The racking carries the roof and walls, so building and racks go up together: worth comparing for new high-bay stores above about 25 m, with dedicated seismic design in earthquake zones such as Türkiye.
The racking carries the roof and walls, so building and racks go up together: worth comparing for new high-bay stores above about 25 m, with dedicated seismic design in earthquake zones such as Türkiye.
In a rack-clad (rack-supported) warehouse you do not build a hall and then put racks inside it: the racking itself carries the roof, wall cladding, wind and snow, and is the building's main structure. The taller the store, the more building steel and time it saves; in China stores above 30 m are counted as super-high. The racking, foundations and crane rails are designed together, and in high-seismic regions such as Türkiye there is a dedicated seismic design to the local building and seismic codes (such as Türkiye's TBDY 2018), with the applicable rack standards decided by project and structure, approved by the local authorities.
| Height | Worth comparing above about 25 m; published projects exceed 40 m |
|---|---|
| Structure | Racking carries roof, cladding, wind and snow |
| Design basis | Local building codes and Eurocodes; applicable rack standards (e.g. EN 15512) decided per project |
| Seismic | Seismic parameters from site coordinates and soil survey; whether TBDY 2018, EN 16681 and similar apply is confirmed by local structural engineers and authorities for the structural form |
| Equipment | Stacker cranes, four-way shuttles |
| Envelope | Coated profiled steel sheet or insulated sandwich panels (cold stores) |
Figures are typical configuration ranges; exact specifications are set per project.