Story #2 - Pepperidge Farm Project Profile

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Story #2 is the story of SSM and Pepperidge Farm Bakery.

At SSM, we take snacking seriously. From the farm to the table we proudly support food experts so that they get to focus their time and attention on the core of their business.

More than 30 years ago, SSM began working with a local commercial bakery. You may not recognize it by the aerial view, but you're probably familiar with their famous Milano cookies. You guessed it, Pepperidge Farm.

SSM provided complete site development services for a new bakery and facility in East Cocalico Township. This included planning, surveying and site engineering. Engineering included designs for building placement, roadways, parking, utilities, storm drainage, traffic circulation, and sedimentation and erosion control. SSM also provided ramp design, permitting assistance, and traffic improvements.

Civil Engineering Services | SSM provided services for the design and construction of the main access road to a 611,000 SF bakery facility on a 114-acre site, crossing the Pennsylvania Turnpike in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County PA. This included roadway and drainage design, construction inspection, and a Traffic Impact Study for a 1.4 million-SF distribution center. The study encompassed 14 existing and 5 proposed intersections, and included trip operations and distribution predictions, capacity analysis, and improvement recommendations.

Site Development | Spotts, Stevens and McCoy provided complete site development services for Pepperidge Farm's new bakery and biscuit facility in East Cocalico Township near Adamstown, PA. SSM provided planning, surveying and site engineering. The engineering included designs for building placement, roadways, parking, utilities, storm drainage, traffic circulation and signalization, sedimentation and erosion control, and site grading.

Used Old Turnpike Bridge for Access | For access from the site to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Route 222, SSM designed new ramps to an existing bridge over the turnpike. The bridge was part of a former turnpike interchange.

Coordinated with Govt. Agencies | SSM coordinated with Pennsylvania's Departments of Environmental Protection and Transportation and with the Governor's Response Team to obtain prompt approvals for the DER earth disturbance permit, highway occupancy permits, and the traffic signalization design.

In addition, SSM worked with PennDOT to coordinate roadway and traffic signalization improvements to Route 272 to help alleviate existing traffic congestion in the area.