The Argument Why Businesses Should Opt For A Mezzanine Floor As An Alternative To Moving Factory

In recent times, mezzanine flooring has become popular with business owners, who need to expand their premises on a budget. With the credit crunch, mezzanine floors have become a cost effective way of expanding space. So what is it about mezzanine flooring that makes it so popular? Why do business choose not to buy new premises or extend an existing office? We discuss the benefits of mezzanine floors in detail.

The main function of mezzanine flooring is in creating space. Businesses often find they have expanded at such a rate that there simply isn’t enough desk space left. The last thing a business owner wants is employees falling over each other! The way in which mezzanine floors work, is they extend on top of existing office space. Thus, creating space almost out of thin air! Say for example you own a factory, where your employees work downstairs. Mezzanine flooring can sit right on top of this space. You can therefore double the available space in a factory.

The main clear benefit of this has to be saving money. Extending additional space will cost in both builder’s fees and the various level of bureaucracy. Alternatively you can purchase a new office. This is a very expensive option in the present economic climate. Mezzanine flooring is extremely cost effective in this respect as you are making use of space you already have, and optimising it.

Mezzanine floors makes excellent extra storage area. If you are currently struggling for space, you can free up wasted floor space at ground level by building a mezzanine floor above your ground floor. Here you can store anything from spares to documents. For distribution companies, mezzanine flooring makes a fantastic storage method.

If your business is expanding and you are running out of space, the last thing you are going to want to is move premises. Imagine all the hassles associated with moving. Staff will have to have their desks moved. You will have to find and locate new premises which can be a real hassle. You will have to apply for a range of permits all over again. Choose mezzanine flooring and avoid all this hassle. Clear extra space on the ground floor, by moving supplies and equipment, and storing them above on a mezzanine floor.

As a business, being as cost effective as possible is incredibly important. The current economic downturn has seen to this. Mezzanine floors are efficient and cost effective. There are a plethora of mezzanine flooring companies to take your pick from. Thus if you need to expand office space, and were considering moving or extending, why not give mezzanine floors a go?

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Posted by admin on December 25th, 2010 :: Filed under Mezzanine Floors
Tags :: Alternative, Argument, Businesses, Factory, Floor, Mezzanine, Moving, should

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Leyland Business Install New Shelving Systems and Mezzanine Floors

However, it’s this summer that has marked the arrival of Steven Livesey’s new business Blink Photo to the Kings Court development opposite the Commercial Transport Museum in the town centre.

More used to the sunny shores of Mediterranean islands for his fashion & footwear shoots, Steven chose Leyland to set up his new ambitious venture due to the ease of transport networks and general ease of doing business.

Blink are in the process of converting a divided old mill unit into a state of the art commercial photographic studio. They’ve been pleasantly surprised to find that help was at hand on their doorstep with several local businesses partnering them in creating a working environment from an empty shell.

The major works were carried out by local Leyland company NSI Projects, who specialise in fitting out of empty building shells with mezzanine floors, partitioning, ceilings and shelving systems. Their brief was to create studios, offices and storage areas on top of a mezzanine floor that effectively increased the productive footprint of the building by approximately 20%.

Unfortunately the need for the fit-out coincided with a major foreign assignment that required Steven and his team to relocate to the Balearics for three weeks, tantamount to having the builders in whilst you go on your annual holidays – not without its worry!

Said Steven “the shoot was actually less glamorous than it might have looked, with the client going for a more edgy feel – meaning I was lying in the gutters of Palma, Majorca at all times of day and night trying to get the right shots! Meanwhile, I had a major fit-out going on hundreds of miles away that I couldn’t directly supervise”

“Thankfully, due to the time put in pre-planning with the team at NSI, and their desire to keep me fully informed by e-mail and mobile at every step of the project, I came back to a unit transformed in a very short timescale from an empty unit to one being well on the way to the working space I need. We’re really positive about growing our business from our new Leyland base”.

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Posted by admin on October 4th, 2010 :: Filed under Mezzanine Floors
Tags :: Business, Floors, Install, Leyland, Mezzanine, Shelving, Systems

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