanical epc project before choosing suppliers

Complete cold-chain outcomes depend on planning, budget realism, timeline discipline and neutral bid comparison — not on picking equipment first.

Project planning checklist

Cover the fundamentals before you brief suppliers.

·Define capacity, temperature bands and throughput
·Confirm site, power, water and permits
·Choose refrigerant strategy and automation level
·Set redundancy, monitoring and validation targets
·List required certifications (GDP, HACCP, BRC, ISO)
·Agree budget envelope and financing route

Full planning checklist (download)Infrastructure Builder

Budget factors

What actually moves the number on a commercial cold-chain project.

·Refrigeration plant + refrigerant choice
·Panels, envelope, floors, doors and structure
·Racking, MHE and automation level
·Controls, monitoring, alarms and BMS
·Redundancy (N, N+1, 2N) and validation
·Country, logistics, duties and installation labour

Budget planning guide Cost benchmarks Financing routes

Typical project timeline

Rule-of-thumb schedule for a commercial cold-chain project.

FEED, scope, RFQ2–4 months
Bid review, contracting1–2 months
Procurement + long-lead3–6 months
Civils, installation4–10 months
Commissioning, validation1–3 months

Project planning guide Master Planner

Common mistakes to avoid

Recurring patterns across hundreds of cold-chain briefs.

·Buying equipment before defining the project
·Under-sizing refrigeration load and standby
·Skipping commissioning, validation and training
·Single-source without a neutral bid comparison
·Ignoring refrigerant regulation and phase-out
·Treating financing as an afterthought

Commercial risk guide Refrigerant phase-out guide

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Reference projects worldwide.

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How ColdMatch stays supplier-neutral.

ColdMatch Group is the specialized cold-chain platform of Global B2B Group — the worldwide B2B procurement and project ecosystem.

Brief the market on your epc marketplace · refrigeration mechanical epc project

One structured RFQ, vendor-neutral to shortlisted suppliers. Prefilled with pillar context — you refine the details. No commitment, no fees.

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Qualify, then request quotes

Take this to a structured refrigeration RFQ

Refrigeration bids are only comparable when refrigerant, duty, evaporating temperature, redundancy and controls are specified. Qualify the design intent, then issue one RFQ.

Technology qualificationNH₃, CO₂ or HFO — CAPEX, OPEX and application fit.RFQ checklistDuty, redundancy, controls and commissioning scope.Project documentation centerAssemble the technical pack before tendering.

Start structured RFQ — free How the process works

Supplier-neutral. Free for buyers and project owners. Best suited to commercial projects from USD $250,000.