Plant Structure Planning

• Demand-oriented traffic flows (on the site),
• material flows (within production buildings, -> see Material Flow Planning) and
• people flows (from site access via social and office areas to production and warehouse buildings)

• Best possible use of site areas
• Sufficient development of all areas (roads, utilities, connections)
• Function-appropriate infrastructure (e.g. barriers, outdoor lighting, traffic guidance systems)
• Compliance with all legal requirements – from workplace regulations to zoning plans and environmental protection

• Functional building structure (contours, shapes, heights)
• Modular, expansion-friendly building design
• Possibility of repurposing buildings (e.g. from warehouse to production hall)
• Reserve areas for medium- and long-term expansion

A new plant construction, or site development on a greenfield, ideally offers the greatest design freedom and thus enables an optimal plant structure.

A plant expansion, or conversion and extension of an existing site, is the classic case in many of our industrial planning projects – here, plant planning is tailored precisely to the existing site structure.

Plant optimization, or re-engineering, is often associated with the modernization of processes, buildings, and equipment. Planning requires many compromises, as existing areas can rarely be expanded and instead must be compacted, converted, or repurposed.

Plant structure planning builds on the results of the site strategy. The previously developed structural solution is substantiated with detailed sub-plans – from plant logistics and site layout to equipment. Our services include the dimensioning, arrangement, and specification of all structural and technical elements required by you as the owner and operator of the future plant site.

• Quantification of all traffic flow volumes and handling processes of plant traffic (truck, car, and pedestrian flows)
• Definition of target processes, rules, and (IT) systems for controlling traffic movements, e.g. with slot management, truck guidance systems (terminals, displays, call systems), automatic check-in and check-out, up to printing delivery documents
• Traffic flow plan with schematic definition of checkpoints, loading areas, and routing on the site
• Derivation of requirements for infrastructural equipment, e.g. terminals with truck scales at entry and/or exit

• Arrangement of all functional buildings (production halls, assembly halls, warehouses, office buildings, social facilities, ...)
• Design of traffic areas, parking spaces, and buffer zones; detailed planning of truck turning radii and loading points
• Mapping of special processes such as outdoor storage, waste collection, and disposal
• Rough positioning of all infrastructural equipment (see infrastructure planning)
• Connection of infrastructure to public transport routes

• Compilation of all infrastructural equipment in the equipment list
• Conceptual design and dimensioning of utility supply (type, size, and connection of power supply); coordination of user requirements with MEP planners
• Positioning of routing paths and equipment in the plant layout
• Specification of logistics-related technical systems for subsequent tendering and awarding (e.g. doors, barriers, dock levellers, terminals)

For further specialist planning, we work with architects and civil engineers for industrial and commercial construction, who are integrated into the respective phase of factory planning, e.g. for

• building and civil engineering, structural design, landscape architecture, ground conditions
• utility infrastructure, from electrical systems on the site to MEP systems in the factory hall and IT networks
• explosion protection, fire protection, environmental protection (e.g. according to BetrSichV, TA Luft, BImSchG, VDI 3790, WHG)