Building Types
80x200 Equipment Storage Building
- Width
- 80 ft
- Length
- 200 ft
- Floor area
- 16,000 sq ft
- Perimeter
- 560 ft
Use
How a 80×200 Equipment Storage Building May Be Used
Equipment shelter
Machinery clearance height and door width are usually the limiting factors, not floor area.
Commodity and forage
Bulk storage depth against the sidewalls affects how the building is loaded and unloaded.
Drive-through access
End-to-end access lets equipment pass through without reversing.
Seasonal working space
Open floor is commonly kept for repairs and staging between seasons.
Example
Example Configuration
Quick dimensions
At a Glance
Width
80 ft across the gable end.
Length
200 ft along the sidewall.
Floor area
16,000 sq ft of clear floor.
Eave height
14 ft at the sidewall on the stored profile.
Configuration
How This Building Is Configured
Configuration summary
| Building type | Equipment Storage Building |
|---|---|
| Footprint | 80 ft × 200 ft |
| Floor area | 16,000 sq ft |
| Eave height | 14 ft |
Planning
Footprint & Space Planning
Footprint
Width and length are chosen together: width is usually fixed by what has to fit side by side, length by how many bays are needed.
Height
Eave height affects door options, storage height and how open the interior feels.
Access
Where vehicles and people enter changes the whole interior layout, so access is settled before anything else.
Doors and openings
Opening width, height and position are specified with the supplier; they affect the frame and the wall bracing.
Site
Slope, drainage, access for delivery and erection, and the foundation are confirmed for the actual property.
Expansion
Extending along the length is usually simpler than changing the width later, which is worth deciding up front.
Access
Doors & Access Considerations
Opening width
Across a 80 ft gable end, the practical opening width is limited by the frame and confirmed with the supplier.
Opening height
A 14 ft eave sets the ceiling on door height before any frame change.
Drive-through
Matching openings at both ends avoid reversing, at the cost of usable wall.
Similar sizes
Other Sizes for a Equipment Storage Building
80′ × 180′
14,400 sq ft
80′ × 220′
17,600 sq ft
70′ × 200′
14,000 sq ft
Related
Related Building Types
Example configuration — for planning purposes only.
FAQ
Common Questions
80 ft × 200 ft is 16,000 square feet of floor area before any interior partitions.
Length is usually adjusted in bay increments, and width is a larger design change. Both are confirmed with the supplier for the final design.
Site preparation, foundation and erection are commonly quoted separately from the building package. Confirm the scope of any quote you receive.
Compare nearby sizes
Related footprints for this building type
Each page works through one footprint for one building type.
Cost drivers
Quantities that move the estimate at 80x200
No price appears on this page. The quantities that scale an estimate at 80x200 are 16,000 square feet of slab, 197.5 cubic yards of nominal concrete, 7,840 square feet of wall cladding and 16,492 square feet of roof cladding. Two feet of spare width reads as nothing on a plan and as a great deal when a machine is being turned.
Proportion drives cost here as much as size does: 560 ft of wall around 16,000 sq ft is 0.035 ft of wall per enclosed square foot, and a squarer plan of the same area would carry less. What moves the figure further on a a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings is the fit-out store consolidation planning implies, along with framed openings and the height chosen for the 80 ft span.
- full-width door openings and their operation
- opening height set by the largest machine
- condensation control above stored equipment
- security provisions and hardware
Overview
A 80x200 equipment storage building planned as a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings
This page is ordered around access, because on a 80-foot endwall the opening arrangement settles how a equipment storage building at 80x200 is actually used.
The footprint holds 30 machine positions — 5 across by 6 deep — and the remaining 6 feet is marginal: there is no zoned edge, so previously separate holdings mix on one floor and nobody is responsible for any part of it.
Read this footprint through its span. 80 feet across is the fixed constraint; 200 feet of length is the negotiable one, and at 2.5 to 1 the building is long for its width, so movement runs front to back. Snow, wind and site exposure change what this shape costs to build long before the interior plan does.
