Panattoni Product Guide

About Panattoni

Panattoni is the world’s largest privately owned industrial logistics property developer.

 

Since our founding in 1986, we have developed in excess of 580 million sq ft of commercial and industrial space worldwide. Now delivered via over 50 offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, the UK and Asia, our global platform is utilised by over 2,500 clients.

By some margin, we are the UK and Europe’s largest developer of industrial logistics space. Since 2005, we have developed more than 200 million sq ft of speculative and build to suit projects across the UK and Europe.

While we are justly proud of this record, we have our eyes firmly fixed on the future. Our commitment to innovative building techniques and flexible new working practices puts us at the forefront of high quality, low carbon design and value for money development.

Whether you are a land owner, occupier or investor, you can look forward to the highest standards of professionalism and service. Overall, our aim is to provide you with the quality of product on which your business can depend. This is achieved through our continual investment in engineering improvement and employing a ‘best in class’ supply chain, supported through our experienced management team.

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Sustainability

At Panattoni, we understand the vital importance of sustainability, and our developments reflect this. Every new build is subject to our Target Net Carbon Zero programme, reducing and offsetting embodied carbon, and minimising energy use and emissions for our occupiers.

 

Delivering Sustainability For Our Customers

 

Panattoni is already delivering sustainability on an unrivalled scale.

 

Our approach to sustainability is shaped by our long-standing experience creating spaces for the logistics industry. By its very nature, logistics requires connected thinking on a global scale; we have simply taken that approach and applied it to drive our sustainability agenda.

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In practical terms, what does that mean?

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• Committed to our Net Zero Carbon Programme

• Developments designed from the outset to meet European sustainability standards

• All buildings are designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating

• A minimum EPC rating of ‘A’

• Complying with the UK Green Building Council Framework

• Warehouse roof loading designed for 100% PV coverage

• A commitment to quality, creating buildings with longer life spans

• Locations close to major trunk routes and population centres, reducing road miles

 

Panattoni UK is committed to a programme to deliver all buildings as Net Zero Carbon in construction, in line with the UK Green Building Council Framework, by 2030.

 

Several buildings have already been completed as NZC, and through minimising carbon production in the supply chain and offsetting mechanisms, we intend to achieve NZC on all buildings well in advance of the target date.

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Our approach to sustainability reaps dividends for our customers, as a low carbon, sustainable space is also an efficient one. Our commitment to driving down consumption of key resources such as energy and water empowers our occupiers to do more with less, reducing their running costs as they do so.

 

Joined-up thinking around sustainability also requires that we think outside the box. We don’t treat the green spaces around our developments as an afterthought, but as an opportunity to enhance biodiversity and protect nature.

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In providing shared green amenity spaces, we also deliver workplaces that make people feel better by nature, improving well-being for workers and within the local community.

 

Panattoni may be Europe’s biggest industrial logistics developer, but we never rest on our laurels. We understand that the decisions we make as a company have global reach and an out-sized impact not just for our customers, but also for our investors and our planet. Our responsible approach to sustainability is key to achieving the long-term goals of all our stakeholders.

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BREEAM

 

Every Panattoni building is designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.

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BREEAM, established by the Building Research Establishment in 1990 and continuously updated since,

is the world’s longest established and most widely acknowledged method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings.

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As part of our flexible sustainability offering, Panattoni works directly with customers looking to achieve the BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating.

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To meet this rigorous standard, we undertake:

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• Early-stage planning

• Brown field location sourcing

• Enhanced sustainable build specification

• Additional sustainable construction measures

 

Better By Every Measure

 

EPC Ratings

 

All Panattoni buildings are designed to achieve an EPC ‘A’ rating. This offers significant annual savings in energy consumption for the life cycle of the building and guarantees it will be over 40% more efficient than a building only conforming to building regulations.

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Water-saving

 

Potable water is necessary for life and all businesses should manage it wisely. Panattoni’s specification helps

occupiers achieve savings amounting to 6,000 litres of water per day for a 215,000 sq ft facility, via:

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• Rainwater harvesting systems

• Water conserving sanitaryware including dual flush, low flow cisterns and automated urinals

• Low flow aerated taps and shower heads

• Water meter and water leak detection systems to monitor water consumption

 

Air Tightness

 

Air leakage or ‘air permeability’ guidelines are set out in Part L of the Building Regulations, which stipulate an air

leakage rate of 8m3/m2/hr at 50 Pascal.

 

Through superior design and careful detailing, Panattoni buildings dramatically reduce leakage, far exceeding

statutory targets. In many cases we achieve a leakage approaching only 1m3/m2/hr.

Thinking Outside The Box

 

The green spaces surrounding our developments are opportunities to protect nature, enhance diversity and improve well-being.

