Logistics buildings
Looking for a Logistics Building?
Optimized for supply chain excellence
We are the specialist for large logistics buildings for warehousing and cross-docking
Astron offers prefabricated large storage buildings - warehouses and logistics buildings made of steel that give you a great deal of freedom in the design - turnkey if required. Whether you need a small, simple canopy or a complex logistics centre with 100,000 m² surface area, we have the solution. Astron's logistics buildings and warehouses are flexible with respect to the building dimensions and so can always be individually optimised for the customer.
Be it a barrier-free bulk cargo hall or a high rack warehouse on a small ground surface - Astron has a tailor-made solution.
The digital supply chain will be the dominant model in industry over the next few years. To be able to meet the challenges of e-commerce logistics, it’s essential for us to provide logistics buildings suitable for the integration of all supply chain operations.
Our logistics centers are 100 % flexible and are ready for the implementation of the new logistics processes, such as the process based on predictive analytics, etc.
With our construction process, we can achieve clear spans up to 100 meters. Our logistics facility can integrate your warehousing, order fulfillment, transport management, and more.
Highrack warehouse: Make the most of the square metres available
Do you need a warehouse for storage equipped with a racking system to optimize the overall productivity?
Your building can be equipped with single-deep pallet racks, double-deep pallet racks, pushback pallet racks, drive-in pallet racks, a carton flow system or an automated storage and retrieval system.
Logistics buildings have many different features that make a difference in the rack installation if you need to generate as much storage space as possible on the ground surface available for the building. The area and especially the height of the steel building can be used in an optimal way to store goods. Astron building solutions meet the strict technical requirements for a highrack warehouse.
Advantages
- Free span up to 100 m
- Fast delivery time
- Fixed prices
- Reliable deadlines
Cross-dock buildings: Streamline your supply chain or your need for warehousing
There are a number of cross-docking scenarios that are available to the warehouse management. To implement cost-docking effectively, your building needs inbound docks on one side of the building and outbound docks on the opposite side.
A cross-dock warehouse allows you to minimize warehousing costs and maximize efficiency by drastically reducing storage and inventory handling time. We have extensive experience in developing an intelligent cross-docking infrastructure that is tailor-made for your supply chain operation.
Fulfillment center: Optimize your e-commerce fulfillment
Are you looking for a fulfillment center or a micro-fulfillment center?
These logistics buildings set up in urban areas shorten distances to customers and speed up order deliveries. A perfectly developed fulfillment center, made to measure, is your ticket to ship quickly and directly to your end customers, allowing you to save shipping costs and reduce delivery time.
High speed project realization
All our buildings are prefabricated and delivered ready to assemble.
The use of prefabricated elements brings many sustainable benefits to the construction phase. The “pre-engineering” method and the precision of the steel structures shorten the assembly time and reduce the environmental impact and the disturbance of the neighborhood on your construction site.
All components of the supporting structure of your logistics building are custom-made in our plant. Astron field assembly consists of simple bolted or screwed connections, no welding, cutting or modification. No "wet work" is required.
More info? +352 80291-2277
contact@astron.biz
Optimized space
Have you invested in a compact storage systems? Do you want to leverage the height of your building?
Maximize your space utilization with a build-to-purpose building.
Commitment to sustainability and respect for the environment
The goal is to reduce carbon footprints, pollution, and waste in all stages of a product, spanning product manufacture, storage, order fulfillment, and the distribution of the goods to the end customer.
Fixed deadlines
Do you have precise requirements and a strict timeframe for your project?
Astron finds the technical and logistical solutions to keep the deadlines. For example, the modules are delivered to the construction site in a very organized way and according to a precise schedule. This allows the different assembly teams to work simultaneously at a fast pace.
Corrosion protection
Are you planning to enhance the safety and performance of your steel structures?
For specific cases such as bulk storage, there may be corrosion problems that require appropriate answers. A special corrosion protection system can be provided for the enhanced performance of your building.
More info? +352 80291-2277
contact@astron.biz
Conveyors and Cranes
Do you want to gain efficiency with a unit load system?
