Extra storey in timber for Fust logistics centre

By adding a storey to their existing logistics centre and high-bay warehouse, Fust has doubled its storage capacity and is now able to store twice as many products than before over an area of 50,000 m2. The wood elements for the extension of the household appliances trader in Oberbüren were produced within two weeks. The building was topped out in five weeks.

We produced the exterior walls in our production shop at Erlenhof. The ceilings and timber joists were assembled by us on site at Fust’s industrial building. This allowed us to build a complete additional storey on the building. The extension is now fitted with office workplaces, sanitary facilities and a canteen with direct access to the courtyard terrace, which features a green light well. The additional storey has the same aesthetics as the former stories and so fits into the existing building with its external timber walls. 560 m3 of spruce and fir was used for the additional floor constructed in timber. The logistics proved to be a challenge as the building was converted while it was still in operation. This meant that Fust could provide only a small amount of storage space for the handling of the materials. In the middle of the building, a crane standing 22 m tall lifted all the materials to the new storey during construction work.