Hall Guide

Hall utilization: Whether building a large or small hall, length, width, and height aren't the only important factors. The intended use of the hall is crucial. Production halls, industrial halls, warehouses, or logistics halls can be built with a variety of features. For example, constructing a hall with sliding or rolling doors is just as feasible as incorporating docks..

Hall location: The choice of hall profiles depends on the wind and snow loads present at the site. Suitable hall solutions are also available for construction near the coast. When a company plans to build a hall, a specialist's perspective is crucial: In some cases, adjusting the hall's length and width while maintaining the same floor area can result in a more cost-effective building, as different structural calculations can be applied to account for the specific wind and snow loads at the site.

Site conditions: Before construction of the building, a site assessment is crucial. The geometry check involves measuring whether the available area is sufficient for the building and whether the access roads are adequate for construction vehicles. Elevation surveys reveal the slope; any differences in elevation must be compensated for during construction. Is the ground suitable for a building constructed with ground anchors? This will be determined by pull-out tests. Furthermore, it is important to scan the ground for underground pipes and cavities. These services are offered as a pre-assembly inspection during the building construction process.

For industrial buildings, we offer modular halls with aluminum profiles in various sizes, with a clear span starting at 5 meters. Multi-bay halls can also be easily constructed using our rapid assembly system.

The eaves height can be selected in one-meter increments between 3.4 meters and 6.4 meters. The length of the hall is freely selectable in truss spacings of 4 or 5 meters.

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Lightweight halls are offered in three versions.

The Cover+ product is a hall structure with a frame made of durable aluminum profiles and a roof tarp made of high-quality industrial PVC. It is suitable as a canopy or tunnel for loading and unloading.

The Safe+ product features walls made of trapezoidal sheet metal. This hall is primarily used by companies that need storage facilities for temperature-insensitive goods.

Therm+ is insulated with insulated panels offering optimal thermal transmittance and is used as an industrial or production hall.

Insulating a lightweight hall structure is straightforward. While trapezoidal sheets are inserted into the aluminum profiles of unheated halls, installers simultaneously integrate insulated panels into fully insulated halls. This type of hall construction offers excellent thermal transmittance. It is particularly suitable for storing temperature-sensitive goods. In addition to warehouses, insulated panels are also ideal for production and industrial buildings. Insulation can be installed not only in the walls but also in the roof, where a high-quality roofing fabric with a special fleece can be integrated.

More about wall cladding.

With the right accessories, the standard hall can be adapted to different needs. Gates and doors are available in various designs. If the hall is used as a logistics center, truck docks can be installed. Skylights or tilt-and-turn windows provide visual connections to the outside. The roof allows daylight into the hall, and various lighting systems can also be used.

Herchenbach offers a patented solution for this. An additional fiberglass fleece is integrated into the roof membrane made of high-tensile industrial PVC. This is resistant to heat and sparks and is approved under building regulations as a "hard roof."

The smoke and heat exhaust ventilation system (SHEVS) is certified according to DIN EN 12101-2. The necessary SHEVS dampers are installed in the roof membrane during the assembly of the building.

Further information on fire protection.

Construction time is very short: A 1,000 m² lightweight hall is assembled in one week. Because an aluminum hall can often be built without a foundation, there's no need to pour a concrete slab. This reduces the construction time by four weeks. Besides the actual construction time, building halls using a modular system saves time and money in the planning stages.

With these modular halls, a building can be individually configured without wasting weeks calculating a custom structural analysis. This means: great flexibility with minimal effort – whether you're building a large or small hall. TÜV-certified structural analyses are available for over 500 hall geometries. These can be used for construction from the day the order is signed.

Once the building permit application is submitted or the client provides a release from liability, the materials for the hall are ordered within a few days and delivered shortly thereafter. The assembly date is then scheduled. If companies have concrete plans for building a hall, typically only a few weeks pass from the initial contact with sales to the hall's construction and handover by the assembly team.

This is how the lightweight hall is assembled.

According to DIN 13782 for "temporary structures," no building permit is required for the first six months. The temporary hall simply needs to be registered with the building authority. A test log with TÜV-certified structural analysis must be submitted. Herchenbach already has TÜV-certified structural analyses available for numerous temporary halls of various sizes. This allows for direct registration of the temporary hall with the building authority.

According to DIN 1991, the temporary hall is simultaneously approved as a permanent structure. The structural analyses meet the requirements for snow and wind loads, even in coastal areas or snowy regions (snow-load halls).

Unlike a temporary structure, this building requires a building permit. With experience working with various building authorities on thousands of lightweight hall projects, Herchenbach assists in obtaining the necessary building permit.

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