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Increase Storage in your Warehouse with a Mezzanine Floor

While it is true that every warehouse space is unique and comes with very particular challenges, benefits and drawbacks, it is almost universally true that any given warehouse has untapped potential. Often, this potential is best fulfilled through the installation of a mezzanine floor, for reasons that this article will endeavour to lay out. Running…
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A Brief Guide to Mezzanine Floors

What is a mezzanine floor? A mezzanine is a functional space between the main floors of a given building. The term itself derives from the Italian for ‘middle.’ How are mezzanine floors typically used? There are many excellent potential applications for mezzanine floors in a wide range of industrial and commercial operations. Warehousing and distribution…
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London Metal Exchange

When London Metal Exchange decided to move to new premises the overriding factor was to keep their famous Trading Ring which had been at the centre of trading since 1881. To make use of the height available between existing concrete floors they wanted to install a mezzanine floor to create work stations below and an…
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Warehouse Safety

There are many key components in ensuring that a warehouse remains a safe work environment. Some of these involve training and education, while others involve more tangible and structural additions such as FD60 or FD30 fire doors, first aid kits , column protectors, and clear safety signage around the warehouse. While warehouses can be dangerous…
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Comex

Here is an example of a recent install of one of our most popular types of mezzanine floor. Our client Comex 2000, a large and expanding network & communications company in Derby needed extra space for their warehouse storage. We were delighted to manufacture and install for them this simple mezzanine level consisting of a…
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KK Installations

KKI wanted to store exhibition material on a mezzanine floor to release space for a production area.The production area needed to be high enough for machinery, and reasonably clear of columns  and also allow for handling of the exhibition materials which were much wider than a normal palletised load. Bradfields manufactured a custom safety gate 4m…
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Hamstel School

Desperately short of space, the school wanted a mezzanine floor installing to provide canteen and work space for staff on the mezzanine, creating new additional teaching areas below. The design had to complement a traditionally constructed early 20th century building and we had to overcome problems raised by that traditional construction. Of particular concern was…
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Slickstitch

Slickstitch were moving to a new building and wanted to create a storage floor over the production area. They wanted to minimise the number of columns to enable them to install very large machines with as few restrictions as possible. They also wanted the existing building columns to be unobtrusive in relation to the overall…
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Aeristech

Our client asked for a simple mezzanine floor as part of a project they were considering. As we became involved in the project it became clear the mezzanine was simply the support structure for plant and equipment for testing cells below. These were for testing prototype turbines which when under test would produce some significant…
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New Balance

What started out as a simple mezzanine floor to provide a raised VIP lounge viewing area soon turned into an exciting challenge when it became clear our client had very specific demands for the appearance of the structure. Once we had met on site it was also clear there would need to be very careful…
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