Process automation is increasingly becoming a reality in logistics facilities. In the case of heavy loads or facilities with a high degree of automation, suitable handling systems such as conveyors and cranes may be needed. We can supply the appropriate structural elements in order to optimally coordinate the goods flow at all times.
Large doors and accessories
Do you want a building designed for your individual process?
Protecting your goods, and offering high-speed access, our system offers great flexibility for any type of door, for large openings and personnel entries. We can integrate a large range of doors with different sizes designed for the storage industry.
Designed to fit and perform as part of the total building system, you can include a large variety of doors, ranging from multi-function doors, rolling shutters and grilles, loading dock solutions and more … to support the efficient movement of production and goods inside your building.
Whether you need a special door to optimize traffic in your loading bay or the flow of goods and employees on your premises, Astron will optimize your building to fulfill your storage needs.
Astron has developed a building system that assembles perfectly and can also be combined in a multitude of variations to meet the specific needs of large storage facilities.
For example, being utilitarian facilities, it is key to focus on making the warehouse spaces functional and efficient, while providing a safe and comfortable environment for the workers. This increases productivity and control, reduces operating costs, and improves customer service. Warehouses also have to maintain a corporate image and provide for worker satisfaction. The building image and aesthetics, landscaping, and worker safety and comfort, have become important issues in competitive real estate markets, all contributing to the success of a storage building.
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Optimize space utilisation
Optimize layout and configuration for warehouse operation, including circulation, material handling and storage processes. -
Sustainable and functional
Maximize your building performance while minimizing your footprint. This can include a reduced energy use solar concept, green roof, ceiling mounted fans, water saving fixtures and equipment, proper ventilation, optimized natural lighting, etc.
FLEXIBLE
The industrial building that best adapts to your needs
# Ingenious design
Your project should start long before the construction phase. Our team provides you with different variants of building solutions, considering structural optimization, energy efficiency, natural lighting and minimized construction cost, using 3D models and BIM. Our design & build approach is reinforced by our pragmatic approach based on our experience as engineers, manufacturer and assembler in terms of functionalities and cost control. All Astron products are tailor-made, based on proven pre-engineered solutions worked out within the large group of 150 engineers in 8 European design offices.
# Evolving the design
When you start thinking about a new building, you usually have many ideas in your head – dreams, needs, concerns. At Astron we help you to turn your ideas into reality – within a fixed timeframe and a fixed budget. We translate your functional and regulatory requirements into fluid space. You validate each phase and remain the decision-maker for the proposed options: ergonomics, structure, choice of materials.
# Variable shape
Adapt your building to any type of environment. Shape, climatic & atmospheric conditions, soil & seismic characteristics, together we will find the best configuration to contribute to the profitability of your project.
# Future extensions
Your building can be designed to allow for future modifications to best accompany the development of your company, without interrupting your operations: an extension, photovoltaic installation, future cranes …or mutability.
INTELLIGENT
Your industrial building optimized in its design & realization
# Early-stage conception
At Astron we help you to turn your ideas into reality – within a fixed timeframe and a fixed budget. Our team provides you with different variants of building solutions so you can select the one which best suits your needs, the most effective with respect to future usage. It includes energy efficiency, lighting optimization and minimized construction cost. Our expert team focus on analyzing your designed building features, systems, equipment, and material selections in order to achieve essential functions at the lowest life cycle cost, consistent with the required performance, quality, reliability, and safety.
# Consistent high quality at all times
We have full control of the supply chain from purchasing through the engineering study, manufacturing to installation. The result is an increased efficiency of the entire process to ensure the right product is at the right place at the right time.
# Easy and precise assembly
A pre-engineered steel building is the key to a successful assembly. No welding or cutting should be necessary on site. Everything is thought out in advance for a precise and fast assembly of your building. We are a one-stop-shop for all of your large industrial building project needs: having all building components at the right place at the right time, for perfect job site coordination.
# Smart production
Our buildings are produced in our two manufacturing plants. The prefabrication at the plant also ensures a smooth assembly process. Astron uses smart shaped profiles. All products can be packed efficiently. 5 times more compact means 5 times less delivery cost. 1,000 m² building fit on 1 truck.
