Industrial buildings (factories or warehouses) are intended primarily to perform functional tasks, but this does not mean that when they are designed, we must forget about the design. We are not about the beauty of the building, the roof color or the style of the windows, but the design of architecture in terms of production or warehouse productivity, the comfort of using space and the convenience of maintaining it in proper condition – this is important. In addition, if you are designing a warehouse for yourself, you need to make sure that it will be easy to adapt to your business needs.
1. Planning a production and warehouse premises should be necessary not only for today, but also for tomorrow.
We all know that it is sometimes difficult to predict what will happen in a year or two with business. That’s why it is good to build a warehouse so that the project is flexible, starting from size and ending with the layout. For example, in the future you can always use additional space in the existing territory. Even if only a warehouse is located on Earth today, then in the future an office building can form next to it. It is also necessary to immediately think about the possibility of expanding the warehouse and its capabilities, because some spaces can be expanded, and some cannot. And you need to think about it at once.
2. Industrial buildings should be convenient.
Despite the fact that the warehouse is a place to store things, people still work there. In addition, some things, like people, need air, the correct climate, etc. p. So the warehouse ventilation, lighting, windows and other systems should work correctly and efficiently. The bulbs should not shine dimly, and in some places even “wink”. Again, a good architectural design is roof, walls, isolation, etc. p. – will help reduce some costs of artificial systems to provide climate and other conditions.
3. The cost of current service service should be taken into account.
If you are building a new warehouse, then calculate the cost of its subsequent maintenance so as not to be a hole in the wallet. We said above that the architecture itself can affect the maintenance of the climate inside the building, and therefore on financial expenses on this. In addition, the correct architecture and the project itself can reduce the costs of the equipment used in the warehouse (or, conversely, increase them). Your employees will need a toilet, so calculate how more profitable it is to ensure water supply now and in the future. Immediately think about how lighting will be arranged to spend less money on replacing lamps and t. p.
Balanced the cost of construction now with the fact that you will spend later.