Industrial Warehouse Refurbishment CGI

StratumCGI produces industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI for asset managers and REITs repositioning existing UK industrial stock, for refurbishment developers acquiring and upgrading secondary sheds, and for institutional landlords and propcos generating IC pack imagery and pre-let marketing materials under NDA. The studio works across the full refurbishment cycle: from option appraisal renders at heads-of-terms stage through to planning submission packs and occupier-facing brochures at practical completion.

Clients in asset management, fund management, and industrial agency instruct StratumCGI for warehouse refurbishment CGI. All portfolio imagery from institutional commissions is held under NDA. The anonymised portfolio shows the range of scheme types and output formats available.

Warehouse Refurbishment CGI: What StratumCGI Visualises

Industrial warehouse refurbishment architectural CGI from StratumCGI covers recladding, overcladding, rooflight replacement, warehouse-office insertion, dock leveller upgrades, and yard reconfiguration in a coordinated image set for planning, investor, and pre-let marketing use. This page covers existing-shell warehouse repositioning schemes only. For new-build warehouse and logistics CGI, see the parent service page.

StratumCGI delivers industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI from existing-building survey data and concept architectural drawings; the photorealistic reference is available to the design team before the technical package closes. The CGI shows recladding, mezzanine fit-out, and dock works inside the existing shell, all presented as the proposed scheme outcome.

• → Envelope refurbishment: Recladding, overcladding, composite panel system replacement, facade colour and profile options.
• → Roof and rooflight CGI: Roof panel replacement, rooflight addition, smoke vent positions, solar PV overlay.
• → Dock and yard upgrade: Revised dock leveller positions, yard surfacing, HGV swept path overlay, gatehouse reconfiguration.
• → Internal fit-out: Mezzanine fit-out, racking layout, warehouse office insertion, sprinkler and headroom reference.
• → Before-and-after comparison sets: Existing condition and proposed refurbishment scheme from a single locked camera position.

Industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI serves the existing-asset repositioning lifecycle. It does not cover new-build portal frame construction. For the full industrial CGI service hub, including data centres, distribution centres, and fulfilment hubs, see the services overview.

What Refurbishment CGI Is Used For

Asset managers use industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI to populate IC pack imagery that shows the proposed envelope and EPC uplift programme to the investment committee. Planning authorities accept it as planning-grade visualisation. Letting agents use it in pre-let brochures months before practical completion. Four distinct buyer uses are served from one 3D model: IC pack imagery for asset managers, planning-grade visualisation for local authorities, pre-let brochure output for letting agents, and financing support for lenders.

EPC Uplift and MEES Compliance CGI

Industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI shows the cladding, rooflight, and PV array changes that drive EPC improvement under the consultation-stage non-domestic MEES pathway: EPC C by 2027 (draft interim milestone) and EPC B by 2030 (proposed final target, DESNZ October 2023 consultation, not yet confirmed in final legislation). The EPC rating scale runs from A (most efficient) to G, with Band B as the proposed MEES 2030 target for non-domestic rented buildings in England and Wales under that consultation. Scotland operates a separate EPC scheme and is not covered by this draft MEES non-domestic pathway.

Industrial landlords and fund managers are treating the proposed MEES 2030 timeline as a planning assumption for asset management decisions, even though the regulation remains at consultation stage. The January 2026 partial DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings response covered EPC metrics only; it did not confirm the MEES enforcement timeline, so the EPC C 2027 and EPC B 2030 thresholds named above are still subject to the final DESNZ legislation. StratumCGI produces the visual evidence layer for this planning assumption: a refurbishment CGI set that shows the asset team and the credit committee what the proposed envelope, rooflight, and PV works will physically produce, alongside the energy consultant's modelled EPC band.

3D rendering of a refurbishment project depicts how a composite panel system upgrade, rooflight replacement, and dock-insulation programme would address the building envelope changes relevant to the proposed GBP 150,000 MEES civil penalty range (DESNZ 2023 consultation, proposed, not yet confirmed in final legislation). StratumCGI produces industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI that shows how these scope of works address the asset's stranded asset risk and position it as a green premium opportunity, giving the investment committee a visual instrument that sits alongside the energy consultant's EPC improvement report.

Industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI compares overcladding, full recladding, and partial composite panel replacement side by side, giving the asset manager and the BREEAM In-Use V6 assessor a visual record before procurement. Refurbishment and construction account for approximately twenty per cent of UK built environment emissions (UKGBC, Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, 2024). Pre-specification renders allow the project team to evaluate lower-carbon envelope solutions for embodied carbon reduction, including overcladding over the existing skin rather than full demolition and panel replacement, before structural surveys and material procurement begin. Whole-life carbon considerations favour overcladding: the existing fabric is retained and the refurbishment scope replaces only the failing or thermally deficient elements. This connects directly to the Materials category of BREEAM In-Use V6 assessments, where demonstrating considered material selection supports the In-Use Part 1 (asset) scoring.

Compliance note: StratumCGI produces CGI of the proposed physical works. The studio does not conduct energy assessments, calculate EPC ratings, or advise on MEES compliance strategy. The CGI is used alongside an energy consultant's report and an investment committee pack, not as a substitute for either.

Commissioning Warehouse Refurbishment CGI: Cost and Timing

StratumCGI produces warehouse refurbishment CGI at a commission scope that covers existing-building survey modelling, scheme-intent visualisation, and a view count agreed at brief stage, with turnaround ranging from a single before-and-after pair to a full multi-view pack depending on scheme complexity and input drawing quality.

Indicative pricing follows StratumCGI's published warehouse CGI rate of £1,100 to £2,700 per frame. A single before-and-after pair typically commissions from around £5,000 (one modelled scheme reused across both frames). A multi-view option appraisal pack of six frames typically commissions at around £13,500. Planning-grade detail for an S73 variation or prior approval submission adds a verified-view uplift; turnaround on a standard pack is two to four working weeks from a complete survey and concept drawing package.

The primary cost drivers are:

• →Rendered view count agreed at brief stage
• →Complexity of the existing-building 3D model (portal frame grid, eaves height, dock positions, and cladding profile)
• →Number of scheme variants modelled for option appraisal
• →Whether the commission requires planning-grade detail for an S73 variation or prior approval submission

What StratumCGI Does Not Do

Industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI records what the proposed scheme will look like: the physical recladding, mezzanine installation, and dock works are delivered by refurbishment contractors, not by StratumCGI. This distinction matters because clients searching for a cladding installer, mezzanine supplier, or fit-out contractor need a different supplier entirely.

If you are looking for a refurbishment contractor, cladding installer, mezzanine supplier, or fit-out company, StratumCGI is not the right supplier. The studio produces photorealistic images and 3D renders of proposed works; it does not survey buildings, specify materials, manage construction programmes, or carry out any physical works on site.

If you need photorealistic images of a proposed warehouse refurbishment scheme for planning submission, investment committee review, or pre-let marketing, StratumCGI is the right supplier.

Warehouse Refurbishment CGI for Pre-Let Marketing

Pre-let marketing for refurbished industrial estates uses industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI to generate tenant interest at heads-of-terms stage, before practical completion of the works. The CGI allows letting agents and landlords to market the upgraded unit at a defined specification before the existing fabric of the building is physically improved.

StratumCGI's industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI is the imagery for pre-let marketing campaigns on refurbished industrial estates across London, the West Midlands, the Golden Triangle, and the North West, showing the refurbishment scheme as it will appear at practical completion so the letting agent generates tenant interest at heads-of-terms stage. Letting agents use industrial warehouse refurbishment CGI in pre-let brochures, online portals, and property particulars months before practical completion of a refurbished industrial unit.