Production buildings
Looking for a Manufacturing Building?
Solutions for production and process line buildings
Are you are operating in a new location, need space optimisation, and an efficient solution for a manufacturing facility?
Manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of properly organizing and managing their shop floor space. These layouts are different for every manufacturing, assembling or processing facility. Various types of products or the processes decide the layout of the shop floor.
Benefiting from our flexible solutions, Astron can adapt to your specific shop floor layouts to achieve optimized space. Thanks to well-thought-out systems, controlled in-house production, a high-level of engineering competency, on-time construction completion, and the best quality, we are successful, trustworthy partners for our clients.
The results are buildings that are flexible, individually designed to meet your specific requirements, and that offer a real freedom in the geometry and the envelope of the building, and in the integration of processes and accessories.
Do you need a building to optimize your shop floor?
To fulfil your requirements and make it simpler for workers to locate machines, tools, equipment and other staff on the shop floor, Astron proposes functional production buildings that positively influence the productivity of the workers, maximize the use of your tools and machines, and minimize health hazards and material handling. Astron is the specialist in the design and construction of manufacturing facilities.
Advantages
- Free span up to 100 m
- Fast delivery time
- Fixed prices
- Reliable deadlines
Free span up to 100 m
Maximise the space for your operations
With no inside columns, free span buildings have more floor space and an unobstructed view. This means a neat setup with a flexible and well-organized shop floor that is easy to manage. Functional and efficient buildings combined with neatness and orderliness on the shop floor leads to happy workers and supervisors, which generates increased productivity. The strength and durability of steel make it the material of choice for clear span structures, and at Astron we can realize clear spans up to 100 meters. When the maximum amount of interior room to operate efficiently is required, clear span steel buildings are the answer.
Ventilation solutions
Effective control of the temperature, humidity, and air purity
Do you need a specific moisture and humidity level inside your building due to the nature of the goods stored? Your building needs to be designed, built and operated so that vulnerable materials do not get wet, and damp materials do not dry out quickly, while successfully providing an appropriate quantity and quality of outdoor air, lower energy costs and easier maintenance.
We provide a natural ventilation solution to deliver fresh air into the building; if you need an additional ventilation system, we can provide the supporting platforms for the HVAC units, ventilation ducts etc.
More info? Tel +352 80291-2277
contact@astron.biz
Adjacent facilities
Adjacent facilities such as eating spaces, restrooms and smoking areas greatly impact the work performance of the workers. Storage space is also required, storing raw materials as well as finished products on various racks and shelves.
Corrosion protection
Enhance the safety and performance of your steel structures
For specific processes with aggressive emissions, there may be corrosion problems that require appropriate answers. A special corrosion protection system can be provided for the enhanced performance of your building.
Conveyors and cranes
Gain efficiency with a building tailor-made to accommodate moving unit load systems
Process automation is increasingly becoming a reality in production 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 shop flow at all times.
Accessories
Whether required by processes, regulations or for reasons of productivity, accessories are important for the proper functioning of a production building. Astron will ensure your building is fit-for-purpose, according to your needs.
- Doors delimit space, serve as adequate access routes to the facilities, and are entry and exit routes to the work area.
- Skylights or windows can combine safety, ventilation and natural lighting functions.
More info? Tel +352 80291-2277
contact@astron.biz
A complete building system
Meet the specific needs of manufacturing facilities
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 manufacturing facilities.
For example, it is important to focus on making the shop floor 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.
Production buildings 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 production building.
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 environments. 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.
