Strukt

BUILDINGS

Adcock Ingram

BUILDING

Industrial - Storage & Distribution

DURATION:

2016 - 2017

LOCATION

Port Elizabeth - Eastern Cape

In 2016, we were approached by a landowner to develop a storage facility and offices for major pharmaceutical company, Adcock Ingram. There were two parts to the brief, the first was to demolish a cluster of small warehouses to make way for a large, highly-technical storage facility. The second part was the conversion of an existing building on site, the ground floor was to be converted to manage despatch and receiving.

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- Niel Basson

The storage facility needed to include 6m high racking, climate control (HVAC) and further be air locked. The facility contained a schedule-6 storage component and an office for an onsite pharmacist. Fire safety also played a big role and we worked closely with the relevant consultants to ensure the structure was adequately designed to house all the necessary services, mainly the sprinkler system, HVAC and lighting.

For the Despatch and Receiving conversion, the security was of the utmost importance, making sure the medicine moved from the storage facility to the vehicles securely, a security office was placed at the centre of the area. On the first floor, the space was utilised and converted into the reception, offices, canteen, server room, strong room, restrooms, and a flexible open office space for reps to use as they needed.

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