Building Types
50x150 Fleet Maintenance Garage
- Width
- 50 ft
- Length
- 150 ft
- Floor area
- 7,500 sq ft
- Perimeter
- 400 ft
Configuration
How This Building Is Configured
Configuration summary
| Building type | Fleet Garage |
|---|---|
| Footprint | 50 ft × 150 ft |
| Floor area | 7,500 sq ft |
| Eave height | 14 ft |
Example
Example Configuration
Quick dimensions
At a Glance
Width
50 ft across the gable end.
Length
150 ft along the sidewall.
Floor area
7,500 sq ft of clear floor.
Eave height
14 ft at the sidewall on the stored profile.
Access
Doors & Access Considerations
Opening width
Across a 50 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.
Use
How a 50×150 Fleet Garage May Be Used
Fleet maintenance
Bay width and door placement determine how many vehicles park comfortably and how they circulate.
Municipal
A wall of bench space is commonly kept clear of door swings and vehicle doors.
Trucking
Shelving depth along a side wall reduces the usable parking width, so it is planned early.
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.
Similar sizes
Other Sizes for a Fleet Garage
50′ × 130′
6,500 sq ft
50′ × 170′
8,500 sq ft
40′ × 150′
6,000 sq ft
Related
Related Building Types
Example configuration — for planning purposes only.
FAQ
Common Questions
50 ft × 150 ft is 7,500 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 50x150
Quantities, not prices, are publishable here: roof cladding runs 7,731 square feet — 3% above the 7,500-square-foot floor at a 3:12 pitch — with 92.6 cubic yards of nominal slab beneath it. Judge the plan by what has to happen on the worst day of the year, not on an average one.
Proportion drives cost here as much as size does: 400 ft of wall around 7,500 sq ft is 0.053 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 drive-through lane arrangement where vehicles enter one end and leave the other is the fit-out drive-through fleet layout implies, along with framed openings and the height chosen for the 50 ft span.
- the number of lanes and openings the dispatch window needs
- charging or fuelling infrastructure positions
- opening height set by the tallest fleet vehicle
- yard staging area outside the building
Overview
A 50x150 fleet garage planned as a drive-through lane arrangement where vehicles enter one end and leave the other
This page is ordered around height and clearance, because at 50x150 the 14-foot eave limits a fleet garage sooner than the plan does.
The footprint holds 15 lane positions — 3 across by 5 deep — and the remaining 4 feet is marginal: there is no tail bay, so the vehicle leaving first has to be parked first, which forces the whole lane to be loaded in departure order.
Efficiency is the useful number here: 500 square feet of enclosed floor per lane position, against a 338-square-foot module. That leaves working slack around each position. Access, not area, is what makes a plan feel small once it is in use.
A fleet garage is an operational vehicle facility: it is planned around getting a group of vehicles out on schedule and back again, not around storing them. Turnover here is daily: most of what is inside at night is outside by mid-morning and back again before dark. A 50 by 150 footprint is a long corridor of a plan: 7,500 sq ft enclosed by 400 ft of wall, at a 3:1 length-to-width proportion. Along its 150 ft dimension it takes 5 runs of lane positions at 26 ft, leaving 20 ft over — the 20 ft is where the argument about this size actually happens. A long, narrow fleet plan invites the arrangement that removes reversing altogether: enter at one end, leave at the other, and let the roster decide the order in the lane. The gain is real but conditional — it only works if both ends have yard space to turn in, which is a site question rather than a building one. Turnaround time, not floor area, is the number a fleet base is judged on.
This footprint is planned as a drive-through lane arrangement where vehicles enter one end and leave the other. Movement is one-directional, which removes the reverse maneuver that causes most yard damage. In exchange the building becomes sensitive to sequence: one vehicle out of order and the lane has to be unloaded from the front. Roster patterns change more often than buildings do, so a layout that depends on one roster ages badly. What it holds is licensed vehicles that earn their keep on the road, not machinery parked between seasons.
Areas, perimeter, roof area, ridge height, slab volume and the lane position counts on this page are computed from the stored 50x150 record and this platform's planning module for the fleet garage category.
