Industrial warehouse construction in Xpu-Há

Steel frame, industrial slab and the full permit file with a single contractor.

Between Puerto Aventuras and Akumal, the resorts and beach clubs of Xpu-Há need laundry, food storage, maintenance yards and spare parts close by. Those warehouses belong on the inland side of highway 307, away from the dune and the salt.

Resort back-of-house on the highway

Large resort complexes run on daily deliveries, laundry and maintenance. A warehouse on the 307 frontage, a few minutes from the hotels, cuts trips from Playa del Carmen. We size docks, yard and cold rooms for the delivery pattern of the operators it will serve.

Access to the federal highway

Trucks entering and leaving the 307 need an authorised access with a deceleration lane and enough yard to turn without reversing onto the highway. The highway file can take longer than the building, so it starts with the design.

Inland side, less salt

On the inland side of the highway the ground is karst rather than dune sand and the salt load drops. We still design the roof and doors for hurricane uplift, coat the steel and run a soil study with void verification before the slab is calculated.

Budget and programme for a warehouse in Xpu-Há

Steel-frame warehouse with an industrial slab: MXN 8,500 to 14,500 per m². Freight from Playa del Carmen is easy; cold rooms, docks and the highway access works push towards the top.

A 600–1,500 m² warehouse takes six to nine months. The Solidaridad licence runs two to four months, including Protección Civil; the highway access and the CFE load increase are filed in parallel.

Scope: from the soil study to a warehouse in operation

We cover the soil mechanics study, architectural and structural design, an industrial slab calculated against the real racking layout, roof and envelope, electrical installation with back-up, plumbing, fire protection, offices, manoeuvring yard and site works. We file land use, licence and Protección Civil sign-off with the responsible engineer, and manage the load increase with CFE.

The budget comes out as line items with quantities and unit rates; every change is priced and signed before execution and payments go against verified progress. We hand over as-built drawings, structural and slab calculation records, and equipment manuals.

What actually decides the cost of a warehouse

Not the square metres: the slab loading, the clear structural span, the usable height and the yard. A larger span saves columns and improves operations but makes the structure more expensive; a badly sized slab forces demolition with racking installed. So we start from the operating layout — racking, forklifts, truck flow — and size from there, not the other way round.

Weekly reports with dated photographs and a fortnightly video call from site, in Spanish, English, German, French, Russian or Chinese. We work with operators and investors who do not live in the area and need to follow the works remotely.

The ground in Xpu-Há: what it imposes on the project

• Municipality: Solidaridad
• Environmental regime: SEMARNAT + ZOFEMAT (federal shoreline concession)
• Ground: sand over limestone
• Water table: very high
• Salt exposure: severe

Open beach with dune: setback and demountable structures on the front strip.

• Federal SEMARNAT filing: the environmental resolution is the project’s critical path. Budget 4–8 months before the first excavation.
• ZOFEMAT frontage: the federal strip is not yours even if you buy the lot — it is concessioned separately and paid for annually.

See the 47 mapped zones of the corridor in the zone checker.

Frequently asked questions

Where should a warehouse near Xpu-Há go?

On the inland side of highway 307, with an authorised access and enough yard to turn. The beach side is dune, federal zone and severe salt — the wrong place for logistics.

What do resort operators need from a nearby warehouse?

Dry and cold storage, laundry space, a maintenance workshop and parts store, with docks sized for their delivery vans and trucks.

What structural span is best?

The one that allows the operation with the fewest columns within budget. In a warehouse with selective racking, spans of twenty to thirty metres are usually the balance point; beyond that, steel grows faster than the operational benefit. It is decided with the layout in hand, not from a catalogue.

Do you include the manoeuvring yard and site works?

Yes, and we budget them as their own line items because they weigh. Pavement with a thickness for tractor-trailers, storm drainage, lighting, a gatehouse, fencing and access are real costs that sometimes approach thirty per cent of the total and are forgotten in quick quotations.

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