Larsson UK is business to business trade only motorcycle parts supplier based in Corby, serving franchise dealers to small one person workshops all over the UK and Ireland. With their current warehouse running out of space the business was finding it hard to keep up with the increase of orders. They took on an additional unit next door which effectively doubled their floor space area.To make this new space stretch even further Larssons investigated having a mezzanine floor installed.

Larssons wanted to maximise their new space as much as possible in order to increase their stock levels and ultimately enable them to fulfil orders for their customers quicker. In line with a mezzanine floor they were also investigating workflow efficiencies with having their high turnover goods stored on the ground floor.

It was important that goods could be lifted onto the mezzanine floor by means of a pallet gate at the entrance of the unit, next to the roller shutter door for goods in, and the floor design would need to accommodate the racking weights that would be installed upon it. The column span for the new mezzanine floor also needed to accommodate the racking design underneath the first floor deck.

After approaching several companies, Larssons appointed Cubex Contracts because they wanted a contractor who could manage the whole project from start to finish, including the building regulation procedures and install the necessary fire protection. Cubex offer a full turnkey service and are accredited with three of the member organisations within the Safety Schemes in Procurement body and were, therefore, able to act as Principle Contractor for this project, which is exactly what the customer wanted!

There was a lot of preparation involved during the design stage of the project due to a) the slab weight restrictions on the concrete floor of the new unit and b) designing the column grid around the requirements of the racking design underneath the mezzanine, as well as the weight allowances for goods to be stored on the mezzanine deck above. We included bigger base plates on the column to deal with the subsoil bearing pressure issues and ensured the column grid met the requirements of the building regulations, yet still gave the customer as much un-interrupted space as possible.

The customer was delighted with the end result and told us that the new two tier mezzanine will now allow them to stay in the building for anywhere from 5 to 10 more years meaning there is no immediate need to go through the hassle of moving their UK operation. From a long term perspective they are now able to fulfil their customers demands almost immediately with a much higher level of stock being held and this alone has helped Larssons become one of the biggest motorcycle parts distributors in the UK.