industrial

Distribution and Warehousing

Modern logistics facilities work best without intermediate columns.

The modern warehouse requires free interior movement. These commercial buildings have any number of storage applications and are used in a variety of industries, including distribution, wholesaling, manufacturing and import/export.

Whether curved or sloping, Geometrica roofs provide lightweight structure and column-free interiors. Longer bays and taller eaves can provide more usable space. Standing seam cladding, insulation and ventilation features can be incorporated into the solution.

Column-free space allows optimum layout of racks and traffic lanes, increasing productivity.

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Manufacturing

Clear span enables optimum layout for production lines, whether new or upgrade.

Manufacturing plants must upgrade production lines and equipment often. But traditional metal buildings, with numerous internal columns and low headroom make such upgrades difficult. Geometrica's free-style vaults and domes are an ideal solution. Spans from 30 to 300m provide unmatched flexibility in production design.

“We recommend Geometrica for all projects requiring long span roof covers.”

–Ing. Armando Enriquez of Nemak, S.A. DE C.V.

Geometrica's prefabricated structures are built quickly by local labor. They are containerized and delivered anywhere in the world. The most advanced manufacturing plants use Geometrica buildings.

A Geometrica building can help secure buy-in and permits, even for waste facilities.

The Marchwood Energy Recovery Facility is a complete power plant that supplies electricity to more than 22,600 homes. The building proves that careful design can elevate even a waste treatment facility into a thing of beauty. The dome, designed by renowned French architect Jean Robert Mazaud, now conceals and beautifies an incinerator facility with only the twin chimneys stretching upward through the elegantly curved roof.

The original concept, if built with conventional hot-rolled steel, called for more than 1,000 tons of superstructure. The Geometrica dome, using galvanized structural tubing joined with high-strength aluminum hubs, weighs less than 300 tons.

“Beauty” and “waste” are seldom mentioned in the same breath — except when in the presence of a Geometrica waste-management structure.

The Domestic Solid Waste Management Center (DSWMC), near Mesaieed, Qatar, treats and processes domestic solid waste for the whole of Qatar. More than 95% of the waste arriving into the facility is reclaimed or converted into energy. But you wouldn't know any waste is handled there from looking at its beautiful storage dome.

Design, vision, environmental impact... all are elements necessary to develop modern waste management facilities that also recover energy and supply electricity to communities. Geometrica specializes in domes that make these green initiatives possible, while looking architecturally stunning.