DSV Warehouse, Purfleet, Essex

Architects: Seymour Harris Architecture
Type of works: supply of clear span warehouse for storage of large goods.

Useful Structures was specified to supply a large clear span structure to complement existing facilities and to provide a safe, protected storage and distribution environment for increasing quantities of large goods previously temporarily stored outside. The structure would have three permanently open 5 x 6m access apertures in an exposed site near the Thames, causing potential extreme uplift and shear loads on the structure.

It took 8 weeks from order to commencement of operations.

The sloping nature of the site required a bespoke approach to achieve structural stability and modified cladding to achieve a water-resistant perimeter at ground level.

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