Complete Design & Build Mezzanine With Building Controls Mailing Distribution Centre, Gloucestershire Mezzanines

When this company decided to set up an in-house mail distribution centre with new collating mail-sort machines, it started with an empty shell industrial unit with only disabled toilet facilities installed.

Advantage offered a complete design and build solution, liaising with Building control regarding ‘means of escape’ and fire protected route, comprising the following elements:

• Storage mezzanine floor with a wide column span and up and over pallet safety gate
• One hour fire protection to the mezzanine
• Two staircases with the ambulant stairs designed with plain timber treads and risers for carpeting and handrail
• Taped and jointed stud partitions with suspended ceilings
• Bulkhead ceiling aperture to maximise borrowed natural light
• Server room with ventilation
• Rest Area complete with kitchen units and plumbing
• Additional toilet facilities, connecting into the existing disabled toilet
• Floor covering comprising both carpet tiles and ‘Polyflor’ vinyl
• All electrical services including general and emergency lighting, data cabling, power and smoke detection