ALTERNATIVE STORAGE OPTIONS

French timber frame construction company

Bati-Nature has created new capacity for the storage of both timber and prefabricated wall elements with a special racking system from OHRA.

Two 24m long cantilever racks with integrated roof supports form the walls of a hall-like construction. Between them, there remains an approximately 6m wide, passable area for ground storage. OHRA needed only about one and a half weeks for the assembly of the specially adapted warehouse building.

Bati-Nature wanted to create additional storage capacity for both structural timber, beams and other timber elements. Instead of conventionally building a space for the wall elements and installing separate racks for the wood materials, the company combined both solutions with the help of OHRA. www.ohra.co.uk

OHRA assembled two 24m long rows of cantilever racks. Both cantilever arms and bases are facing outwards. The 5.51m high columns also support 3.2m long roof arms on both sides. The racks are aligned to create a covered floor storage area between them that is around 6m wide. Thanks to the cantilever bases that only point outwards, it can be driven through without any problems. This is where the prefabricated wall elements are placed.

On the outer walls, the 1.2m long cantilever arms with a load-bearing capacity of 800 kilograms form three (or four with base level) likewise covered storage levels. There is space for beams and construction timber here. With an assembly time of only 1.5 weeks, this scheme made it possible to create new storage capacities much faster than would have been possible with a conventional warehouse.