Property Malaysia

by gin soak

3 Situations Where A Business Can Reap The Rewards Of A Mezzanine Floor

Mezzanine floors can be found in the oddest of places these days. When I first heard of mezz flooring a picture of a Greek mosaic sprung to mind. In reality a mezz floor is simply a steel construction above an existing ground floor. The purpose of the mezzanine floor is to create space on a budget.

One place you will find mezzanine flooring is in a factory. The first image I have in mind is on the television series ‘Coronation Street’. In the factory mezzanine flooring is built on the top for extra storage. This is a primary example of how the flooring is used in a factory. With the cost of running a factory, space is at a premium. A mezz floor allows for area for storage, freeing up space for a productive environment.

Mezzanine flooring can also be used for storing every day items. Believe it or not, mezzanine flooring is even used for general commercial storage. You can store archived files or large expensive equipment. Mezzanine flooring has even been used to house sports cars. This is perfectly safe, so long as the predetermined maximum weight is not exceeded. Mezzanine floors are often fitted with lifts to enable to safe loading of equipment.

It isn’t just businesses that do this for themselves as well. Smart entrepreneurs have sussed they can buy warehouses these days on the cheap. Flooring can be placed in a renovation Depending on the size of the warehouse, you can have many separate floors. Potentially you have thousands of square feet of space. Security will be tight with entry by PAC card only. Security guards would be employed 24/7. You can then rent the space out month to month. The costs are minimal due to the cost effectiveness of mezzanine flooring, and they stand to make a large profit.

Mezzanine floors can be used to create extra work space. When you build your floor you can install safety rails to keep people on them safe. When a floor is designed, the maximum loading weight is very carefully calculated. As long as that weight isn’t exceeded, with safety rails the floor is very safe.

So now you know a few uses for mezzanine flooring. They save the hassle of having to move premises or extended your existing location. Value will be added by having the floor installed. So if you have a warehouse or premises, what are you waiting for?

A Mezzanine Floor being erected with a FLT and two Scissor lifts
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by alykat

Read About The Many Benefits Of A Mezzanine Floor And Why Company Owners Are Choosing Them

When I was first asked whether I had heard of Mezzanine Flooring, I went blank. Mezzanine Flooring is essentially, a steel flooring that sits above your existing workspace. Mezzanine floors are commonly used in factories. This allows for a permanent floor without the need to make major renovations.

All businesses need a good storage solution. The more efficient your use of space, the more profitable a company can be.

If you have a cluttered environment it is very difficult to operate as a business efficiently. Employees are in turn effected by their surroundings. This is probably why more and more companies are using mezzanine flooring. Instead of having just one level, you can maximise empty ceiling space.

You will find increased safety from mezzanine flooring. No more files using up space. No cluttered aisels. A floor will give you much more space for your employees to roam freely, without fear of tripping up. From the space you save, you could also add in more desks and people. Forget about the costly aspect of extending or moving office- just add a mezzanine floor!

Mezzanine floors save serious money. In real estate terms, they are a brilliant investment. The cost of moving or extending can seriously hit the bank balance. Mezzanine floors are a snip comparitevly speaking. There arent many products or ideas you can invest in that essentially double the potential of what you already have. Now you might see why mezzanine floors are so popular.

Once you have a floor constructed, the price of your property should increase significantly. You should, at the very least regain the cost of setting the floor up. You are after all, doubling the space of what you already have.

Mezzanine floors make property more saleable. Imagine not making the most of a single floor otherwise. A factory fitted out with a mezzanine floor offers all the advantages mentioned, and thus will attract a wider range of buyers. The potential buyer will be able to see your extra space. You always have the option of adding additional floors as well if the space is available.

Mezzanine floors in the current economic downturn are being used even more. Smart business owners soon see their benefits. Why fork out on new premises, or extend an existing one? A mezzanine floor can give you a cut price solution to gain the same amount of space. And since you get your money back on the investment, and make it more sellable, it is the smart business people that are having mezzanine floors constructed.

by babe_kl

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”.