Arable

The levels of capital investment required when renovating or building new arable buildings are inevitably high. Acorus' agricultural building design specialists are eminently qualified to assist in ensuring that unnecessary expenditure is restricted whilst allowing your specification to be fully realised in the final design.

In developing a brief for planned investment the following design criteria should be explored:

• Quantities and types of crops to be stored
• Periods for which the crops are to be stored
• Types of equipment for cleaning, drying, loading and emptying
• Environmental and conditioning needs
• Does refrigeration need to be considered?
• Vehicle circulation for loading and unloading
• Methods for vermin and pest management
• Health and safety in operation

This list is not exhaustive and a number of the issues will be determined by criteria specified by assurance based schemes and groups. Detailed knowledge of these requirements is essential to achieving a viable design.