PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDINGS APPLICATIONS

PEB concept was originally conceived during the second half of the last century, nearly 70% of all single storey non-residential construction now utilizes Pre-Engineerd Buildings. Applications range from small car parking sheds through 100m (+) wide clear span aircraft hangars, low-rise multi-storey buildings. Almost every conceivable building use has been achieved using the Pre-Engineered Buildings approach.

The most common applications of Pre-Engineered Buildings are:

Because the clips on teardrop configurations can be quickly moved, the shelves can be easily adjusted to different heights to accommodate various load sizes. This is convenient for a warehouse that needs to store a wide variety of product sizes. Another advantage of selective pallet rack systems is the easy accessibility they provide to all products at all times. Such accessibility is important if the inventory is rapidly depleted and restocked (called quick turnover). A selective pallet rack system is commonly used in a “big-box” distribution application, as well as in retail store inventory rooms, cold storage applications, wholesale stores, etc.
Structural pallet rack systems are very similar to selective pallet rack systems, but the horizontal supports are attached to the uprights with bolts and often have an increased weight-bearing capacity. Also, structural pallet racking can be designed into the structure of the building itself, so that the upright columns are simultaneously used to support the roof of the storage facility, in which case the structural pallet rack uprights replace the storage building’s vertical support I-beams.