PROFITABLE
Global cost reasoning on all the items
# Speed of commissioning
The Astron solution is an excellent choice when you have tight construction schedules. Once you have a basis for the design, the systems construction will shorten the manufacturing timetable. Furthermore, the standardized parts and connections will cut building erection time by 20% or more.
# Most sustainable solution
IImagine the operating costs of your building becoming an integral part of the decision-making process in the design and construction stages. At Astron we develop innovative solutions that serve customers not only today, but during the complete lifetime of their buildings. Cost savings from efficiency gains are at the core of our strategy. Our aim is to find the best pragmatic solution for our customers for an overall efficient & sustainable building.
# Reduced operating and maintenance costs
Your building has been designed and fabricated for a low-maintenance service life. The use of high-quality raw materials and high engineering and manufacturing specifications minimize the effects of weather and other environmental factors. Your building has been carefully calculated within the structural and detail design, highest production and quality standard certified by independent certification companies. We have implemented and adhere to systems and methods like Zero-Defect Strategy, 5S, Kanban, continuous improvement system, assembly quality control and continuous maintenance.
ARCHITECTURAL
Freedom at all levels
# Extensive design freedom
Your building represents your company and its style, and serves as a showcase for customer visits.
# Adapted form
From the simplest architecture to the most sophisticated! The shape of your structure can easily be combined with the availability and constraints of your land.
# Perfect integration into the environment
Whatever your direct environment is: downtown, industrial zone, shopping center, respecting urban requirements is a priority for Astron.
# Great freedom
In order to enhance the external aspect of the structure, Astron has a multitude of options concerning the facades. Metal, stone, wood, vegetation are all materials that will perfectly match your architectural wishes.
# BIM solution
Right from the design stage, your industrial building will be imagined and drawn in 3D, ready to integrate BIM functionalities from the very first sketches.
RELIABLE
A fast and efficient process
# Single source supply
Astron helps you to turn your ideas into reality – within a fixed timeframe and a fixed budget. We use a system approach and pre-engineered products that perfectly fit together. Usually it takes 10 – 12 weeks for the complete design and production of your building. Construction is carried out by certified erectors in 4 – 8 weeks, depending on the size and complexity of the project.
One single contact person handles the process from the beginning to the very end, taking care of all the details and bearing the full responsibility until the finalization of the building.
# Building smart
A smart approach to all building components adds up to better quality and durability. Our building systems are engineered precisely to the specifications for a higher-quality building and better building performance.
# Innovative approach
Starting from a blank page, we have the ability to configure the building to best suit your needs. From the planning stage onwards, through production to the final assembly, all our employees are fully committed to customer satisfaction.
# Concept of the large span
For many years, Astron has built its reputation on free spans, without intermediate columns, from 10 to 100 m. Unobstructed, column-free spaces greater up to 100 metres are required for a variety of usages. These include activities where flexibility is key, where visibility is important, such as some manufacturing facilities, and where large movable objects are housed, such as aircraft hangars.
ECOLOGICAL
Energy saving from design to operation
# From A to Z
At Astron we strive to meet all your construction needs with attention to sustainability, providing a simplified and more environmentally friendly way to complete your construction project in every aspect of our business. Astron was one of the first players on the market to provide economical solutions for a «nearly zero-energy building» NZEB for industrial applications.
# Steel promotes sustainability
Because steel building systems start with recycled steel today and can be recycled at the end of their useful lives, systems construction outperforms all other forms of construction for life cycle analysis and least material impact on the environment.
# Certified approach
Astron is assessed by EcoVadis, an international network in the field of sustainability. The assessment focuses on global supply chains, i.e. networks of relationships between production, distribution and procurement. As an example, our optimised use of raw materials and the high recycling rate were rated very positively. The energy optimisation of the Astron buildings and the support of LEED and BREAM certificates were also honoured accordingly. The result is an energy-efficient building that is completed faster, with the highest quality and lowest risks.
