- Canadian Supplier of Pallet Racking, Industrial Storage & Material Handling Equipment
Design & CAD Layout
Warehouse layout design and CAD drawings that squeeze more pallets, faster picks and safer traffic out of the space you already have. We measure your facility, design the storage system around your workflow, and hand you dimensioned drawings ready for quoting, permits and installation.
A Bad Layout Costs You Money Every Single Day
Wasted cube, long travel paths, congested aisles and bottlenecks at receiving don’t show up as a line item — but you pay for them on every order. Good warehouse design fixes that. We plan storage systems around your inventory profile, your equipment and how your material actually flows, then document everything in CAD so the system gets built exactly as designed. Whether you’re fitting out a new building, reconfiguring an existing one or squeezing more capacity out of a full warehouse, the layout is where the savings start.
What Our Design Service Covers
From the first site visit to drawings your installer, landlord and inspector can all work from.
Facility Assessment
We measure your space, document columns, docks, sprinklers and clear heights, and dig into your inventory profile and daily workflow.
Space & Storage Optimization
Strategic racking placement and aisle configuration that use your full vertical cube while keeping required clearances and egress.
Material Flow Design
Receiving to storage to shipping in logical, short paths — sized for your forklifts’ turning radii, staging areas and pick routes.
CAD Drawings
Dimensioned 2D layouts, elevations with beam levels, and 3D renderings that show exactly what gets built, where.
Storage System Selection
Selective, drive-in, push-back or flow racking, cantilever, mezzanines and shelving — matched zone by zone to what you store.
Permits & engineering
Engineered drawings, floor slab review and Pre-Start Health & Safety Review support when your project needs it.
Discuss Your ProjectWhat You Get — and What We Account For
Design work you can hand straight to a landlord, an inspector or an install crew.
Deliverables
- Scaled 2D CAD floor plan
- Rack elevations with beam levels
- 3D renderings for stakeholder buy-in
- Pallet-position & capacity summary
- Itemized equipment list for quoting
Designed Around
- Forklift type, aisle widths & turning radii
- Building columns, docks & clear heights
- Sprinklers, egress & life-safety clearances
- Receiving, staging & shipping zones
- Growth projections & future phases
Project Types
- New facility fit-outs
- Reconfigurations of existing layouts
- Capacity increases without expansion
- Warehouse moves & consolidations
- New or quality used equipment
Why Have Indoff Design It
Plenty of people can draw a warehouse. The difference is designing one that installs cleanly, passes inspection and actually works on a busy Tuesday.
One team, concept to install
We design it, supply it and install it — no coordinating separate designers, suppliers and crews, and no finger-pointing when details change.
Designs grounded in installs
Our layouts come from people who install and inspect racking every week — so the drawings reflect how buildings, forklifts and product really behave.
More capacity, same walls
Most warehouses can gain significant capacity within their existing footprint. We optimize what you have before you pay for an expansion.
How It Works
A clear path from empty floor (or overflowing floor) to a system being installed.
Assess
Site visit or drawing review — we capture dimensions, constraints, inventory profile and throughput goals.
Design
We develop the layout in CAD — storage systems, aisles, flow and capacity — and price the equipment behind it.
Refine
You review the drawings and renderings; we revise until the layout fits your operation and budget.
Build
Final drawings drive the quote, permits and installation — handled by the same team that designed it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the design service cost?
The initial consultation and assessment are free. For most projects the layout and CAD work is bundled into the equipment and installation package — if you proceed with us, the design effectively costs you nothing. Standalone design work is quoted case by case.
What do you need from me to start?
Whatever you have: building drawings, a lease plan, rough dimensions or just an address. Useful extras are your pallet sizes and weights, SKU counts, forklift types and how product moves through the building. If drawings don’t exist, we’ll measure on site.
Can you redesign around racking I already own?
Yes — reusing existing uprights and beams where they’re sound is one of the fastest ways to cut project cost. We inventory what you have, design around it and fill the gaps with matching new or used components.
Do I need engineered drawings or a PSR?
In Ontario, racking projects can trigger requirements for engineered drawings and a Pre-Start Health and Safety Review depending on the system and installation. We flag this early, coordinate the engineering and PSR, and make sure what’s built matches what’s stamped.
How long does a layout take?
Simple layouts are often ready within a few business days of the site visit; larger or multi-phase designs take longer. We’ll give you a timeline up front along with the scope.
Get a layout that earns its floor space
Book a free consultation — we’ll assess your space, design the system in CAD and show you exactly how much capacity your building is hiding.
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