Greenhouse complex construction

What greenhouse complex construction includes

A facility is built step by step — from the concept and the design through to manufacturing, installation and commissioning. Every stage has a clear deliverable for the client.

Concept and technical specification

Before discussing structures and equipment, the purpose of the facility is established. At this step we clarify the crop, the growing technology, the seasonality, the target yield, the budget guidelines and the site logistics. This input forms the technical specification, which is later visible in the frame, the systems and the automation. Without that basis, any budget and schedule estimate remains preliminary.

Design and layout solutions

The team then moves on to the design work: the layout of the facility, structural calculations for the region’s snow and wind loads, and the selection of engineering systems. This stage is covered on the greenhouse complex design page, which shows the scope of documentation, the required input data and the mistakes a sound design helps to prevent. Within a construction project it is the foundation on which manufacturing and installation are built.

Manufacturing of structures and equipment package

The frame, the translucent covering and the steelwork are manufactured at our own production site. In parallel we select the equipment — climate control, heating and the boiler house, ventilation, irrigation and fertigation, and where required supplementary lighting, CO2 dosing, automation and SCADA. Keeping the manufacture of greenhouse complexes in one area of responsibility removes the risk of missed deliveries and mismatched specifications: the frame, the equipment and the automation are coordinated in advance.

Installation and commissioning

The structure and the equipment arrive on site as a single delivery. Installation covers frame assembly, glazing or fitting the film covering, routing the engineering systems and connecting the boiler house and the automation. Commissioning follows: setting up climate, irrigation and fertigation, checking sensors and SCADA scenarios. The stage ends with trial operation, after which the facility is handed over to the client ready for planting.

What kinds of greenhouse complexes can be built

The service suits facilities of very different formats — from vegetable and berry production to breeding sites and nurseries. Most often we build:

• Industrial vegetable greenhouse complexes for year-round and seasonal cycles
• Berry production sites and high tunnels for strawberries, blueberries and raspberries
• Propagation units and nurseries for preparing planting material
• Venlo glass greenhouses for agricultural holdings and large greenhouse operations
• Industrial film greenhouses for vegetable and leafy-greens crops
• Farm tunnel greenhouses for open-field and protected crops
• Special formats — isolation greenhouses and isolation tunnels for breeding and quarantine work

The segment of industrial greenhouses and agricultural greenhouse complexes covers facilities from 1,000 m², where engineering systems and automation are built into the design as early as the concept stage. That is why the decision to build a greenhouse complex starts not with the type of structure, but with the business objective. It is the objective that determines which greenhouse and which engineering systems go into the project.

What the cost of a greenhouse complex depends on

An industrial greenhouse has no fixed price per square metre. The cost of a greenhouse complex is calculated for the specific facility and depends on a combination of factors — the structure, the engineering systems, the area and the site conditions.

Building a high-tech greenhouse for protected vegetable production or a berry operation costs more than a farm tunnel format — but such greenhouses also last longer in service thanks to the year-round season and stable yields. The team gives precise budget figures after analyzing the input data. Without it, any number remains generic.

Why it matters to work with a single contractor

An industrial greenhouse is assembled from dozens of subsystems — frame, covering, heating, climate, irrigation, fertigation, drainage, automation. When these are ordered from different companies, the risk falls on the client: the design, the equipment and the installation have to be reconciled manually, and when something fails, responsibility becomes blurred.

A single contractor takes on the job of stitching all the layers together — design, manufacturing, supply and installation. Frame specifications are agreed with the engineering systems in advance, the automation is tested on site, and the schedules run in parallel rather than in a cascade. For investment projects this model is particularly effective — we write about it in more detail on the page about turnkey greenhouse complexes for investors.

That said, a single contractor does not mean a closed box: the client sees the scope of work, the specifications and the approval points at every stage, and signs off the key budget and technical decisions before manufacturing starts.