An equipment storage building is an enclosed machinery store: it is planned around protecting parked capital at density and still being able to retrieve any one machine. It is reached low in ordinary weeks, sharp and impatient when a machine is called for. A 80 by 200 footprint is a long corridor of a plan: 16,000 sq ft enclosed by 560 ft of wall, at a 2.5:1 length-to-width proportion. Along its 200 ft dimension it takes 7 runs of machine positions at 28 ft, leaving 4 ft over — the 4 ft is where the argument about this size actually happens. Taken purely as arithmetic, 80 by 200 gives 3 machine positions across the 80 ft dimension once 26 ft is reserved for movement, and 7 deep along the 200 ft dimension. Run as a a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings, 9 ft across is below the 20 ft this use needs to be worth planning, so there is no zoned edge, so previously separate holdings mix on one floor and nobody is responsible for any part of it An enclosed store protects capital that is standing still, which is a different job from housing capital that is working.
This footprint is planned as a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings. The longest internal travel on a 80 by 200 plan is about 215 ft corner to corner, and the shortest useful one is the 80 ft cross-run. For a a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings that matters where store consolidation planning sits, because shortening the 80 ft run to serve it lengthens every trip along the 200 ft dimension. Insurance and security expectations for an enclosed store are set by the insurer for the specific holding, not by the building type. Turnover here is episodic: a machine may sit for weeks and then be wanted immediately.
Areas, perimeter, roof area, ridge height, slab volume and the machine position counts on this page are computed from the stored 80x200 record and this platform's planning module for the equipment storage building category.
Openings
Openings for 5 machine positions across
One opening per position works on this gable: 5 across 80 feet, with 5 feet of wall to distribute as piers. Splitting that margin evenly is what keeps the elevation buildable. Circulation width is the first thing surrendered under pressure and the first thing missed afterwards.
Multiple openings serve a consolidated store better than one large one, because they let each zone reach the yard on its own path. Their placement should follow the zones rather than the elevation's symmetry.
Framed-opening sizes, headers and the structure around them are engineered for the specific building. Confirm every opening with the door supplier and the building manufacturer before ordering.
Configurations
Configuring 30 machine positions at 80x200
Nominal bay division computes to 8 bays at about 25 feet, wider than the 15-foot module — so a position can sit inside a bay without a frame line splitting it. Storage expands until it meets a wall, so give it a wall on purpose.
With 6 rows deep, the rear row is behind the front one. Without a route past it, those machine positions become storage positions rather than working ones — the real cost of depth at this width. Judge the plan by what has to happen on the worst day of the year, not on an average one.
A consolidated store should be planned with one extendable flank kept clear of yard infrastructure. Consolidation tends to attract further consolidation, and the second phase is far cheaper when the ground beside it was left alone.
Configured as a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings, 80x200 is judged on whether the 30 machine positions it holds match the operation, and on whether the 5 feet of spare width leaves the route this mode depends on.
- Does the work need racking or work zones on both sides with a full vehicle lane down the middle, or does it need a second lane that this 80-foot span cannot give?
- Is the 200-foot length being bought for depth, or for the repeated bays — a long uninterrupted bay sequence that suits repetitive layouts and continuous processes?
- What is the largest machine, and does the opening clear it with the cab up?
- Which machine leaves most often, and is it parked where it can?
Bay division shown here is a planning module computed from the stored length. Actual bay spacing is set by the manufacturer's frame design for the building.
Usable area
How the 16,000 square feet divides at 80x200
Computed machine position fit for a 80x200 equipment storage building
| Measure | Computed at this footprint |
|---|---|
| Machine positions across the 80-foot width | 5 at a 15-foot module |
| Leftover width | 5 ft (1,000 sq ft as a full-length strip) |
| Rows along the 200-foot length | 6 at a 28-foot module after 26 ft of circulation |
| Leftover depth | 6 ft (480 sq ft across the width) |
| Total machine positions | 30 |
| Share of floor committed | 79% |
Module footprint used here is 15 by 28 feet, this platform's planning module for a equipment storage building. It is not a code minimum or an engineered clearance.
