Office, production, and warehouse under one roof
Light industrial and manufacturing facilities that run as one operation
Office, production, and warehouse space under one roof, planned around the workflow, the equipment, and the growth the business expects. Light industrial, production, and flex.
- 108,040 SF office, production, and warehouse facility for Dishaka
- Process power, utilities, and structural loads settled before the steel is ordered
- Tilt-wall and pre-engineered metal building delivery, priced against your program
Three uses, one building, one workflow
A light industrial facility is rarely one thing. Raw material arrives at one end, becomes product in the middle, and ships from the other, while the people who run the business sit in an office that has to feel like an office. Each of those uses has its own structural, mechanical, electrical, and life-safety needs, and the building only works if the connections between them are planned.
AP delivered exactly that at Dishaka: 17,040 SF of office, 32,049 SF of production, and 58,951 SF of warehouse in a 108,040 SF tilt-wall building on nine acres. The lessons from planning three operations under one roof are in every industrial project we price.
The scope is deliberate. AP builds light industrial, manufacturing, assembly, and flex facilities. That focus is where AP’s experience is deepest.
What owners of industrial facilities need from the builder
Utilities sized for the equipment
Process power, compressed air, ventilation, and water confirmed against the real equipment list, not a square-foot allowance.
A structure that carries the loads
Slab, foundations, and framing designed for equipment pads, mezzanines, and any crane or hoist the operation needs.
A layout that follows the product
Receiving, production, storage, and shipping arranged so material moves one way and people stay out of its path.
Room to grow without rebuilding
Expansion walls, stubbed utilities, and site capacity planned in from the start.
Flagship project
Dishaka Industrial Facility
108,040
Total facility
58,951
Warehouse
32,049
Production
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Site
A 108,040 SF tilt-wall facility on nine acres in Stafford that puts 17,040 SF of office, 32,049 SF of production, and 58,951 SF of warehouse under one roof.
What light industrial means here
Light industrial covers facilities where products are made, assembled, packaged, or serviced without heavy process infrastructure: manufacturing and assembly plants, fabrication shops, packaging and kitting operations, lab and production combinations, and flex buildings that mix office and shop. It also covers the office, production, and warehouse building that many growing companies need as their first purpose-built home.
Refineries, chemical plants, heavy foundries, and civil infrastructure are a different discipline, and AP stays focused on the light industrial range. Those are heavy industrial, and they call for contractors set up for process piping, hazardous classification, and plant turnarounds. AP focuses where its experience is.
Office, production, and warehouse
The hard part of an integrated facility is the boundaries. The office needs conditioned air, acoustic separation, a finish level, and an entrance that keeps visitors away from forklifts. Production needs power, ventilation, and floor space that can be reconfigured. The warehouse needs clear height, dock doors, and a slab for racking. The fire separations, the doors between zones, and the paths for product and people are where a generic building fails.
At Dishaka the three areas were laid out on one plan so that product moves from receiving through production to storage and shipping without doubling back, and the office sits where staff can reach the floor without crossing the loading area.
Power and process utilities
Production equipment decides the electrical service. A few large machines can push a building from a standard commercial service to a much larger one, with a transformer and switchgear that can take many months to deliver. Compressed air, process water, drains, ventilation, and dust or fume extraction each add routing through the structure and their own permit questions.
AP gathers the equipment list and its utility requirements during preconstruction, confirms available service with the utility, and gets the long-lead electrical gear released early. An owner who is still selecting equipment gets allowances and a decision date.
Structural systems
Most light industrial buildings in Texas are tilt-wall concrete or pre-engineered metal buildings, and some combine both. Tilt-wall gives a durable, low-maintenance envelope with thermal mass and a strong architectural presence at the office; the floor slab doubles as the casting bed, so the early schedule is planned to the day. A pre-engineered metal building is lighter and often faster to enclose, and it suits smaller shops and clear-span production bays.
Either way, the structure has to carry what the operation puts on it: equipment pads, mezzanines, roof-mounted units, and any crane or hoist. We price the structural options against the program so the choice is made on cost, schedule, and operation rather than habit.
Workflow and loading
An industrial building is a diagram of how product moves. Receiving doors, staging, production lines, finished-goods storage, and shipping doors should sit in the order the product uses them. Grade-level doors for box trucks, dock-height doors for trailers, and a yard that lets both circulate without conflict are decided with the site plan. Getting the flow right on paper costs a meeting. Getting it right pays off every shift.
Site planning and growth
Site planning balances building footprint, truck and employee circulation, parking, detention, and the space the business will need next. On nine acres at Dishaka that balance had to include truck access and drainage for a large tilt-wall footprint. Expansion is planned in from the start: a knockout panel on the growth wall, utilities stubbed to the future footprint, and a site that still circulates when the building grows.
Turnover and start-up
A manufacturing facility opens when production can start, so that is the date the schedule is built to. Equipment installation, utility connections, testing, and staff training all have to fit between substantial completion and the first shift. AP builds that sequence into the master schedule, coordinates equipment vendors with the trades, and plans turnover area by area if the business needs to start before everything is finished.
Delivery
How AP delivers a light industrial facility
01
Program the operation
Production, warehouse, and office areas, the equipment list, utility needs, loading activity, and the date production has to start.
02
Settle structure and utilities
Structural system, slab, electrical service, and process utilities priced against the program and confirmed with the utility.
03
Buy the long-lead items
Switchgear, structural packages, roof, doors, and specialty systems identified in estimating and released to hold the schedule.
04
Build and start up
Site, structure, and systems sequenced with equipment installation, testing, and training planned for the first shift.
Light industrial and manufacturing questions
What does AP mean by light industrial construction?
Facilities for light manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, packaging, and flex users, usually combining office, production, and warehouse space under one roof. Dishaka in the Houston area is the model: 17,040 SF of office, 32,049 SF of production, and 58,951 SF of warehouse planned as one operation on one site.
Has AP built a manufacturing facility before?
Yes. The Dishaka facility in the Houston metro is a 108,040 SF tilt-wall building with 32,049 SF of production, 58,951 SF of warehouse, and 17,040 SF of office on a nine-acre site. It was planned so the three uses run as one operation.
How does production space change the building design?
Production adds process power, compressed air, ventilation, equipment pads, and sometimes crane or mezzanine loads. Each affects the slab, the structure, and the electrical service, so AP gathers the equipment list and its utility requirements during preconstruction rather than after the steel is ordered.
Can an industrial building combine office and warehouse in one structure?
Yes, and most do. The office needs different mechanical, finish, and life-safety systems from the production and warehouse areas, and it belongs where staff and visitors stay out of the loading path. AP designs the separation and the connections between them as part of the building, not as an addition.
What is the difference between tilt-wall and a pre-engineered metal building for industrial use?
Tilt-wall gives durable concrete walls, thermal mass, and a strong architectural finish, with a demanding early schedule. A pre-engineered metal building is lighter, often faster to enclose, and suits smaller or clear-span shops. AP builds both and prices the choice against the facility program in preconstruction.
How does AP plan an industrial facility for expansion?
By deciding early where the building will grow and building toward it: an expansion wall with a knockout panel, electrical service and process utilities sized or stubbed for the next phase, detention sized for the full site, and a loading layout that still works when the footprint doubles.
What should an owner have ready to price a light industrial project?
The site, a rough program with production, warehouse, and office areas, the equipment list with its power and utility needs, expected truck and loading activity, and the date production has to start. From that AP can build a conceptual budget and identify the long-lead items.
Planning a light industrial or manufacturing facility?
Send us the program, the equipment list, and the date production has to start. We will show you the Dishaka project and what to settle first.