Life Safety Consulting

Introducing Dalkita Life-Safety, Code, and Constructability Consulting For the past 15 + years, Dalkita has specialized in distillery design and construction. As our practice grew from providing local turn key design and build services to national (and on occasion international) distillery consulting, a couple of interesting things happened. So, for 2025, we are rolling out […]
Planning for an ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit)

ADU’s are becoming increasingly popular across the US. They are typically small, detached (or attached) living units subsidiary to a main home, that typically include at least 1 bedroom/ studio, a bathroom, and a kitchen. They are often designed to be used for family members, visitors, just extra space, or to be rented out long […]
Kaua’i Designs

Dalkita architect Matt Taylor-Rennert is now living in Kaua’i, HI with his family, and offering architecture services locally in addition to Dalkita’s nationwide projects. Please reach out if you’d like to design/ visualize your dream home or any type of project in Kaua’i 🙂 We specialize in custom single family homes, ADU designs, and more! […]
Fire Code Site Design Regulations

The fire code (IFC) has several pertinent regulations regarding the design of a site a building is on. Here we will give an overview of topics like fire apparatus access roads (fire lanes), fire hydrant distances and flows, addressing, and more that may apply to any building type. Fire Apparatus Access Roads Fire apparatus access […]
Building Code Exceptions for Rickhouses

The Kentucky building code has several special exceptions to the IBC that allow for larger rickhouses for storing barrels filled with alcohol. This is in consideration of the history of Rickhouses in the area. Under the IBC, these structures would be too large to be built out of wood and be unsprinklered. The Kentucky codes […]
On The Boards

A new project features a micro distillery and cozy tasting room. Inspired by the “brown bars” of Amsterdam, the tasting room will feature rich interiors and unique indirect lighting. Article Written By: Matthew Taylor-Rennert
Dalkita guest appearance on Mile High Bourbon Podcast

Scott Moore with Dalkita architecture has appeared on the latest episode of A Colorado Craft Podcast. We discuss what goes into designing a distillery, some of the projects that have stood out over his career, and more! Check out the podcast on on YouTube or on Spotify/Apple/GoodPods etc. https://milehighbourbon.com/ https://www.instagram.com/milehighbourbon https://www.facebook.com/MileHighBourbonRye/about Article Written By: Matthew Taylor-Rennert
Distillery Layouts- Flow, Adjacencies, and Views

Dalkita has been designing distilleries for over 10 years. We have identified these main aspects to look out when laying out a distillery. Process Flow The most important consideration when layout out the distillery is that the process flows in a sensible manner. The typical flow / order for a distillery is: 1. Receiving2. Milling3. […]
Emergency & Fire Alarms in Distilleries

This post provides an overview of the alarm requirements in a distillery, when the apply, and how they apply. This article is based on 2018 IBC & IFC. When do alarms apply? Alarms come into play when a distillery is designated as an H occupancy. This occurs when the MAQ (maximum allowable quantity) of 240 […]
Un-sprinklered, Detached Barrel Storage Buildings

NFPA 30 (2015 edition mentioned here), the “Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code” Offers a route for buildings containing large volumes of flammable liquid to be non – sprinklered. Normally, when exceeding the MAQ’s of 120 gallons, sprinklers would be required, but chapter 13 of NFPA 30 provides an exception to allow for an unprotected (non […]
New Website is Up

Dalkita and Greystone Technology have been working hard on re-vamping our website. Well, the time has come, our new site is up and running, so check it out! We spent a lot of time expanding our portfolio to display our breadth of experience that we are very proud of, as well as some other additional […]