Industrial, warehousing & logistics
Live plant, high bays, and roofs that can generate
Industrial and logistics sites combine high-current distribution, continuous operations and some of the largest available roof areas in the country.
The electrical design and the renewable opportunity are the same question: what capacity does this site have, and what is it actually being asked to run?
- Environment
- Manufacturing, warehousing
- Constraint
- Live plant, fixed output
- Certification
- NICEIC · CHAS Advanced
What tends to go wrong
Production does not pause for the electrical works
Industrial projects fail on the operational plan long before they fail on the technical one.
- 01
The works run alongside live plant
Isolation planning, permit discipline and sequencing agreed with the operations team — not imposed on it once the order is placed.
- 02
Capacity is assumed until it is tested
Plant gets added to distribution that was never assessed. We verify capacity and protection coordination before designing the addition.
- 03
Height changes the specification
Detection and lighting that work at four metres do not work at fourteen. High-bay optics, uniformity and glare control decide whether the install is usable.
Where the scopes meet
The largest roof on the site is usually the fastest route to a lower bill
Where the structure, the roof covering and the connection all support it — and only where they do.
One contractor on both sides of that interface is the whole argument.
- 01
Roof area
Electrical scope
Capacity at the intake, isolation, metering and the containment that carries generation into the site's distribution.
Renewable scope
PV sized against the site's daytime load profile, not against the headline square footage of the roof.
- 02
Vehicle movement
Electrical scope
Supply, containment and protection for charging, yard services and future expansion.
Renewable scope
Charging sequenced against fleet duty cycles so the connection request stays realistic.
- 03
Production lighting
Electrical scope
Distribution, high-bay optics and uniformity for safe forklift and plant movement.
Renewable scope
Controls and metering that make the reduced load visible in the site's energy reporting.
Relevant capability
The disciplines that come up here
Not every service is relevant to every environment. These are the ones that decide the outcome in this one.
Commercial electrical
The installation is fine. The evidence is missing. Distribution boards are not labelled to match the drawings, circuit schedules do not reflect what was actually installed, and the next contractor inherits a building nobody can trace.
Explore capabilityCommercial solar PV
Most commercial solar proposals are built on generating more than the site can consume, at a yield borrowed from the south of England, with an export rate that assumes the best available tariff.
Explore capabilityBattery storage
Storage is often specified as a box to be bolted onto an existing supply, with the electrical consequences worked out afterwards. Import limits, protection coordination and the physical location are then renegotiated mid-project.
Explore capabilityEV charging
A charge point installation added to a site with no spare capacity is a queue waiting to happen — or a supply upgrade nobody budgeted for.
Explore capability
Existing assets
Industrial roofs carry the most asset risk
A generation or storage asset on an industrial site sits above production. When it degrades quietly, nobody notices until the numbers move.
Commercial RCR — from £295 + VATCondition reporting on solar PV, battery storage and EV charging across one site or a group of sites.
Findings prioritised against production risk, not just asset age.
Suitable as part of due diligence, insurance review or capital planning.
Evidence
What we can and cannot show
Stated plainly
No industrial project is published on this site yet. We would rather say that than dress a capability up as a case study. Certification, scope and references for industrial work are available on request.
Industrial & logistics
Send the site constraint first
Shutdown windows, plant that cannot stop and the connection you already have. Tell us those and we can tell you what is realistic.