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A warehouse is a racking layout with a roof over it. Span, bay spacing and eave height are decided by the storage system and the trucks — this page is about which number moves which part of the frame.
01 / The parameters
Most warehouse enquiries arrive as a floor area and a rent date. Neither of those tells the drawing office what it needs. A warehouse is really a racking layout with a roof over it, and three numbers follow from the racking before any steel is sized: the clear span between column centrelines, the bay spacing along the building, and the clear height under the haunch.
02 / How it is configured
03 / Typical uses
04 / Questions
When the extra steel in a clear-span rafter, plus the heavier column section and the larger foundation it delivers, costs more than a single line of internal columns would. That crossover moves with span, roof load and the cladding, so it is decided per project rather than from a fixed rule. If the racking layout allows a column line, it is often the cheaper engineering answer rather than a compromise.
Four numbers and one location: the clear span between column centrelines, the building length, the eave height, and the bay spacing you want to work with — plus the site location, because wind, salt and heat change the structure before the span does. If the racking is already specified, send the racking height and the aisle width as well; the clear height follows from those.
Yes, if the extension is planned before fabrication. Extending along the length means adding bays to an existing frame line, which is straightforward when the frame and the bracing were detailed for it. Extending across the span means changing the frame itself, so it has to be decided at drawing stage, not after the container has shipped.
05 / Request a quote
Tell us about your project. Country, what the building is for, approximate size and when you need it are enough — you do not need final dimensions to start. You will get a preliminary layout first, then a quotation against that layout.
I usually reply the same day. · preliminary layout before quotation · no price list is published, every building is quoted per project
