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A more likely variant these days is handling facilities for online carriers at an airport coming onstream outside the perimeter fence.
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Comment on this article
Gregory Iwan
August 23, 2022 at 3:28 pmThis piece says nothing about the fact that not all warehouse/cargo handling structures are created equal. There is clear (interior) height to consider, aisle width (especially for “drive-through” buildings), and number of docks with roll-up doors. For the latter there must be sufficient back-up/turnaround space for eighteen wheelers as well. Simply grabbing for a roof isn’t always that smart.