Challenge 01
Opening dates announced in advance
Our answer
Programme planned back from opening day, with fabrication slots and staged shipments for every branch.
Industries · Retail & wholesale
Store buildings that open on time, province after province
Cash-and-carry stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, fresh markets and showrooms. Repeatable steel designs that can be rolled out across Thailand, with the opening date fixed from day one.
2018delivering steel buildings to Thailand
791 Tsteel for 7-Eleven stores across Thailand
5Thai retail and market projects in our portfolio
2,500 Tfabrication capacity every month
Thai retail and wholesale
Every new branch is a race to opening day
Thai retail and wholesale chains keep expanding into provincial towns: cash-and-carry stores, supermarkets, convenience stores and community markets. Each branch has an announced opening date, a marketing plan and staff hired in advance.
Retailers need a building type they can repeat with the same look, layout and budget in Prachinburi, Khon Kaen or Chumphon, and a supplier who can deliver several stores in parallel. Steel frames do exactly that: one design, fabricated in batches and erected in weeks.
- One standard design adapted to each plot and province
- Wide, column-free sales floors with high ceilings
- Canopies, car-park roofs and façade frames from the same supplier
- Fabrication planned in batches for multi-store roll-outs
Your challenges, our answers
What retail and wholesale owners ask us, and how we solve it
Challenge 02
Same brand look in every province
Our answer
A standard frame and façade module adapted to each plot, wind zone and soil, so every store looks and costs the same.
Challenge 03
Large sales floors without columns
Our answer
Long-span frames that keep shelving, checkouts and aisles flexible for future merchandising.
Challenge 04
Car parks and canopies
Our answer
Customer car-park roofs, entrance canopies and loading-bay covers designed with the store.
Challenge 05
Several stores at once
Our answer
Batch fabrication and clear marking per store, so parallel sites receive the right pieces.
Challenge 06
Customer safety and fire rules
Our answer
Escape routes, fire separation and intumescent protection coordinated where the authority requires a rating.
What we build
Building types in retail and wholesale
Cash-and-carry and hypermarkets
Large-span stores with high bays for racking, back-of-house and loading docks.
Supermarkets and community malls
Sales floors, food courts and tenant units under one roof.
Convenience store buildings
Small, repeatable steel buildings for chains rolling out many branches.
Fresh markets
Ventilated, column-free market halls with wide roofs for daytime and night trading.
Car-park roofs and canopies
Customer parking shade, entrance canopies and drive-through roofs.
Distribution centres
Regional DCs that supply the stores, often in the same programme.
Inside the structure
Engineered for repeatable, fast store openings
Typical design choices. Every project is engineered to its own brief, site and standards.
| Design item | Typical approach |
|---|---|
| Clear span | 20–50 m sales floors, or a grid matched to your store planogram |
| Eave height | Set for racking in cash-and-carry, or for ceilings and services in supermarkets |
| Canopies | Cantilever or column-supported entrance and car-park canopies |
| Façade frames | Steel framing for signage, glazing and brand façades |
| Roof loads | Thai-code live load plus HVAC, signage and solar PV |
| Wind | DPT 1311-50 zone for each branch's province |
| Fire protection | Intumescent paint where a fire rating is required |
Design highlights
- 01
A store you can repeat
One design library adapted per site, so approval, fabrication and erection get faster with each branch.
- 02
Flexible sales floor
Few or no internal columns, so layouts change without structural work.
- 03
Everything for the site
Main frame, canopies, mezzanines and façade steel delivered together.
- 04
Marked per branch
Packing lists and marks per store for parallel roll-outs.
Thai codes and standards
Designed for Thai permits and your industry's standards
Building Control Act B.E. 2522
Construction permit from the local authority, or from IEAT inside an industrial estate. We prepare drawings and calculations for the submission.
DPT 1311-50 · DPT 1301/1302-61
Thai wind and seismic standards, checked for the province of your site.
Engineering Profession Act B.E. 2542
Your licensed Thai engineer (กว.) reviews and signs; we answer every comment.
Ministerial Regulations on public buildings
Stores open to the public need escape routes, fire separation and access; we coordinate openings and fire walls in the frame.
AISC 360 · AISI S100 · MBMA
International design practice for hot-rolled, built-up and cold-formed members.
Proven projects
Projects we have delivered
Thai projects first, followed by references from our international portfolio with the same type of structure.
2023
ปราจีนบุรี
Makro Prachinburi
Commercial & retail building
22020
ขอนแก่น
Marko Khonkaen
Commercial & retail building
2
Flagship2021
Thailand
7-ELEVEN
Commercial & retail building · 791 T
5
Flagship2020
ชุมพร
Chumpon Market Project
Commercial & retail building
3
Flagship2020
Thailand
SKB Marry Mart
Commercial & retail building
7Where the industry builds
Industrial estates for retail & wholesale
Estates tagged for this industry in our directory of Thai industrial estates.
IEAT estate
Bang Chan Industrial Estate
BangkokIEATIEAT estateBang Phli Industrial Estate
Samut PrakanIEATIEAT joint-venture estateAsia Industrial Estate Suvarnabhumi
Samut PrakanAsia Industrial Estate Co., Ltd.Private industrial parkFactory Land Wangnoi
Phra Nakhon Si AyutthayaFactory LandIEAT joint-venture estateMaharaj Nakorn Industrial Estate
Samut SakhonIEAT joint-venture estateTFD Industrial Estate
ChachoengsaoTFDIEAT joint-venture estate304 Park 2 Industrial Estate Chachoengsao
Chachoengsao304 Industrial ParkIEAT joint-venture estateWincoast Industrial Park
ChachoengsaoWincoastIEAT joint-venture estateAmata City Chonburi Industrial Estate
ChonburiAmata Corporation PCLWhy World Steel
One partner from brief to Thai port
Exporting to Thailand since 2018
Factories, warehouses and commercial buildings delivered across Thailand.
Our own certified factory
2,500 T of fabrication capacity a month, ISO 9001 quality and ISO 3834-2 welding, inspected before shipment.
Thai-code engineering
Approval drawings your Thai engineer can sign, with wind and seismic loads for your province.
CIF or DDP to your site
Shipped to Laem Chabang, Bangkok, Map Ta Phut or Songkhla, with documents for your customs broker.
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FAQ
Questions Thai clients ask us
Can one design be used for many branches?
Yes. We create a standard store design and adapt it to each plot, wind zone and foundation, which shortens approval and fabrication for every new branch.
Have you built retail buildings in Thailand?
Yes. Our Thai projects include Makro Prachinburi, Makro Khon Kaen, 7-Eleven stores, Chumpon Market and SKB Marry Mart.
Can you supply several stores at the same time?
Yes. We fabricate in batches and mark and pack per branch, so parallel sites get the right pieces.
Do you supply canopies and car-park roofs?
Yes. Entrance canopies, car-park shade and loading-bay covers are designed and shipped with the main building.
Other industries
Steel structures for every Thai industry
Opening new stores or a wholesale branch in Thailand?
Send your site, size and requirements. We reply within one working day with a structural concept and budget.