Example allocation of the 200-foot length — planning model, not survey data
| Zone | Length along the building | Computed area |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment bays | 120 ft | 9,600 sq ft |
| Material and input storage | 50 ft | 4,000 sq ft |
| Working and turning space | 30 ft | 2,400 sq ft |
Shares applied to the stored 200-foot length; areas computed against the 80-foot width.
Module footprints and allocation shares come from this platform's use typology and are published as example planning models. They are not recommendations and do not describe a majority of projects.
Allocation
Dividing the floor for a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings
As for people, intermittent — the building is usually empty of people and full of machines. The storage pattern this floor drifts toward as the holding grows is a high-bay store for tall machinery kept under one clear height: no dedicated tall bay exists, so the tallest item parks in an ordinary position and the whole building carries its height requirement. Allocation works by zone, then by position within the zone. Zones defined by marked ground and named on the drawing survive; zones defined by understanding do not.
The 6-foot leftover depth falls under the 20 feet this platform treats as usable for a equipment storage building, so there is no zoned edge, so previously separate holdings mix on one floor and nobody is responsible for any part of it. Fire separation, egress and occupancy are determined for the specific building and can reshape this plan entirely.
The 5 feet of spare width runs the whole 200-foot length — 1,000 square feet of wall strip. It earns its keep as shelving, staging or a walking route, not as another machine position. The mezzanine that is added afterwards is the change order that reprices the frame.
The longest internal travel on a 80 by 200 plan is about 215 ft corner to corner, and the shortest useful one is the 80 ft cross-run. For a a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings that matters where store consolidation planning sits, because shortening the 80 ft run to serve it lengthens every trip along the 200 ft dimension. Insurance and security expectations for an enclosed store are set by the insurer for the specific holding, not by the building type. Turnover here is episodic: a machine may sit for weeks and then be wanted immediately. That movement pattern, not the 16,000-square-foot total, is what decides whether the leftover 6 feet is useful here.
Height
Interior height for a 80x200 equipment storage building
Across a 80-foot span the 3:12 pitch adds 10 feet between eave and ridge. The centreline measures 24 feet; anything parked or stacked near a wall lives with the 14-foot eave. Rows that cannot be entered independently end up used as one long space.
One height across a very large footprint is a substantial commitment, so this is the scale at which a stepped or mixed-height arrangement deserves genuine consideration rather than a passing mention.
Ventilation across 16,000 square feet at this height: an enclosed building holding equipment that arrives wet needs air movement to avoid corrosion in storage.
Clear height below purlins, bracing and lighting is lower than the eave height. The usable figure comes from the manufacturer's framing for the selected building.
Comparison
What changes at adjacent footprints
Computed comparison of nearby footprints for a equipment storage building
| Footprint | Floor area | Machine positions |
|---|---|---|
| 80x80 | 6,400 sq ft | 5 (5 x 1) |
| 60x120 | 7,200 sq ft | 12 (4 x 3) |
| 50x150 | 7,500 sq ft | 12 (3 x 4) |
| 80x100 | 8,000 sq ft | 10 (5 x 2) |
| 60x150 | 9,000 sq ft | 12 (3 x 4) |
Areas computed from each stored size record; machine position counts computed with the same 15 by 28 foot planning module.
- 80x80 moves the count from 30 to 5 machine positions (5 across by 1 deep), which is the reason to choose between them.
- 60x120 moves the count from 30 to 12 machine positions (4 across by 3 deep), which is the reason to choose between them.
- 50x150 moves the count from 30 to 12 machine positions (3 across by 4 deep), which is the reason to choose between them.