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Nature and Biodiversity:

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• Investigating the ecological footprint of each development to create a site-specific mitigation, protection and enhancement plan

• Landscaping with trees, shrubs and grasses, to enrich the surrounding ecosystems

• Habitat creation for key protected species

• Shelters for invertebrates, insects and birds, protecting and promoting biodiversity

• Sustainable urban drainage measures, taking into account the effect of climate change on global weather patterns

 

Green Transport

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• Electric vehicle charging points, with infrastructure for additional charging points as required

• Bicycle parking shelters

• Schemes located to minimise car travel

• Develop a green transport plan in collaboration with local planning authorities

• Car sharing and bicycle sharing schemes

 

Natural Amenity

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• Green breakout spaces to meet up and socialise

• Footpaths and trim trails accessing nature areas

• Pedestrian and cycle paths for zero carbon access

 

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The green spaces surrounding our developments are opportunities to protect nature, enhance diversity and improve well-being.

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Site Preparation & Infrastructure

Panattoni prepares sites and provides infrastructure to the highest standard. We have an unmatched ability to deliver complicated and technically demanding projects via cost-effective solutions.

 

Site Preparation

 

Services include:

• Demolition and site clearance

• Service and drainage diversions

• Remediation of contaminated ground

• Ground improvement

• Ecological mitigation

• Major earthworks

• Formation of serviced plateaus

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Captions:

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1. Contaminated land at Panattoni Park Slough prior to remediation

2. Creating plateaus at Panattoni Park J28 Central M1

3. Demolition and site clearance at Panattoni Park Aylesford

4. Recyclable materials reclamation

5. Lime stabilisation

6. Brownfield remediation

Infrastructure

 

Panattoni delivers:

• New roads, roundabouts, junctions and bridges

• Highway improvements

• Drainage and utility connections

• Rail infrastructure

 

Captions:

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1. Completed highway improvement works

2. Plateau works

3. Laying rail track

4. Laying track bed

5. Surfacing new road

6. Highway improvement

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Warehouse Structure & Envelope

The warehouse frame and envelope are key elements which protect the operations being carried out inside.

 

Developed with our supply chain partners, the Panattoni structure and envelope specification delivers spaces demonstrating the highest standards of quality, efficiency and durability. Every element is designed to meet an occupier’s requirements into the future.

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Our structural column spacing is optimised to accommodate a wide range of racking configurations. Warehouse floors are constructed to a high standard of surface flatness, with floor joints coordinated to the customer’s racking configuration to minimise conflicts.

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Our standard wall and roof cladding is an industry-leading multi-layer system. With air tightness and insulation far exceeding building regulations, our units cost less to heat, cool and operate. Generous roof lights illuminate the warehouse in daylight hours, again reducing operational costs. 

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All Panattoni buildings use a syphonic roof drainage system. This benefits customers through reduced maintenance costs and increased internal flexibility. In the unlikely event of a blockage in the primary system, a secondary system continues to drain the roof, avoiding disruption.

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Steel Portal Frame

 

• Standard steel portal frame

• 5-degree roof pitch

• Internal column spacing 32m x 16m (standard)

• Column spacing options from 28m to 34m

• Suitable for Wide Aisle or Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) racked solution

• Frame designed to British Standard BS 5950 and BS 6399 for dead, superimposed and wind loading

• Frame and purlins capable of supporting service loading for Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) installation of 0.25 kN/m2

• Additional 0.125 kN/m2 loading allowance for solar PV installation

• Galvanised sheeting rails within 2m of finished floor installed ‘toes down’ to prevent build-up of debris

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Alternative Steel Frame Construction

 

Specific to customers’ requirements.

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• Propped portal frames (displace water to outside of structure)

• Low pitch or flat roofs (defined as below 5-degree pitch)

• Barrel vaulted roofs

• Super high bay frame

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Roofing

 

Main Supplier: CA Group

 

Robust Detailing

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• Enhanced Twin-Therm® Chronus roof specification providing improved thermal and air-tightness performance, catering for a range of internal environmental conditions including ‘chilled store’ distribution with internal temperatures as low as 0°C

• Galvalloy® pre-coated steel manufactured in either Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra® or Colorcoat Prisma®

• All cladding junctions thermally broken with specific psi-value (thermal performance) and f-factor (condensation risk) analysis

• Stainless steel fixings

• Euroclass A1 (non-combustible) Therma-quilt mineral wool insulation

• Minimum thermal insulation (U-value) 0.18W/m²K

 

Roof Lights

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• 15% roof lights across roof area, the optimum to maximise daylight

• Non-fragile Therma-light triple skinned GRP rooflights providing a minimum U-value of 1.30W/m²K

• Roof lights positioned equally across warehouse roof

 

Roof Access

 

• Fully walkable (metal) Twin-Therm® roofing system and Class ‘B‘ Non-Fragile (inclusive of Therma-light

• rooflights)

• Permanent roof access ladder with Horizontal Life Line (HLL) system where necessary to allow access for maintenance and inspection

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Environment

 

• Minimum 15% rooflights with optimised placement maximises natural light within the warehouse interior.

