Building Logistics

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Building Logistics

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Smart, fast, and lean logistics solutions increase efficiency, reduce labor and improve bottom lines. Our integrated approach draws on methods like lean design, evidence-based design, and acuity-adaptable design to find the best options for your specific needs. Our services include:

Facility master planning
Concept and feasibility studies (SD through CA design)
Bid assistance
Basis of design / design brief reports and simulations
2D CAD and 3D Revit drawings
Equipment specifications

Industries Served:

Healthcare and hospitals
Mixed-use high-rise buildings
Industrial (manufacturing, production, warehouse)
Convention centres
Sports stadiums
Airports
Universities
Corporate campuses

Loading Docks

The central hub of a facility for receiving goods and dispatching materials and solid waste.

Complete dock planning and design
Operational surveys and analysis
Equipment selection
Truck turn studies / vehicle access and maneuverability simulation

Materials Handling & Distribution

Automated and manual systems for transporting materials within a facility.

Master transport planning for people, equipment, and materials
Operational / labor analysis and programming
Lifecyle cost analysis of automatic materials handling systems
Healthcare sterile processing
Pneumatic tube systems
Pneumatic gravity chutes
Automated transport systems
Manual and automated handling and storage techniques

Materials Management

The receipt of supplies, storage, and distribution from the loading dock to the point of use in a facility.

Purchasing, receiving, stocking, and distributing materials for bulk storage, linens, and purchasing
Master planning for space requirements, functional programming, and adjacency studies
System audits, modernisation studies, material flow analysis and efficiency evaluations
Labor analysis and equipment planning

Waste Management

Collection, transport, processing, and removal of recycling, organics, regulated medical waste, trash, etc.

Master planning for space, circulation, and disposal of solid waste
Design of central waste collection, sorting, and processing facilities
Recycling program design and modernisation
Waste composition audits and studies
Equipment ‘right-sizing’ and selection
Management of solid waste hauler invoices
Negotiate or re-negotiate service and market contracts

Healthcare

Hospitals, Medical Centers, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Medical Office Buildings

Specialised waste handling for regulated medical waste, hazardous waste, chemical/radioactive waste, pharmaceutical waste
Sterile processing departmental programming, equipment planning and design
Environmental services / linen department programming, planning and design

“Lerch Bates understands the way buildings interact with people and how building systems come together to enhance overall use and effectiveness.”

A Single Source for Efficient Movement Through Your Building

A Better Bottom Line

Architectural, Operational and Organisational Systems for Critical Support Areas

Loading Docks

Materials Handling & Distribution

Materials Management

Waste Management

Healthcare

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A Single Source for Efficient Movement Through Your Building

A Better Bottom Line

Architectural, Operational and Organisational Systems for Critical Support Areas

Loading Docks

Materials Handling & Distribution

Materials Management

Waste Management

Healthcare

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