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Pre-Engineered Building System offers significant cost and performance advantage over conventional methods. With system construction, each part is engineered and designed to be assembled together. So, a Pre-Engineered Building can be built with great speed and precision. PEB provide maximum space utilization with safety standards. Moreover, PEB is highly resist to climatic conditions. Clear span systems with tapered columns and rafters, combined with bypass grits give optimum clear span capabilities. The column free interior space is ideal for Industrial Buildings, Warehouse and Multi Storeyed Buildings. Modular span systems have all the features of clear span frames. By adding interior column, the frame will span greater widths when one, two, or three rows of interior columns are not a hindrance. PEBs are malleable to suit for different building dimensions.

The warehousing sector has been one of the key demand drivers for the PEB industry in India over the last decade. The good old concept of “godowns” has been all but buried in India. There has been growing realization that a warehouse is much more than a place to stock goods. It is sometimes specialized to store a certain type of goods, for e.g., cold storage units that are typically a part of the pharmaceutical and food & beverage industry. It can also be a place where the final customer sorting takes place in this day and age of e-commerce, where customers can order products online. It is also a place in certain types of industries where even the final fabrication takes place. All these factors have increased focus on specialized solutions and this is where the PEB finds its application.

With the large, clean floor area free of columns or obstructions, afforded by this concept, PEB's find favour with organisation who have very dynamic plans related to products and process handled by them over a period of time. In warehouses, the pre-engineered building allows for more storage and stacking than the conventional concepts such as concrete and site fabricated structural steel. PEBs permit end user to optimise column free space to suit racking arrangements and internal logistical requirements.

In earlier days, warehouses were constructed with traditional brick and mortar construction which was followed by steel building with trusses and other types of sections. But, with the advent of sustainable construction, Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings (PEB) technology came into limelight in the warehousing segment. Due to number of advantages it offers, PEB technology has become one of the most preferred modes of construction for warehouses being setting up across India.

The benefits demonstrated by PEB industry has attracted many users who use to earlier think RCC and conventional steel building as the only source is being amended by putting their preferences on PEB as a better solution. There is almost no risk of error on the steel frame members that are manufactured and controlled at factory and that can be assembled very easily. By using structural steel in the loadbearing system, various geometrical forms can be designed, which is not possible with other materials.

Steel warehouses weights are generally less compared to RCC, hence the earthquake force affecting the building will be reduced at the same ratio. Steel is 18 times more ductile than RCC which ensures energy absorption when exposed to deformation beyond the flexibility behaviour, this feature gains importance under dynamic loads.

Currently over 80 per cent warehouses are being built with PEB which has taken over the conventional mode of construction mainly because of its various advantages such as cost savings, faster return on investment, quicker delivery, faster installation, single source responsibility, low maintenance, flexibility in expansion, earthquake resistance capability, superior quality, etc. which have become vital for any type of warehouse construction.

With PEB technology warehouse buildings can be customised to meet the unique demands of the customers. Today, warehousing companies' demands are multifaceted. Including state-of-the-art construction, next generation technology, a structure with zero maintenance, fast construction with ease in future expansion etc. to name a few. Hence PEB techniques are most preferred as compared to conventional mode of construction. 

PEB come in virtually any size with options for exterior features and are customized to suit specific clients, i.e. an end user, size and geographical location. Most of the warehouses are standard box type buildings with higher storage space because of no intermediate columns as the design and infrastructure for any warehouse depends on the storage requirements. The warehousing facility require customisation whenever it is called for. Customisation is led by factors like insulation, PUF panel walls and requirement fuelled by the demand for partition wall within the warehouse.

PEB technology has become the centre of attraction across India especially in the Agricultural products, Food and Beverages industries due to series of measures announced by the government to provide proper warehousing and cold storage facilities for fruits and vegetables, food grains, etc. Lack of temperature-controlled warehouses close to farms and transportation of same in temperature-controlled vehicles has become a major concern as they preserve the quality, integrity and longevity of the product. A well-maintained warehouse also increases the life of the product and PEB technology acts as a major contributor to this because of its environmentally friendly nature apart from the temperature control environment.

PEB buildings made of steel, come with high strength, are lighter in weight, and are more efficient and flexible. Also, with eco-friendly construction fast catching up the growth curve in the Indian market, PEB is the most viable construction solution as it is a green product with very little impact on the environment. PEB is also perfect fit for developing warehousing sites because of the recyclable nature of steel used in construction of these buildings as it has a re-sale value when the building is dismantled and sold as scrap in comparison to RCC construction which has to be completely demolished and cannot be re-used.

Trends in technology along with innovations are further giving impetus to the PEB technology in the warehousing segment.