How Is BTS Warehouse Made?
Built to Suit (BTS) warehouses are revolutionising India’s logistics and warehousing industry by offering highly tailored and efficient solutions for diverse businesses. Unlike traditional warehouses, built to suit warehouses are designed and constructed specifically to meet the unique needs of a particular tenant or buyer, making them highly customisable and extremely innovative. Developers and the customers collaborate closely to understand the specific infrastructural requirements, preferences, and operational needs before commencing construction of built to suit warehouses or factories. This partnership ensures that the resulting facility is custom built to align perfectly with the tenant’s needs, eliminating the necessity for extensive modifications post-acquisition.
In this article, we explain all the steps involved in delivering a built to suit warehouse and how warehouse developers like us ensure that every unique requirement that our customer has, is fulfilled.
Step 1: Identifying Your Needs
The process starts with an in-depth consultation with your warehouse developer at the pre-design stage. Every detail of your operations, storage specifications, equipment needs, and future growth plans all get laid down on the table. Whether you need a highly automated e-commerce warehouse or heavy-duty flooring for moving automotive parts in your factory, your needs are comprehensively understood and documented.
Step 2: Evaluate Feasibility
A thorough feasibility study is necessary to make sure that the site is suitable for the kind of construction and operations that your business needs to run. This study thus checks the land conditions, sufficiency of the transit networks, availability of relevant municipal legislations, and the project’s environmental implications. Identifying gaps and potential issues early on allows us to design a realistic project timeframe and budget which takes all these into consideration, so that you don’t have any surprises at a later stage.
Step 3: Documentation and Compliance
Arguably, this might be the maker or breaker of all partnerships. But if you choose the right warehouse developer, they will step in and handle all the necessary paperwork and required compliances for you.
Grade A warehouse developers like Horizon Industrial Parks are experienced in navigating complex regulatory landscapes, ensuring that all documentation is completed accurately and promptly. We work with you to make your facility 100% compliant and meet all legal and regulatory requirements. Our support also extends to obtaining permits, zoning approvals, environmental clearances, and other statutory requirements. And if any bottlenecks arise, we address them proactively to avoid delays and keep the project on track. Our customers have especially commended us time and again for our support in this aspect.
Step 4: Design and Engineering
During the design process, architects, engineers, and consultants on the warehouse developer’s team collaborate closely with you to bring to life a facility that aligns perfectly with your operational needs. This teamwork guarantees that every detail of your warehouse, including its layout and structural features, is thoughtfully designed with your unique requirements in mind. Whether it’s adding special insulation for cold chain logistics or creating adaptable layouts for retail storage, these adjustments are incorporated into the design to ensure that the warehouse is custom built to match each business perfectly.
To enable early commencement of operations, we also work closely with our customers to deliver the facility in phases and install essential basic infrastructure for hassle-free operations.
Step 5: Construction Phase
When you work with a grade A warehouse developer, they will emphasise the use of eco-friendly materials and sustainable practices during the construction to minimise the carbon footprint as much as possible. For example, recycled steel for structural components and solar panels for powering operations are some ways to prioritise sustainability.
Throughout the construction process, Team Horizon keeps you informed with real-time updates on the progress of the development of your built to suit warehouses or industrial-use facility. You are always informed of the milestones, potential issues, and any necessary adjustments made or needed. A dedicated project manager who becomes your point of contact, ensures that all your questions are answered, and your concerns are addressed promptly. Our team is equipped to handle unforeseen issues efficiently, ensuring the project timeline remains unaffected as much as possible.
Step 6: Post-Completion Support
Post-completion support includes assistance in seamless transition to your new facility after hand-over, installing tenant desired enhancements, securing connections for power and water, handling staff guidelines and obtaining permissions to commence operations.
Horizon Industrial Parks additionally has a dedicated facility management (FM) team for each of our parks to offer continuous assistance to our customers throughout their lease tenure. The FM team takes responsibility for regular park and common area upkeep and guarantees that the park and its facilities always function with the least amount of disturbance and down-times.
As the warehousing sector continues to break the shackles of old and embraces the age of innovation, a tailormade industrial facility that gives customers exactly what they need is emerging as an increasingly popular solution. As the demand for BTS warehouses grows, developers who are agile in understanding the operational needs of diverse businesses, the differences of each industry and excel at collaborative value engineering stand to set new benchmarks. Afterall, these facilities are lucrative for everyone involved—the tenant is guaranteed a facility suited to their business and the owner has guaranteed rentals and long-term customers. Visit our page to learn about our warehousing solutions, our satisfied customers and our vast network of logistics parks.
