MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS

MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS

These are useful in manufacture of light products, when the
acquisition of land becomes difficult and expensive.
Advantages
1. Maximum operating floor space. This is best suited in areas where land is very
costly.
2. Lower cost of heating and ventilation.
3. Reduced cost of materials handling because the advantage of the use of gravity
for the flow of materials.
Limitations
Following are the disadvantages of multi-storey building:
1. Materials handling becomes very complicated. A lot of time is wasted in moving
them between floors.
2. A lot of floor space is wasted on elevators, stairways and fire escapes.
3. Floor load-bearing capacity is limited.
4. Natural lighting is poor in the centres of the shop.
5. Layout changes cannot be effected easily and quickly.
Generally speaking, textile mills, food industries, detergent plants, chemical
industries and software industry use these types of buildings.

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