Industrial Building Terms, in Plain English
- Clear height
- The usable height inside a warehouse from floor to the lowest beam or sprinkler. It decides how high you can rack.
- Dock-high door
- A loading door at truck-bed height so trailers load straight onto the floor.
- Grade-level door
- A ground-level roll-up door for vans, box trucks and forklifts.
- Truck court
- The paved area where trucks maneuver and park at the docks.
- IOS (industrial outdoor storage)
- Land used mainly for parking trucks, trailers, equipment or materials, often with a small building.
- Power (amps/volts)
- The electrical service to the building. Manufacturing users often need more than standard.
- NNN (triple net)
- A lease where the tenant pays rent plus property taxes, insurance and maintenance.
- Owner-user
- A business that buys the building it operates in, instead of leasing.