• The decreased use of lights saves electricity, reduces operational costs and the amount of emitted carbon

• All components are manufactured in the UK 

• Independently assessed Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) based on Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) calculated in accordance with EN15804

• 98% of all general waste and 100% all metal, cardboard, plastic, wood and electrical (WEEE) waste is recycled during manufacturing

• Therma-quilt insulation is manufactured from natural materials including a minimum 80% recycled glass

• Therma-quilt has a zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) and zero Global Warming Potential (GWP) in

• both manufacture and content

• Roofs are designed PV ready

• ‘A+’ rating within the BREEAM Green Guide to Specification

 

Warranty

 

Built-up Twin-Therm® roof system supplied with a complete building envelope guarantee of 25 years from CA Group, including roof lights and all fixings.

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Rainwater Drainage

 

• Gutter system manufactured from a minimum 1.2mm thick pre-galvanised steel complete with 1.2mm pre-

• laminated PVC membrane to all boundary wall and valley gutter applications

• Minimum 50mm thick Euroclass A1 (non-combustible) Therma-rock rock fibre insulation

• Roof drainage BS EN 12056 – 3:2000 compliant with minimum discharge risk rating of Category 3. Equivalent to a rainfall intensity of 200mm/hr

• Syphonic system installed with both primary and secondary drainage system

  • Primary discharges to underground storm water network

  • Secondary discharges to air above hard standing

• Indicative weir outlets provided at the end of the valleys and to perimeter gutters to provide advance warning of a maintenance requirement

 

Rainwater Harvesting

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• A portion of rainwater from the roof is diverted into a storage tank to be re-used internally or externally

 

Warranty

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• 25 year building envelope guarantee

 

Options and Alternatives

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• Traditional gravity rainwater system

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Stormwater Attenuation

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Various systems are used to capture and store rainwater falling on the site. The water is then released slowly to

protect drainage infrastructure and downstream watercourses.

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Captions:

1. Tubosider

2. Stormcell

3. Attenuation pond

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External Wall Cladding

 

Main Supplier: CA Group

 

Built-Up Cladding System

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• Enhanced Twin-Therm® Chronus wall specification providing improved thermal and air-tightness performance

• Euroclass A1 non-combustible Therma-quilt mineral wool insulation

• LPCB LPS 1181 part 1 certified for fire performance

• LPCB LPS 1175 certified for security performance

• Stainless steel external fixings

• Carbon steel internal fixings

• Minimum thermal insulation (U-value) 0.26W/m²K

• Caters for a range of internal environmental conditions including ‘chilled store’ distribution with internal temperatures as low as 0°C, eliminating the requirement for a ‘box-within-a-box’ building design

 

Environment

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• All components are manufactured within the UK

• Colorcoat® High Reflect internal liner panel with ≥85% reflectivity to reduce internal lighting requirements and improve daylight factor by up to 10%

• Independently assessed Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) based on Environmental

• Product Declarations (EPDs) calculated in accordance with EN15804

• 98% of all general waste and 100% all metal, cardboard, plastic, wood and electrical (WEEE) waste is recycled during manufacturing

• Therma-quilt insulation is manufactured from natural materials including a minimum 80% of recycled glass content

• Therma-quilt has a zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) and zero Global Warming Potential (GWP) in both manufacture and content

• ‘A+’ rating within the BREEAM Green Guide to Specification

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Options and Alternatives

 

• Structural cladding system without the need for sheeting rails, especially beneficial to food hygiene standard buildings

• Optional stainless steel internal fixings can be offered for humid or corrosive internal environments

• LPS 1175 certification for intruder resistance and security performance, with ‘Secured By Design’ certification

• ‘FM Approved’ built-up roof and wall cladding system inclusive of Therma-light GRP rooflights

 

Quality Assurance

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• An independent cladding inspector carries out inspections during the installation and at completion

• of the cladding

• All buildings are subjected to an air test once the envelope is complete. The more air tight the build,

• the less energy escapes. This lowers the environmental impact and reduces bills for the occupier. The Chronus system offers air permeability as low 0.33m3/hr/m2 at 50pa

• Single source supply

• Periodic inspections of the building envelope (free-of-charge) for the duration of the envelope guarantee

• Independent testing for fire, structural, thermal, acoustic and durability performance

• Therma-quilt insulation is Euroclass A1 certified for non-combustibility to BS EN 13501-1 

• ISO 9001 (Quality Management System) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) certification for manufacturing

• BES 6001 (Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products) certification for all coated steel materials

 

Warranty

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• The Twin-Therm® building envelope system with the Caskade® Premier gutter systems, are supplied with a 25 year guarantee from CA Group, inclusive of all components utilised.

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