Nearby footprints read for a equipment storage building: exact change in area and in planning machine positions
| Footprint | Area Δ | % Δ | Machine positions at that footprint | What changes for this use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100x150 | −1,000 sq ft | −6.2% | 24 (6 x 4) | −6 machine positions on the same planning module. |
| 120x150 | +2,000 sq ft | +12.5% | 32 (8 x 4) | +2 machine positions on the same planning module. |
| 80x150 | −4,000 sq ft | −25% | 20 (5 x 4) | −10 machine positions on the same planning module. |
| 100x200 | +4,000 sq ft | +25% | 36 (6 x 6) | +6 machine positions on the same planning module. |
Areas are arithmetic on two stored size records; machine position counts use this platform's 15 by 28 foot planning module and are not a capacity statement.
Because this footprint is planned as a consolidated store replacing several scattered buildings, the useful next reads are different from the ones a differently shaped equipment storage building suggests: store consolidation planning, zoning a large machinery floor, two-way machine traffic.
Visualization
Reading the 80x200 footprint as a equipment storage building
FAQ
Questions about 80x200 equipment storage building projects
7,840 square feet of wall and 16,492 square feet of roof at a 3:12 pitch — the roof exceeding the floor by 3%.
Reserving 26 ft across the 80 ft dimension for movement leaves 54 ft of working width, which takes 3 machine positions at 15 ft. Along 200 ft it takes 7 runs at 28 ft. That is 21 positions out of 16,000 sq ft, and the remainder is circulation, walls and the margin every plan needs. Whether that count is enough depends on when several stores become one, who owns which part of the floor. These are planning figures computed from the footprint, not a quoted layout.
The width leaves 5 feet spare after 5 machine positions. That margin absorbs wall storage and passing room. Width is the dimension that cannot be extended later.
Ownership of the floor. Machinery from different operations mixes, positions drift, and retrieval slows. Marked zones with names on the drawing are the cheapest defense.
Length here buys 6 rows and 8 nominal bays; width buys 5 positions side by side. At this aspect ratio the building is already long for its span, so extra length adds depth rather than capacity.
Methodology
How this page was produced
Sources and methodology
Find Steel Buildings dimensional records
Find Steel Buildings · Primary platform dataset · Tier 1 — code authority, standards body, primary dataset or manufacturer engineering
Supports: Stored nominal width, length, eave height, roof pitch and slab thickness for this subject.
International Building Code and International Residential Code
International Code Council · Model code · Tier 1 — code authority, standards body, primary dataset or manufacturer engineering
Supports: The framework of adopted codes and local amendments that decides permitting, separation and opening requirements. Cited as the governing framework, never as a local requirement.
- Dimensional figures: Width, length, eave height, roof pitch and nominal slab thickness come from this platform's stored record for the subject. Floor area, perimeter, wall area, roof area, ridge height and slab volume are computed from those inputs rather than transcribed.
- Machine position fit: Counts, leftover strips and per-module areas are computed from the stored 80x200 record against this platform's 15 by 28 foot planning module for the equipment storage building category, with 26 feet allowed for circulation. The module is editorial planning typology, not a code minimum or an engineered clearance.
- Allocation model: Zone shares come from this platform's use typology for agricultural equipment and crop shelter and are applied arithmetically to the stored 200-foot length.
- Allocation and layout models: Layout splits are arithmetic on the stored footprint, published as example allocation models. They are not survey findings and do not describe what buyers most often choose.
- Clearance and opening guidance: Clearance and opening statements are planning guidance. Final dimensions depend on the selected door system, header detail and the manufacturer's engineering for the building.
Methodology notes
- Prices: No price figure appears on this page. Cost data is published on this platform only with a documented inclusion basis, a collection date and a named source.
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Plans and dimensions
Every drawing below is generated from the exact dimensions for this building, so proportions and areas are accurate.
Compare 80x200 equipment storage building configurations
Review the allocation models for this footprint side by side, then estimate the configuration you intend to build.