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Industrial bay calculators

Five calculators that take your numbers and do the arithmetic. None of them contains a market rate, a rent, an operating cost or any assumption about your operation — you supply every input.

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Sizing

How big a bay do you need?

Works backwards from pallet positions, which is what usually runs out first.

—Floor positions needed
—Warehouse area
—Total bay size
—Size class

Sq ft per floor position covers aisles, staging and cross-traffic. 12–14 is typical; narrow-aisle operations run lower, heavy-traffic ones higher.
Height

How many racking levels will fit?

Clear height minus the clearance the sprinkler design requires above the top of storage.

—Usable stacking height
—Levels that fit
—Storage height used
—Next step

Clearance above the top of storage is set by the fire protection design, not by this calculator. Confirm the figure with the sprinkler designer — see sprinklers.
Loading

Do you need a second door?

Door capacity is about throughput, not size. Count movements and how long each occupies the door.

—Total movements
—Door time needed
—Door utilisation
—Assessment

Above about 60% utilisation a single door starts to queue, because arrivals are never evenly spaced. See loading doors.
Services

What electrical service do you need?

A planning estimate from your equipment nameplates. It is not a code load calculation.

—Estimated demand
—Service to look for

The largest intermittent load is taken at 125%. This is a planning figure — have an electrician do the load calculation before you commit. Check phase and voltage too; amps alone are not the whole question.
Cost

Total occupancy cost

Net rent plus additional rent plus what you pay directly. You supply every rate — this site publishes none.

—Annual rent
—Monthly all-in
—All-in per sq ft/yr
—Annual all-in

Rates start at zero deliberately — enter the figures from your own quote. Excludes GST. Additional rent is an estimate reconciled annually; see additional rent explained.
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