The modern warehouse and storage facility are all about one thing: Efficiency. Warehouse managers and owners are always looking for the next piece of equipment or technique to make their warehouses or storage facilities more efficient. This makes plenty of sense, the more efficient a warehouse is, the easier it is to make money. If you are starting your own warehouse, taking over management of your warehouse, or just looking for new ways to increase the efficiency of your warehouse, you should know about warehouse mezzanines. Let’s review what warehouse mezzanines are, as well as the benefits they offer to help you decide if a mezzanine is right for your warehouse.
What is a Warehouse Mezzanine?
A warehouse mezzanine is an elevated space or platform between the floor and ceiling of the warehouse used in warehouses to help increase storage density and square footage. Warehouse mezzanines can be temporary, permanent, stationary, or movable depending on your warehouse’s needs.
Warehouse mezzanines are constructed from many different materials. A mezzanine can be constructed of wood, steel, hard plastics, and can even be outfitted with a concrete bottom to become a semi-permanent structure for the entire warehouse.
Benefits of a Warehouse Mezzanine
The primary benefit of a warehouse mezzanine is to increase the workable or usable space in your warehouse without utilizing all available square footage on your warehouse floor. The warehouse mezzanine takes advantage of the free vertical space that’s available from the floor to the ceiling and turns it into usable square feet.
If you need more usable space in your current house, but don’t want to move to a new facility, you can double down on your current space by creating one or several mezzanines. How you use mezzanines will be
determined by your warehouse’s needs, available space, and available resources.
Buy or sell warehouse mezzanines
If you’re ready to install a mezzanine into your warehouse or storage facility, the best place to start is with a storage solutions service. A warehouse or storage solution companies can review the space you currently have and make suggestions on what kind of mezzanines you can install to better increase your working space and efficiency.
An efficient warehouse is a warehouse that is making money. If you need to make more space in your current warehouse, talk to a storage solutions expert about having a mezzanine installed in your own warehouse.
Ted Hodges - CEO & Founder
Ted Hodges is the Founder and CEO of Conesco Storage Systems, a company he started in 1986 to provide turnkey warehousing products and services, including the repurposing of quality, used material handling equipment. With over 40 employees across the country, Ted and his team serve customers of all sizes throughout the different stages of the warehousing lifecycle.
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“I’ve worked with Conesco over 20 years at three different companies. I continue to work with them because they deliver on what they say, they hit timelines, and when problems arise, they address it head on with multiple solutions.”
Warehousing, 3PL, & National Retail Companies
“In a project that had many moving parts and a very tight timeline for us to be out of the facility, Conesco’s focus and drive to deliver was impressive. We are glad we we chose to work with them and consider them our go to resource in the material handling world.”
Global eCommerce Company
“I’ve worked with Conesco over 20 years at three different companies. I continue to work with them because they deliver on what they say, they hit timelines, and when problems arise, they address it head on with multiple solutions.”
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