Avanta Create 40,000 Pallet Locations for Global Retailer of Apparel and Home Fashions

Avanta UK successfully tendered for and completed a large-scale pallet racking project for one of the World’s leading “off price” retailers of fashion and homewares.

The client acquired a newly built 450,000 circa square foot warehouse in the North West, specifically to store palletised goods to service a growing network of stores and resellers.

Avanta UK were invited to take part in an extremely competitive tender process and successfully satisfied the strict criteria set out against large European manufacturers of racking systems.

The project size and length of programme meant that Avanta functioned as Principal Contractor. This means, there is a single point of contact coordinating multiple contractors on site. This saves time, effort, and money in managing multiple teams on behalf of the client.

Avanta Undertook the site management of all other trades, from sprinkler works to M&E contractors. This approach not only allows for better communication between trades and therefore a smoother, economic, and quicker installation. It also allowed for design adjustments to be made quickly and efficiently as works progressed.

Avanta looked after all the Health & Safety and having all the relevant accreditations and levels of insurance gave the client ultimate peace of mind.

The pallet racking, designed in a wide aisle configuration giving the client 40,000 UK sized pallets. With heights up to 15m high, there is circa 2400 heavy-duty frames stood and circa 35,000 2700 mm pallet racking beams in this project.

Anti-collapse mesh is secured to all single runs of racking within the scheme. With the racking & mesh extending above the highest pallet, to ensure maximum protection.

In addition to the pallet racking, Avanta designed and supplied steel decks with smoke baffles, sprinkler brackets and rack protection products. Prior to the contract award, Sample bays were supplied and set up on site with various deck options. This allowed the client and associated parties to choose which option they felt was best for the application.

Avanta Comment – “A really satisfying project for Avanta. We ran an efficient installation in a clean and clear site. This contributed towards finishing the project on time and on budget. This was a hard-fought contract win against a selection of the world’s largest pallet racking manufacturers who were quoting directly.”