Height
Interior height for a 50x150 fleet garage
Span drives headroom at 50x150: 50 feet of width on a 3:12 pitch puts 20.3 feet over the middle and 14 feet at the walls, so where a tall item stands matters as much as how tall it is. The mezzanine that is added afterwards is the change order that reprices the frame.
A consistent clear height along the whole lane is what makes a drive-through usable. A single low point, a service run or a light fitting hung below the frame turns the lane into two shorter ones in practice.
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.
Usable area
How the 7,500 square feet divides at 50x150
Computed lane position fit for a 50x150 fleet garage
| Measure | Computed at this footprint |
|---|---|
| Lane positions across the 50-foot width | 3 at a 13-foot module |
| Leftover width | 11 ft (1,650 sq ft as a full-length strip) |
| Rows along the 150-foot length | 5 at a 26-foot module after 16 ft of circulation |
| Leftover depth | 4 ft (200 sq ft across the width) |
| Total lane positions | 15 |
| Share of floor committed | 68% |
Module footprint used here is 13 by 26 feet, this platform's planning module for a fleet garage. It is not a code minimum or an engineered clearance.
Example allocation of the 150-foot length — planning model, not survey data
| Zone | Length along the building | Computed area |
|---|---|---|
| Work zone and benches | 67.5 ft | 3,375 sq ft |
| Machine and assembly floor | 52.5 ft | 2,625 sq ft |
| Material storage | 30 ft | 1,500 sq ft |
Shares applied to the stored 150-foot length; areas computed against the 50-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 drive-through lane arrangement where vehicles enter one end and leave the other
The perimeter is fully enclosed and secured, because keys, fuel cards, tooling and telematics live with the vehicles. The operating pattern this base slips into when the roster changes is a compact parking base that shelters a handful of vehicles and nothing else: there is no end strip, so equipment travels in the vehicles and the first stand becomes the store. Dividing the 7,500 sq ft by the 13 by 26 ft lane position gives roughly 10 positions before circulation is deducted a second time for cross movement. Whether the plan keeps 10 or drops to 5 comes back to the question this footprint is really answering: is this plan long enough to run vehicles through in a line, so no vehicle ever reverses inside the building?
The 4-foot leftover depth falls under the 10 feet this platform treats as usable for a fleet garage, so there is no tail bay, so the vehicle leaving first has to be parked first, which forces the whole lane to be loaded in departure order. Set the openings before the interior, because the openings cannot move and the interior can.
Spare width is the more valuable of the two leftovers here: a continuous 11-foot strip beats the same area stranded at the end of the run, because it touches every position along the way. Where the building sits on the site changes how much of this floor is genuinely reachable.
Movement is one-directional, which removes the reverse maneuver that causes most yard damage. In exchange the building becomes sensitive to sequence: one vehicle out of order and the lane has to be unloaded from the front. Roster patterns change more often than buildings do, so a layout that depends on one roster ages badly. What it holds is licensed vehicles that earn their keep on the road, not machinery parked between seasons. That movement pattern, not the 7,500-square-foot total, is what decides whether the leftover 4 feet is useful here.
Openings
Openings for 3 lane positions across
The 50-foot gable can carry 3 openings, one per lane position, with 11 feet of wall left for piers between and beside them — the arrangement that keeps each position independently reachable. Storage expands until it meets a wall, so give it a wall on purpose.
The 50 ft ends and the 150 ft sides offer very different opening budgets: 50 ft of end wall has room for one wide opening or two modest ones, while 150 ft of side wall can carry several without the openings competing. On this plan the deciding factor is whether drive-through fleet layout or opposed door alignment should be the first thing reached from the door.
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 15 lane positions at 50x150
Nominal bay division computes to 6 bays at about 25 feet, wider than the 13-foot module — so a position can sit inside a bay without a frame line splitting it. Snow, wind and site exposure change what this shape costs to build long before the interior plan does.
Two-plus rows change the access question entirely. Every rear position at 50x150 needs either its own opening or an aisle, and 11 feet of spare width is what that aisle has to come from. Fire separation, egress and occupancy are determined for the specific building and can reshape this plan entirely.
Lengthening a lane adds positions cheaply, and adding a lane means widening the frame, which is the expensive direction. That asymmetry is worth knowing before the first frame is ordered rather than after.
