Industries
PEBs, factory sheds, crane buildings and logistics warehouses designed for speed and economy.
Quick answer
Structural Engineering Services supports Industrial & Warehousing projects worldwide with pre-engineered building (peb) design, factory shed design, industrial building design, loading ramps & industrial platforms — delivered by senior engineers on licensed software to international codes.
Governing codes
Sector challenges
Industrial buildings are won on rate per tonne and lost on crane loads, foundations and cladding details. The economics live in the frame geometry, which is why we optimise it before anything gets detailed.
Challenge 01
A generously specified portal frame can carry twenty to thirty percent more steel than one that has actually been optimised.
How we answer it
Frame spacing, haunch geometry and section depths are iterated against the governing load cases before detailing starts, and the tonnage comparison is issued with the design.
Challenge 02
EOT crane surge, impact and fatigue govern runway girders and columns — not the roof load everyone looks at.
How we answer it
Crane loads are applied with impact and lateral surge per the loading code, runway girders are fatigue-checked, and column bracing is designed for longitudinal crane forces.
Challenge 03
Corner and edge uplift tears fixings and purlins off buildings that passed a gravity check comfortably.
How we answer it
Zone-by-zone wind pressures are applied to purlins, fixings and bracing, and the resulting fixing patterns are shown on the detail drawings instead of being left generic.
Challenge 04
Owners extend sheds, and the original frame rarely allowed for it.
How we answer it
Where expansion is in the brief, gable frames, foundations and bracing are designed for the extension case, so later bays bolt on without strengthening work.
Relevant services
Designing and detailing tapered portal frames, purlins, girts and bracing for economical PEB warehouses and factories.
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Delivering cost-optimised steel shed designs with roof trusses, cladding supports and crane runways.
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Designing loading ramps, man-lift cages, walkways and maintenance platforms.
ExploreTypical assets
From a single assembly to a complete package — the asset types our industrial & warehousing teams work on week to week.
Tapered portal frames, purlins, girts, bracing and end-wall systems.
Multi-bay sheds with mezzanines, equipment openings and services support.
Crane columns, runway girders, end stops and maintenance access.
Rack-supported and free-standing mezzanines with stated design loads.
Ramps, dock levellers, canopies and vehicle impact protection.
Pad, pier and tie-beam foundations with anchor bolt design and setting plans.
Codes & specifications
The base code is only half the story. On industrial & warehousing work the client specification usually overrides it somewhere, so we agree a single reconciled design basis before any calculation starts.
Browse all codesIndian-market sheds and PEBs: steel design with wind and seismic loading.
US metal building practice, including MBMA load application for wind and cranes.
Eurocode hot-rolled and cold-formed design for frames, purlins and girts.
Cold-formed member design for Z and C purlins, girts and liner systems.
Crane classification and the fatigue category runway girders must be designed to.
Wind zones, internal pressure and the uplift cases that govern fixings.
Free quote
Send the drawings or datasheets you already have. We will tell you what is missing and quote the scope in 24 hours.
Project lifecycle
Most clients bring us in at detailed design. We can start earlier, or pick a package up mid-stream — here is what you get from us at each stage.
Options, preliminary sizing and budget tonnage, before the scheme is frozen.
Bay spacing, frame type and clear-height options with an indicative tonnage per square metre.
You receive
Design basis, load schedules and layouts good enough to price and procure from.
Loading schedule, crane data, frame optimisation and foundation loads for pricing.
You receive
Full analysis, code checks, 3D modelling and issued-for-construction documentation.
Full frame design, connections, Tekla detailing and anchor bolt setting plans.
You receive
Shop queries, RFIs and as-built updates while steel is being cut and erected.
Shop drawing queries, erection sequence and site fit-up support.
You receive
Deliverables & handover
Shed and PEB clients get the full fabrication pack — marked drawings, bolt lists, NC files and a tonnage summary — so the shop can load it straight into their production system.
| Deliverable | Format | Issued at |
|---|---|---|
| Design basis and calculation report | PDF, signed and checked | Detailed design |
| General arrangement drawings | DWG + PDF | FEED to detailed design |
| Drawing register and transmittal | XLSX + PDF | Every issue |
| Tekla 3D model | Native .db1 + IFC 2x3/4 | Detailed design |
| Single-part, assembly and erection drawings | PDF + DWG, one sheet per mark | Detailed design |
| CNC files, bolt list and BOQ | NC1/DSTV, DXF, XLSX | Pre-fabrication |
| Steel tonnage comparison and optimisation note | XLSX + PDF | Concept to FEED |
| Anchor bolt setting plan and foundation loads | DWG + PDF load table | Pre-construction |
Two-stage check
Originator, then senior checker signs off every sheet before it leaves our office.
Native files included
You own the model, so another team can pick the work up at any point.
Revision control
A revision table on every sheet; superseded issues are archived, never deleted.
Your transmittal route
Issued through your document-control portal with your numbering, or over secure FTP.
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Jump straight to the market you build in. Every page sets out the governing codes, units and delivery window we work to there.
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