With today’s skyrocketing warehouse expenses, maximizing the use of your current buildings is essential.

In areas like Ontario, many companies are are not able to find new storage facility space because vacancies are so minimal.

Smart enterprises are taking advantage of the vertical space in their operations by adding an elevated steel platform, or mezzanine, to augment storage capacity and productivity. These platforms enable you to expand your storage and operations skyward, while still using the ground underneath as you would ordinarily.

For organizations that outgrow their production, warehouse or distribution facilities, relocating can be an exceptionally costly and inconvenient proposition. Industrial mezzanines are a somewhat less costly and minimally invasive method of expanding without having to relocate.

From modest storage facilities to massive DCs, warehouse mezzanines can be a great option for all types of businesses. In short order, a mezzanine installation can easily improve your efficiency and deliver a significant ROI. There are many options available, from regular prefabricated mezzanines to custom designed, multi-story steel mezzanines.

Prefab Mezzanine Solutions

Mezzanine warehouse installations are a great choice for leveraging greater storage capacity, but they have the ability to also serve as an excellent vantage point to track safety practices and warehouse productivity.

Industrial platform structures can take many forms, and typical designs often serve several functions. Many times configurations are engineered with mezzanine office modules, allowing offices, breakrooms and conference rooms instead of just storage.

The vast majority of designs can be installed without any structural modification and they can be very easy to assemble and disassemble. They are also not difficult to adjust as business requirements evolve in the future.

In order for workers to access these platforms, mezzanine stairs are included. Common storage setups also include forklift accessible gates. Some solutions also employ vertical reciprocating conveyors (VRC) or mezzanine lift systems to allow product movement on and off the platform.

Industrial Mezzanine Categories

• Freestanding: these systems maximize your floor space and feature simple assembly, modification and disassembly. They also allow unrestricted traffic flow beneath the platform due to their wide span configuration. Structural systems are ideal for component and product storage.
• Rack Supported: “catwalk” or rack supported systems are installed on pallet racking, allowing additional storage above the racking. Pallets are loaded and unloaded via lift truck gates included in the design.
• Shelf supported: for expanding storage of smaller products, shelving supported platforms are often installed above shelving systems. Although not as versatile as rack-supported or freestanding choices, shelf supported configurations can be less costly and easy to implement.

New and Used Mezzanine Systems in Ontario

With a presence across 8 states and 19 branches, Raymond West is one of the biggest mezzanine and racking providers on the West Coast. We feature both new and used mezzanines for all types of applications. Call a material handling expert at Raymond today!

Raymond West
4602 E Brickell St.
Ontario, California 91761
909-930-9399