Configured as a drive-through lane arrangement where vehicles enter one end and leave the other, 50x150 is judged on whether the 15 lane positions it holds match the operation, and on whether the 11 feet of spare width leaves the route this mode depends on.
- Does the work need three lanes and a working lane, or two lanes with an interior work hall between them, or does it need a second lane that this 50-foot span cannot give?
- Is the 150-foot length being bought for depth, or for the repeated bays — a long repeating bay sequence, so segment boundaries are set by bay lines rather than by walls?
- How many vehicles have to leave within the same window, and does the lane order allow it?
- Are service positions separate from the parking lanes?
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.
Comparison
What changes at adjacent footprints
Computed comparison of nearby footprints for a fleet garage
| Footprint | Floor area | Lane positions |
|---|---|---|
| 30x100 | 3,000 sq ft | 6 (2 x 3) |
| 50x60 | 3,000 sq ft | 3 (3 x 1) |
| 40x80 | 3,200 sq ft | 6 (3 x 2) |
| 60x60 | 3,600 sq ft | 4 (4 x 1) |
| 50x80 | 4,000 sq ft | 12 (4 x 3) |
Areas computed from each stored size record; lane position counts computed with the same 13 by 26 foot planning module.
- 30x100 moves the count from 15 to 6 lane positions (2 across by 3 deep), which is the reason to choose between them.
- 50x60 moves the count from 15 to 3 lane positions (3 across by 1 deep), which is the reason to choose between them.
- 40x80 moves the count from 15 to 6 lane positions (3 across by 2 deep), which is the reason to choose between them.
Nearby footprints read for a fleet garage: exact change in area and in planning lane positions
| Footprint | Area Δ | % Δ | Lane positions at that footprint | What changes for this use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60x120 | −300 sq ft | −4% | 16 (4 x 4) | +1 lane position on the same planning module. |
| 80x100 | +500 sq ft | +6.7% | 18 (6 x 3) | +3 lane positions on the same planning module. |
| 50x120 | −1,500 sq ft | −20% | 12 (3 x 4) | −3 lane positions on the same planning module. |
| 60x150 | +1,500 sq ft | +20% | 20 (4 x 5) | +5 lane positions on the same planning module. |
Areas are arithmetic on two stored size records; lane position counts use this platform's 13 by 26 foot planning module and are not a capacity statement.
Because this footprint is planned as a drive-through lane arrangement where vehicles enter one end and leave the other, the useful next reads are different from the ones a differently shaped fleet garage suggests: drive-through fleet layout, opposed door alignment, departure-order planning.
Visualization
Reading the 50x150 footprint as a fleet garage
FAQ
Questions about 50x150 fleet garage projects
The footprint holds 15 lane positions — 3 across by 5 deep — and the remaining 4 feet is marginal: there is no tail bay, so the vehicle leaving first has to be parked first, which forces the whole lane to be loaded in departure order. Those counts use a 13 by 26 foot planning module with 16 feet allowed for circulation, so a different module changes the answer.
Reserving 16 ft across the 50 ft dimension for movement leaves 34 ft of working width, which takes 2 lane positions at 13 ft. Along 150 ft it takes 5 runs at 26 ft. That is 10 positions out of 7,500 sq ft, and the remainder is circulation, walls and the margin every plan needs. Whether that count is enough depends on is this plan long enough to run vehicles through in a line, so no vehicle ever reverses inside the building. These are planning figures computed from the footprint, not a quoted layout.
A 4-inch slab across 7,500 square feet computes to 92.6 cubic yards before thickened edges, piers or waste. The final design comes from the foundation engineer.
The number of vehicles you are willing to move to reach a wrongly placed one. Once that number stops being tolerable, the answer is another lane rather than more length.
5,600 square feet of wall and 7,731 square feet of roof at a 3:12 pitch — the roof exceeding the floor by 3%.
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.
- Lane position fit: Counts, leftover strips and per-module areas are computed from the stored 50x150 record against this platform's 13 by 26 foot planning module for the fleet garage category, with 16 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 workshop and hobby space and are applied arithmetically to the stored 150-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 50x150 fleet garage configurations
Review the allocation models for this footprint side by side, then estimate the configuration you intend to build.