A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used
by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They
are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, towns or villages.
They usually have loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks. Sometimes warehouses
are designed for the loading and unloading of goods directly from railways, airports, or seaports.
They often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed
on ISO standard pallets loaded into pallet racks. Stored goods can include any raw materials,
packing materials, spare parts, components, or finished goods associated with agriculture,
manufacturing, and production.
DLG's warehouses can be used functionally as a building in which to store bulk produce or
goods (wares) for commercial purposes. The built form of warehouse structures throughout time
depends on many contexts: materials, technologies and sites