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Successful Installation: Heavy-Duty Steel Mezzanine Platform Racking for UK E-commerce & FMCG Warehouse -Nanjing Peter

2026-06-04

Client Background:

Established in 2008, Greenfield Logistics Ltd is a well-known third-party logistics provider settled in Manchester Trafford Park, UK, specializing in FMCG stock storage, e-commerce order picking and nationwide distribution for UK local supermarket chains and online retail brands. By early 2025, the firm faced severe warehouse space shortage: their 3,200㎡ single-story warehouse reached full stock saturation, daily inbound pallet cargo kept rising with peak holiday season coming, while factory reconstruction and new warehouse leasing would cost over 35% extra annual operating expense and need 3–5 months vacant period, which could not match their fast-growing order volume. After comparing multiple domestic UK racking suppliers, Greenfield chose our company to customize full-set rack-supported steel mezzanine platform solution for vertical space upgrading.

Project Design & Core Technical Parameters:

We completed on-site survey, structural calculation and UK building regulation compliance design within 7 working days in accordance with UK Part B fire safety standard and local industrial storage load specification. The whole mezzanine covers total usable area of 1,420㎡, single-layer platform height set at 3.65m, rated uniform floor load capacity 500kg per square meter for daily carton picking and pallet temporary storage. The platform adopts rack-supported integrated structure, using standard bolted selective pallet rack uprights plus welded step beams (your core hot-selling welded step beam products) as main load-bearing frame instead of independent heavy steel columns, which greatly saves ground aisle space and reserves full forklift access on ground floor. Ground floor is equipped with standard selective pallet racking for bulk palletized finished goods storage; upper mezzanine floor lays anti-slip high-density particle board decking, matched with 1100mm-height yellow powder-coated safety guardrails, two sets of dual-flight industrial anti-slip steel staircases and 2 automatic safety pallet drop gates for forklift pallet loading/unloading from ground to upper floor. All steel components go through pickling, phosphating and electrostatic epoxy powder coating to resist UK humid industrial warehouse corrosion, fully pass UK local third-party load test and fire rating inspection before delivery.

Production, Shipment & On-site Installation:

All structural steel frames, uprights, welded step beams, platform deck accessories were finished production within 22 working days at our factory, loaded into 4×40HQ containers and shipped to Liverpool Port then inland trucked to Manchester warehouse smoothly. Our professional overseas installation team arrived on-site, split construction into 3 phases to avoid full warehouse shutdown and stop client’s normal daily warehousing operation; total on-site assembly and installation took only 18 calendar days and finished ahead of pre-agreed delivery deadline.

Post-installation Operational Benefits & Client Feedback:

After official acceptance, Greenfield Logistics gained an extra 1,420㎡ usable storage area without expanding original warehouse building or changing factory exterior structure, effectively lifting overall warehouse storage capacity by nearly 52%. Ground floor bulk pallet storage plus upper mezzanine small-batch SKU picking layout optimized internal material circulation route, average daily order picking efficiency improved by around 38%, annual warehouse rent and factory expansion cost saved more than £78,000. In mid-year follow-up email, the client commented our mezzanine solution cost-effective, stable load performance and full compliance with UK industrial safety codes, and signed a repeat order of 960㎡ secondary small mezzanine expansion project for their Leeds branch warehouse in the third quarter of 2025, also introducing 3 local UK logistics partners to consult our steel platform and pallet racking solutions. This mature UK installation case has become our typical European mezzanine rack reference project for new customer development.

Pallet Storage Rack

VNA Pallet Rack

Double Deep Pallet Rack

Teardrop Pallet Rack

Selective Pallet Rack

Medium Duty Shelving

Light Duty Shelving

Radio Shuttle Rack

Cantilever Rack

Mezzanine Platform

Drive In Racking

Push Back Racking

Electric Mobile Racking

Gravity Racking

AS/RS System

Stacking Rack

Wire Container

Mould Storage Rack

Carton Flow Rack

Rack Accessories

Steel Pallet

Wire Mesh Decking

Rack Protectors

Pallet Storage Rack

VNA Pallet Rack

Double Deep Pallet Rack

Teardrop Pallet Rack

Selective Pallet Rack

Medium Duty Shelving

Light Duty Shelving

Radio Shuttle Rack

Cantilever Rack

Mezzanine Platform

Drive In Racking

Push Back Racking

Electric Mobile Racking

Gravity Racking

AS/RS System

Stacking Rack

Wire Container

Mould Storage Rack

Carton Flow Rack

Rack Accessories

Steel Pallet

Wire Mesh Decking

Rack Protectors

Successful Installation: Heavy-Duty Steel Mezzanine Platform Racking for UK E-commerce & FMCG Warehouse -Nanjing Peter

Successful Installation: Heavy-Duty Steel Mezzanine Platform Racking for UK E-commerce & FMCG Warehouse -Nanjing Peter