TEBIN Standard 10,000 m² Dry Warehouse: BIM-Based Reference Design for Engineering Partners
10,000 m²Reference warehouse12 × 24 mStructural grid
From last-mile hub to hyperscale — engineering for Logistics &
Distribution Centers that cannot miss a deadline
Logistics buildings are high-speed, deadline-driven projects — but large floor plates, complex fire strategies, cold chain systems, heavy site infrastructure, and growing automation requirements make them genuinely technically demanding. TEBIN delivers coordinated multidisciplinary engineering and BIM across structure, fire safety, MEP, and site works, keeping every programme milestone intact.
01 — What we design and coordinate
Scale
without
losing
precision
Logistics buildings are often perceived as straightforward — but large floor plates, complex fire engineering, extensive site infrastructure, and evolving automation requirements make them genuinely technically demanding. TEBIN coordinates engineering across all disciplines so that nothing falls between the cracks on these high-speed, deadline-driven projects.
We support ambient and cold chain warehouses, cross-dock facilities, automated storage and retrieval buildings, and urban last-mile hubs — from brief development through to construction documentation and digital handover.
02 — Systems we coordinate
01
Structure & Envelope
- Steel portal frame structural design
- Loading dock and mezzanine structures
- Roofing and cladding interface design
- Smoke vent and skylight structural coordination
02
Fire & Life Safety
- Sprinkler system design
- Fire compartmentation strategy
- Smoke ventilation and SHEV design
- Emergency lighting and fire detection
03
Mechanical & Electrical
- HVAC and heating system design
- High-bay lighting and LV power
- Battery and automation power infrastructure
- Compressed air distribution design
04
Site & Infrastructure
- External roads and HGV circulation design
- Surface water drainage
- Utility connections and metering
- EV charging infrastructure for fleets
03 — Facility types & engineering requirements
Not all warehouses
are the same building
Facility type determines engineering complexity. Each category below has distinct structural, MEP, fire, and infrastructure requirements that must be resolved at concept stage — not after steelwork is ordered.
Ambient Warehouse
Bay grid design · Fire zone strategy · Site infrastructure
Ambient warehouses appear straightforward but demand careful fire zone design, racking-height MEP coordination, and site infrastructure engineering for high HGV volumes. Getting the structural bay grid and dock count right from concept stage avoids expensive redesigns later.
Structural bay grid and clear height designSprinkler system design with in-rack coverage where requiredSmoke extraction and SHEV designHGV swept-path and dock leveller structural design
Cold Chain / Frozen
Refrigeration coordination · Vapour barriers · Heavy rack loads
Cold chain facilities impose severe engineering demands — refrigeration plant loads, vapour barrier integration, insulated panel interfaces, and significantly higher slab and foundation loading due to frozen product density must all be resolved at concept stage.
Refrigeration plant and condenser MEP coordinationVapour barrier and thermal bridging designInsulated panel system structural interface designHigh-density racking foundation load assessment and design
Cross-Dock
High dock count · Site traffic loading · Throughput MEP
Cross-dock facilities are defined by their dock count and throughput — structural bay spacing must accommodate staging lanes, MEP serves short dwell times rather than storage, and site roads carry far heavier traffic than conventional warehouses.
High dock-door structural design and bay spacingTraffic-rated external slab and road designMEP configured for throughput, not storageFire strategy for open-dock operating conditions
Automated AS/RS
Slab specification critical · High structural loads · Dense infrastructure
Automated storage and retrieval buildings are among the most demanding logistics facilities — slab flatness for stacker crane rails, structural loads from high-bay racking, and extensive power, controls, and network infrastructure all require engineering coordination before any steelwork is specified.
Critical slab flatness specification for crane rail designHigh-bay structural design for rack upright loadsDedicated power, UPS, and controls infrastructure designOT network infrastructure designed in BIM from concept
04 — BIM & digital delivery
BIM built for
speed and scale
Logistics projects move fast. BIM coordination must keep pace with steel erection programmes, procurement windows, and contractor coordination — not slow them down. Our workflows are designed for speed without sacrificing accuracy.
01
Large-Footprint Coordination
Distribution centres covering 50,000–500,000 m² require systematic BIM coordination across structural bays, fire zones, MEP routes, and dock equipment — all managed within a single federated model.
02
Fire Zone & Compartmentation Modelling
We model fire compartmentation, smoke curtains, sprinkler zones, and SHEV layouts in 3D, ensuring compliance with fire engineering strategies and enabling fast design review.
03
MEP Routing in Clear-Span Spaces
High-bay MEP routing — sprinklers, lighting, HVAC, and cable trays — is coordinated against racking layouts, storage heights, and material flow paths from the earliest design stages.
04
Site Infrastructure & Utilities
External drainage, roads, utilities, and dock infrastructure are modelled as part of the project BIM, giving a complete picture of the site from ground level to roof.
05 — Why project teams choose us
Logistics projects are won
or lost on programme
not on design intent
Large footprints coordinated from bay grid to utility trench
Sprinklers & SHEV designed to fire engineering strategy, not assumption
Coordinated models that do not stall fabrication or steelwork erection
HGV interfaces engineered into site layout from concept stage
Power & data pre-designed for automated handling systems
Digital handover structured for facility management from day one
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