ABSTRACT
Few industrial storage buildings are designed to make a profit; the majority perform the function of a valve or pipeline, limiting the supply of a product to suit demand, to stabilise prices and allow steady and economic manufacture within fluctuating market conditions. The three warehouse storage types are: transit between manufacture and the market, distribution, and repository. The initial decision about what type of building is required will involve a choice between these three types, dependent on the client organisation's needs. Storage methods include: very fast throughput involving a limited number of products, a wider variety of goods, but still with fast turnover, and pallet racking. Pitched roofs, though strong on first cost, waste storage volume and run the risk of being damaged by handling equipment: Three factors favour the flat or low pitch roof type: the column pitch can be wide, and they are more adaptable to a change of use or changes dictated by new processes.
