Field notes from StratumCGI on how UK developers, occupiers, architects, and planning consultants commission and present industrial CGI for warehouse, distribution, cold-chain, and data-centre schemes. Written from the studio side of the brief, with a pre-let voice and a planning-permission grounding.
Each thread carries the StratumCGI voice that competitor design-build firms cannot write, because the lens is occupier-facing and presentation-led rather than engineering-led.
Thread 01
Which warehouse, distribution, cold-store, or data-centre type is in play, what each is commissioned for, and what the CGI must show for the brief to land. UK-specific occupier mapping, not a generic taxonomy.
Thread 02
How developers pitch a scheme to occupiers, planning officers, and investors. What the occupier pitch deck needs, what the planning committee pack must depict, and how the same model serves three audiences.
Thread 03
Which decisions a developer makes that the CGI must visualise correctly. Layout, dock count, blast cell placement, racking density, refrigeration plant, AS/RS aisle geometry, and where the brief usually under-specifies.
Just published, May 2026
Eleven UK design disciplines ranked across five UK industrial typologies. Click any cell for the named UK firm shortlist with track-record credits. Pick a typology card and we jump you to the strongest cell. Includes per-typology recommendation summaries written for the developer making the appointment.
Open the design team matrix →Just published, May 2026
Hyperscale tenants buy power, network latency, and shell speed before they buy postcode. This guide maps the marketing pack a UK developer needs at the pre-let stage: site-grid diagram, MW availability, network adjacency map, planning condition exposure, and the verified-view CGI that holds up under a Microsoft, AWS, or Google site visit.
Read the hyperscale marketing guide →Just published, May 2026
Amazon's Darlington trial made the drone-enabled fulfilment hub a UK building typology. This guide maps the rooftop pad, the BVLOS corridor, the BS 4142 noise case, the LVIA roofline read, and the Use Classes Order question. Eight UK precedents to cite at pre-application.
Read the drone-hub guide →Typology guide
Eleven industrial typologies that share the warehouse envelope but solve different occupier problems. PRW, multi-temperature, ASRS, cross-dock, last-mile, and data-centre adjacent. How each gets presented to the right audience and what the CGI must prove for each one.
Read the typology guide →Service guide, May 2026
Build-to-suit logistics decisions happen before the building exists. Planning officers, leasing agents, investors, and named occupiers all assess CGI rather than a finished asset. This page maps the visual proof each audience needs, the BTS-versus-speculative CGI split, and the deliverables that come off one coordinated 3D model from feasibility through to occupier approval.
Read the build-to-suit CGI guide →Three additional notes are in production. They publish on a sequenced cadence, after the typology guide proves its query band.
Layout decisions a developer makes that the CGI must show correctly. IMP envelope, glycol subfloor, vapor barrier, in-rack fire suppression, dock-door count, blast-cell placement, and AS/RS aisle width.
The pre-let stakeholder communications playbook. Occupier pitch, planning committee pack, investor IC deck. What each audience reads first, and how to avoid scheme drift across the three packs.
A pre-commission checklist for UK developers. Planning compliance, MEES 2030, occupier fit-out responsibilities, BREEAM cold-store, refrigeration plant noise mitigation.
Insights complement the service pages. For commissioning, pricing, and brief intake, follow the bridges below.
The centroid for warehouse, distribution, fulfilment, and cold-chain CGI.
See the warehouse and logistics service →The parent service hub covering all industrial typologies and use cases.
See the industrial CGI hub →Pre-let campaign assets, brochures, microsites, and launch packs.
See industrial property marketing →Brief StratumCGI on a warehouse, distribution, cold-chain, or data-centre scheme. UK developers, architects, and planning consultants get a quote inside three working days.