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up to about 60 m
Clear-span warehouses
Column-free floors for maximum layout freedom, with tapered portal frames optimised for steel weight and clear height.
Solution · Warehouses & distribution centres
Warehouses designed around your operation
Clear-span and multi-span steel warehouses, distribution centres, cross-docks and rack-supported buildings – planned around racking, docks and fire strategy, designed and fabricated by World Steel and delivered as a complete kit to US, Australian, European and Vietnamese codes.
- 30–60 m
- Typical clear spans wider with multi-span
- 10–14 m
- Clear heights for racking 32–40 ft in the US
- 1 kit
- Frame, envelope, doors, docks
- EXC3 · CC3
- Certified fabrication
The warehouse starts with the racking
A warehouse earns its money per pallet position and per truck turn. That is why we start with your storage system, handling equipment, dock flow and sprinkler design – and only then fix spans, column grid, clear height and bracing. Columns land inside rack rows, bracing stays out of aisles, the roof carries sprinkler and solar loads, and the floor is not interrupted where trucks need flatness.
World Steel delivers the structure and envelope as one engineered kit: primary frames, secondary members, roof and wall cladding, insulation, skylights, doors and framed openings, canopies and mezzanines – fabricated in our certified plant in Vietnam and shipped with erection drawings and a complete quality dossier.
Building types
Warehouse types
One engineering platform for every logistics format – from a single clear-span store to a regional distribution hub.
up to about 60 m
90 m and wider
Multi-span distribution centres
Interior columns placed in rack rows, so very wide buildings stay economical while aisles remain free.
docks both sides
Cross-dock terminals
Narrow, long buildings with docks on both sidewalls, continuous canopies and a fast flow from inbound to outbound.
20 m + high bay
Rack-supported warehouses
The racking carries roof and walls – ideal for automated high-bay stores; designed with the racking supplier.
Applications
Who we build for
01
3PL & logistics parks
Speculative and built-to-suit distribution buildings.
02
Retail & e-commerce
Fulfilment centres with mezzanines and conveyors.
03
Manufacturing
Raw-material and finished-goods stores beside the plant.
04
Ports & airports
Bonded warehouses, CFS and cargo terminals.
05
Agriculture & commodities
Bulk and bagged storage, fertiliser and grain sheds.
Normes et conformité
Designed to the codes of your market
Every warehouse is designed, fabricated and documented to the standards of its destination. Key references:
United States
- IBC / ASCE 7Building code, loads, wind, snow and seismic
- AISC 360Structural steel buildings
- AISI S100Cold-formed steel members
- MBMA ManualMetal building systems practice
- ANSI MH16.1Industrial steel storage racks (RMI)
- Collateral loads
- Sprinklers, lighting, solar and conveyors per the owner's brief and NFPA 13 / FM
- Fabrication
- IAS AC472 accreditation MB-268 – IBC 1704.2.5.1 approved fabricator
Australia / NZ
- AS/NZS 1170Structural design actions
- AS 4100Steel structures
- AS/NZS 4600Cold-formed steel structures
- AS 4084Steel storage racking
- AS/NZS 5131 Certifié WSCFabrication and erection – World Steel certified CC3
- Cyclonic regions
- Regions C and D – cladding and fixings tested for cyclic wind
- Compliance
- NCC Section J energy efficiency and fire requirements
Europe
- EN 1991 / EN 1993Actions and design of steel structures
- EN 1090-2 Certifié WSCExecution – EXC2 typical for warehouses
- EN 15512Steel static storage systems – racking design
- EN 15620Racking tolerances, deformations and clearances
- EN 13501-1Reaction-to-fire classification of envelope products
- Conformity
- CE marking – World Steel FPC certificate 2797 CPR 827443
Vietnam
- TCVN 2737Loads and actions
- TCVN 5575Steel structures – design
- QCVN 06:2022/BXDFire safety of buildings
- TCVN 170:2007Fabrication, assembly and acceptance
- Fire
- Fire compartment size and protection approved with the fire police (PCCC)
Synthèse fournie à titre indicatif – le cahier des charges du projet, l'édition du code adoptée et l'autorité compétente prévalent.
Ingénierie
Fast, predictable delivery
Warehouses are usually on the critical path of a business plan. Our pre-engineered system turns approved drawings into fabricated, numbered parts in weeks; bolted connections and erection drawings let local crews erect quickly, with our supervisors on site when needed.
Docks, canopies, doors and openings are framed as part of the design – not cut in later – so loads, deflections and tolerances are right for dock levellers and high-speed doors.
Ingénierie
A roof built for sprinklers and solar
Modern logistics roofs carry ESFR sprinkler mains, lighting, ventilation and increasingly rooftop solar. We design for these collateral loads from day one, with standing-seam or through-fastened roofs, skylights and insulation to meet the energy code.
Mezzanines for pick modules, offices and conveyors are integrated in the same model – one structural responsibility for the whole building.
Spécifications
Options & finishes
- Frame
- Clear-span or multi-span tapered portal frames, wind bracing outside aisles, expansion joints for long buildings
- Roof
- Standing-seam or through-fastened, insulated, skylights, ridge ventilators, solar-ready loading
- Walls
- Single-skin profiled sheet, insulated sandwich panels, precast or block dado up to dock height
- Docks
- Dock door framing, canopies, shelter framing, steel bollards and guards
- Protection
- Shop primer, epoxy / polyurethane or hot-dip galvanizing to ISO 12944 / AS/NZS 2312
Processus
How we deliver
- 1
Brief & layout
Racking, docks, fire strategy and site – spans and grid options.
- 2
Design & approvals
Calculations, approval drawings and BIM model to your code.
- 3
Certified fabrication
Built-up frames, cold-formed secondary, cladding and accessories.
- 4
Packing & shipping
Containerised kits, numbered parts and packing lists.
- 5
Erection
Erection drawings, bolt lists and supervision on request.
- 6
Handover
Quality dossier, as-built drawings and maintenance guidance.
FAQ
Questions fréquentes
What span can a steel warehouse have without interior columns?
Clear spans of about 30–60 m are common and economical with tapered portal frames; wider buildings usually use multi-span frames with interior columns placed inside the rack rows.
How high should the warehouse be?
It follows the racking and sprinkler design: clear heights of about 10–14 m are typical for modern distribution centres in Europe and Australia, and 32–40 ft in the US. We design the frame for the clear height under the lowest roof member.
Can the racking support the building?
Yes – in a rack-supported (clad-rack) warehouse the racking carries the roof and walls. It is designed together with the racking supplier, usually for automated high-bay storage.
Do you supply doors, docks and mezzanines?
Framed openings, dock canopies, mezzanines, stairs and platforms are part of our kit; roller doors, dock levellers and shelters can be supplied through partners or by your local contractor.
Which codes do you design to?
IBC / ASCE 7, AISC 360 and the MBMA manual in the US, AS/NZS 1170 and AS 4100 in Australia and New Zealand, Eurocodes with EN 1090 in Europe and TCVN in Vietnam – or the code in your specification.
Contenus associés
Produits en acier
Connaissances PEB
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Philippines
New ZealandNormes et certifications
IAS AC472
AS/NZS 5131 CC3
EN 1090 EXC3 · CEUnited StatesAustralia & New ZealandEurope
IAS AC472AS/NZS 5131 CC3EN 1090 EXC3 · CEUnited StatesAustralia & New ZealandEuropeProjets de référence
Planning a warehouse?
Send us the site plan, racking layout and design code – our engineers return a concept, spans and grid options and a delivered price.
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