Civil Engineering Concepts

“Form Follows Function”

Buildings for business logistics are increasingly complex structures with a high degree of automation. Adjusted to a specific product or product group, they are tailor-made for one purpose only: your optimum flow of goods.

This ambition also accounts for our maxim, “form follows function.”



High-Bay Storage in Silo Design

Modern high-bay storing facilities allow for an efficient and space-saving management of goods. From the simple deep-rack storage solution to block-rack storage, every high-bay rack is made to fit.



Building Fire Protection

Logistics facilities are special buildings with very strict requirements regarding active and passive fire protection. From the planning of the storage areas and fire compartments to the dimensioning of the sprinkler system to the fitting of the facility with oxygen reduction systems:

The key is the right concept, right from the start.



Ventilation and Air Conditioning

Food and beverages, fruit and vegetables, frozen products, tobacco, medical goods: each product requires clearly defined climatic conditions. We integrate heating, air conditioning and plumbing with climate and cooling, as well as measuring, controlling und regulating technology.

We make sure the climate is right.



Loading Technology

Swift and efficient loading and unloading is a very important factor of logistics planning. Carriers are faced with tremendous time pressures, and “time is money” rings very true in this industry. That is why an adequate solution for the loading of trucks and railway cars is of the utmost importance. Swisslog is not just talking about the best loading zone solution, it also implements that solution for you.

 

"It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things superhuman, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, that form ever follows function. This is the law."

Louis Sullivan