Industrial and commercial construction services
Builtwise designs and constructs purpose-built industrial and commercial buildings in Queensland: warehouses and distribution centres, cold storage, steel-frame, clear-span and tilt-panel structures, workshops, manufacturing facilities and mixed-use industrial and office buildings, delivered under one design-and-construct contract.
Service sheets
All services- S-01Warehouse ConstructionStorage and wholesale buildings planned around your throughput, your trucks and your lot, not a catalogue shed.
- S-02Distribution Centre ConstructionDocks, aprons and circulation first. The building is wrapped around the way your freight moves.
- S-03Cold Storage FacilitiesChillers, freezers and temperature-controlled docks, with the building and the refrigeration designed as one system.
- S-04Steel-Frame WarehousesPortal frames sized for your span, height and wind loads, clad in metal and built to extend.
- S-05Clear-Span Warehouse StructuresAn open floor from wall to wall, so the building never dictates where your racking or vehicles go.
- S-06Tilt-Panel Warehouse ConstructionConcrete walls cast on your slab and lifted into place: durable, secure and fire-resistant.
- S-07Commercial WorkshopsService bays, fabrication halls and trade premises built for the equipment and the people inside them.
- S-08Manufacturing FacilitiesProduction buildings laid out along your process: materials in, work, finished goods out.
- S-09Mixed-Use Industrial & Office BuildingsAn office and a front of house that belong to the warehouse behind them.
- S-10Design & ConstructOne contract from concept to handover: design, engineering, approvals and construction.
Building systems schedule
Three structures cover most industrial buildings. We price the ones that suit your site and use side by side before you commit.
| S-04 Steel frame | S-05 Clear span | S-06 Tilt panel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | Hot-rolled steel portal frames, purlins and girts | Steel frames spanning wall to wall, no internal columns | Concrete wall panels cast on site and lifted by crane |
| Walls | Metal cladding, or concrete to a set height | Metal cladding | Reinforced concrete panels |
| Best for | Economical buildings, easy extension, openings anywhere | Racking and vehicle layouts that columns would disrupt | Boundary walls, fire separation, security, long ownership |
| Site needs | Lay-down and erection space | Larger footings at frame columns | Casting space, crane access and standing area |
| Brisbane benchmark* | $1,360 to $1,800 per m² (metal clad) | Within the metal-clad range, rising with span | $1,460 to $1,960 per m² (precast clad) |
* Rider Levett Bucknall, Riders Digest 2026 (Queensland edition), Brisbane industrial building of 4,500 m² with 6 m to underside of truss, fourth-quarter 2025 rates, excluding GST, land, fees, site works, hardstands and roadworks. How to use these figures.
Not sure which fits? Most projects combine two or three of these, for example a warehouse with an attached office built as a tilt-panel or steel-frame structure.
Tell us what the building has to do.
Send the lot address, the rough size and what the building is for. We check the zoning and approval pathway, suggest the structure that suits and come back with a budget range.
Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm (AEST). Brisbane office visits by appointment.