Over 30,000 Box Locations Created for Top Retailer

As part of a wider project, Avanta UK has been awarded and fulfilled a contract to supply, deliver and install a large quantity of Longspan Shelving for one of the UK’s leading multi-channel retailers.

The top floor of a recent multi-level mezzanine floor project undertaken by Avanta was to be specifically used for box storage and associated picking.

The Longspan Shelving system proposed is designed to store the popular box size 400mm high x 300mm wide x 600mm depth known as a BDC (Bulk Distribution Carton) and this project gave the client 32,688 full height BDC locations.

The total of 454no bays measured 3300mm (H) x 1200mm (W) x 1850mm (W) with each bay storing 72 boxes.

The beams are a ‘Z’ shaped profile to accept an inset mesh deck that has an integral divider to prevent boxes being pushed out. The snug fit of the mesh also helps prevent accidental lifting of the deck level when picking a full box or from the box. Another advantage of the ‘Z’ Shaped beam is for the labels to be inserted.

The frames are of an extended height to accept the 5 levels but to also self-support the PIR aisle lighting and additional services as required.

Avanta UK Ltd acted as principal contractor on this project taking full responsibility for CDM of the work areas.

The shelving element of the project took 4 weeks to install.