About the Owner: Brad Owen is the President of Clarion Construction, a Southern California general contractor specializing in cold storage construction, food processing facilities, clean rooms, and insulated metal panel (IMP) systems. With decades of experience in temperature-controlled construction, Brad shares practical insights to help facility owners, developers, and contractors make informed decisions about specialized commercial and industrial building projects.
Turn Key General Contractor
Gold Star Foods
Ontario, CA
T-5 lighting throughout and Rytec “Rapid Roll Self-Repairing” doors are utilized to access each of the refrigerated rooms.
TKO doors service the refrigerated trucks.
Metl-Span panels brighten the appearance of each refrigerated room.
A Watts Radiant underfloor glycol warming system was placed under 8 inches of Dow Freezermate floor insulation to maintain stable floor temperatures.
Frick coils are quiet and efficient.
Gold Star trucks line up to be loaded with a variety of food products. Gold Star services 350+ school districts throughtout California and Arizona. Clarion is pleased to have been the design build contractor on this very fine facility.
Project Features:
- 72,000 sq. ft. of Freezer, 15,000 sq. ft. Cooler, 12,000 sq. ft. Cold Dock
- Rytec High Speed Turboseal Doors
- TKO Dock Doors
- Metl-Span urethane core (IMP Panels)
- Watts Radiant underfloor glycol warming system
- Dow Freezermate underfloor insulation
- Frick Powered Freon engine room with redundancy




