Buildings for Industrial Storage and Distribution - Hardcover

Drury, Jolyon; Falconer, Peter; Heery, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750648198 ISBN 13: 9780750648196

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The bible of the industrial storage and distribution industry and the manual of policy and practice. It provides information for those with empty buildings on their hands, those trying to find space for new and/or growing enterprises and those faced with the problem of how to manage multi-tenant, multi-use buildings. An outline of feasibility studies both from the standpoint of users looking for a building and buildings looking for a use is also included. One is matched with the other. The whole process is explained and placed in a legal and planning framework. Allowances for technological change and expansion are outlined as well as an explanation of the significance of various patterns of ownership, tenancy and management that can be adopted. As the container has been universally acepted for use in materials handling, this book is internationally relevant. Preface by George Heery AIA of the Heery Corporation, one of the largest and most successful industrial storage and distribution companies in the US.

About this title

About the Author

Logistics and materials handling consultant with more than 25 years experience of specialist practice. He is a Chartered Architect and Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Transport where he is a member of the Public Policy Committee and a leading member of their Europe Forum.
Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects who spent a lifetime working as architect and consultant on buildings for industrial storage and distribution. He pioneered the use of ‘big box’ warehouses in the U.K. forming one of the first dedicated materials handling consultancies in parallel with his architectural practice that revolutionised handling in breweries and in steel stockholding. He died in February 2003.

From the Back Cover

Buildings for Industrial Storage and Distribution is a practical guide to planning and designing buildings for industrial use.

It is a complete handbook for architects and logistical experts, covering the buildings themselves, the storage systems within, and the connections with the supply chain.

Packed with vital information, from standard measurements to legal guidelines, this book is a bible for the industrial storage and distribution industry and the manual of policy and practice. It provides invaluable guidance for those planning new warehouses or with empty buildings on their hands, those trying to find distribution space for new and/or growing enterprises, and those faced with the problem of how to manage multi-tenant, multi-use buildings.

This brand new edition of a classic text is fully updated for current standards and current practice, and includes completely new text on programme management, master planning, space allocation, order picking, health and safety and sustainability.

The Preface is by George Heery AIA of the Heery Corporation, one of the largest and most successful architects and programme management consultancies in the US.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750648198
• ISBN 13: 9780750648196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 284