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Industrial & Logistics

The facilities that move
goods and power
supply chains.

MHE
Automation & MHE co-ordination
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Facility Typologies
D&B
Design & Build capability

Why We Build Industrial & Logistics

Every supply chain
runs through a building

Industrial and logistics facilities are the operating system of the modern economy, and Ireland's pipeline is accelerating with structural, multi-year demand. From fulfilment centres and distribution hubs to cold storage and logistics parks, Conroy delivers for developers, institutional investors, and owner-occupiers across the full range of facility types.

Online retail penetration continues to rise. Last-mile and regional fulfilment networks are expanding across Ireland and the UK — driving demand for automated, temperature-controlled, and high-throughput facilities.

Post-pandemic supply chain restructuring is bringing inventory and distribution closer to the end consumer. Ireland's position as a European gateway creates structural, long-term demand for logistics real estate.

Speculative and build-to-suit programmes are being delivered at scale — shell & core D&B to tight programme windows, with BREEAM, LEED, and occupier specification targets embedded from Stage 2.

Pharmaceutical logistics, food distribution, and life sciences supply chains are driving demand for specialist envelope, refrigeration interface, and multi-temperature zone facilities.

What We Build

Eight facility types.
One delivery standard.

Single-Span Distribution

Portal frame warehouse and distribution facilities. Clear-span structural design with floor areas typically ranging from 5,000 m² to 50,000 m²+. Slab, structural frame, envelope, and fire protection co-ordinated as an integrated package.

Portal frame 8m–16m eaves FM2 floor ESFR sprinkler
Multi-Unit Industrial Estate

Developer-led multi-unit schemes with shared roads, services, and drainage infrastructure. Phased construction programmes co-ordinated to deliver units to market on a rolling basis while maintaining an operational site throughout.

Phased delivery Shared infrastructure Shell & core BREEAM
Cross-Dock Facility

High-throughput facilities with dock doors on opposing elevations designed for continuous goods flow. Yard layout, HGV swept paths, and service infrastructure designed for 24/7 operational intensity.

Opposing docks Drive-through HGV yard design 24/7 specification
Automated Fulfilment / AS/RS

Facilities designed around automated storage and retrieval systems. Reinforced slab design to increased point and distributed loadings, structural tie-in points for mezzanine and racking systems, and close co-ordination with MHE vendors throughout pre-construction and construction to protect the automation commissioning programme.

Reinforced slab AS/RS interface Mezzanine structures MHE coordination
Cold Storage

Purpose-built cold storage with specialist envelope construction, vapour barrier detailing, condensate drainage, and defrost system integration. Refrigeration contractor procurement and interface managed within scope from pre-construction through to commissioning.

Blast freezing Vapour barrier Condensate management Refrigeration interface
Last-Mile / Urban Logistics

Urban and suburban logistics facilities on constrained sites. Design and construction managed around planning constraints, residential proximity, acoustic requirements, and EV fleet charging infrastructure.

Constrained sites EV charging Acoustic attenuation Multi-storey
Food & Beverage Production

HACCP-compliant food and beverage production facilities. Hygienic wall and floor finishes, process drainage, washdown areas, and temperature-controlled zoning designed from raw material intake through processing to despatch.

HACCP compliant Hygienic finishes Process drainage Temperature zoning
Refurbishment & Retrofit

Upgrade and repurposing of existing industrial facilities. Re-roofing, structural strengthening, envelope upgrades, MEP replacement, and change-of-use works — delivered within live operational environments where required.

Re-roofing Structural strengthening MEP replacement Live environment
Conroy site walk — Industrial & Logistics
Built to Specification.
Delivered on Programme.
Industrial & Logistics — site delivery

What We Build — Technical Specification

The numbers
that govern delivery

Every specification below is established at Stage 2 and locked into the design brief — ensuring consistency from design through to delivery.

Eaves Height
8m — 16m

Clear internal eaves height. Portal frame, multi-bay frame, and racking-driven structural design. Height determined by occupier racking strategy or developer letting brief.

Floor Flatness
FM2 / TR34

Defined movement areas (DMA) to FM2 for VNA operation, or superflat to FM1 where AS/RS systems require. Designed, specified, and tested to TR34 4th edition.

Fire Suppression
ESFR / CMDA

ESFR sprinkler systems for standard and high-bay distribution. CMDA in-rack for automated warehousing. System design co-ordinated with racking supplier and insurance underwriter from pre-construction.

Floor Loading
15 — 75 kN/m²

Ground-bearing and pile-supported slab design to occupier loading schedule. Heavy forklift, reach truck, and high-density racking loads co-ordinated with structural engineer from Stage 2.

Power & Utilities
HV / LV / EV

HV substation and LV distribution designed to occupier utility brief. ESB Networks connection application and programme co-ordinated from pre-construction. Transformer procurement managed on the critical path. EV charging infrastructure designed for current and future fleet requirements.

Envelope & Cladding
Composite / Built-Up

Composite insulated panel and built-up cladding systems designed to thermal performance, airtightness, and fire rating requirements. Envelope package procured early and co-ordinated with structural frame, daylighting strategy, and BREEAM thermal performance targets.

Yard & Circulation
HGV-designed

45-tonne HGV swept path analysis and yard design. Segregated car parking, pedestrian routes, security gatehouse, and CCTV infrastructure. Surface water drainage designed for 1-in-100-year +40% climate change event.

BREEAM / LEED
Very Good — Excellent / Silver — Gold

Sustainability certification target established at Stage 2 and integrated into the design brief. Assessment, energy modelling, and compliance evidence managed through to post-construction certification.

How We Deliver

Programme certainty
is the product

Industrial and logistics projects are governed by fixed milestones — letting dates, operational go-live, and automation commissioning windows. Our delivery model resolves risk in pre-construction and maintains programme certainty through structured controls from mobilisation to handover.

Under D&B, we lead the design team from Stage 2. Under Detail & Build or traditional procurement, Stage 3 design is taken forward into construction detail and package procurement. Structural, civil, MEP, fire, and envelope coordinated under a single BIM Execution Plan — ensuring all requirements are defined before any package is tendered.

Structural steel, cladding, dock levellers, and sprinkler systems are procured early — before design is finalised on secondary packages. Lead times on these items govern the programme. We identify, price, and place orders on long-lead packages during pre-construction to protect the critical path from day one.

4D programme developed at appointment and maintained throughout. Target cost plan with risk-weighted allowances and formal change control. Programme updated weekly from site data, cost reported monthly, and the anticipated final account maintained as a live document — giving the client full visibility at every stage.

Director-led site delivery with dedicated management, structured quality inspections, and subcontractor co-ordination throughout. Where projects include automation, MHE, or occupier fit-out — the interface between base build and follow-on contractors is managed from slab sequencing through to commissioning handover.

Structured digital handover — O&M manuals, as-built drawings, BIM model, and COBie data formatted for FM integration. Sectional completion managed where phased occupation is required. 12-month defects liability period with active management.

Our Full Delivery Approach
Industrial and logistics facility — structural steel frame
Site delivery — Industrial & Logistics

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Your supply chain
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Whether you are a developer bringing a speculative scheme to market, an occupier with an operational specification, or a project manager preparing to tender — we'd welcome the opportunity to discuss your project.

Director Contact
James Conroy
Procurement
D&B / Detail & Build / Traditional / CM
Appointment stage
RIBA Stage 2 — or Stage 3 onward