Hadley Group help Mezzanine International Group meet major sporting challenge
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November 9, 2018
The construction of a massive new warehousing facility in Northampton has involved Hadley Group supplying unusually large quantities of its UltraMezz components to long-term customer Mezzanine International, with Hadley Group also supporting the successful erection programme throughout.
The two-tier mezzanine structure will provide Decathlon Distribution – a German-based sports goods supplier – with some 17,000m2 of space for storage and racking; and is the latest landmark project undertaken by the mezzanine flooring supplier and manufacturer during an eight-year relationship.
Kent-based Mezzanine International, which is active throughout the multi-channel retail, E-fulfilment, office development and other sectors, first tendered to Decathlon’s construction arm, ABK, for the contract in December 2016. Hadley Group responded to the scale of the work with a competitive price and reacted immediately when the work was awarded earlier this summer.
Beginning during the first week of August, Hadley Group has made weekly deliveries to the site on Thomas Dascher Way, keeping Mezzanine International’s team of two supervisors and up to 15 sub-contract operatives supplied with C-section joists, cleats and other custom formed components.
The project manager for Mezzanine International, Andy Parsons, commented: “This is a very large two-tier mezzanine, which has been designed and tendered for using Hadley Group’s dedicated DesignSuite Pro software package. The company also offered us an attractive volume discount to assist in our bid. Furthermore, the regularity of the design – on a 5.0 x 5.4 metre grid – means there is a minimal list of components required, but we are still taking a delivery of three lorry loads from Hadley Group’s Midland premises every week.”
DesignSuite Pro is an intuitive and customisable software package that supports the design and specification of projects based on Hadley Group’s UltraZed purlins and UltraBeam side rails and floor beams making project planning and specifying easier than ever before.
“The mezzanine rises 4.2m to the first level and 8.4m to the second. A big advantage of using the C-section joists is that our installers can hang them on the cleats as they bolt them up. Everything is rolled to order and pre-punched as necessary for fixings. Progress has been very good and we are expecting to complete two weeks ahead of schedule on a ten week programme,” Andy Parsons continued.
While similar mezzanines would normally be completed with the application of an intumescent paint system and non-combustible boarding beneath the decking, the Decathlon Distribution vinyl-coated decking construction and its conveyor belts are to be protected with a full sprinkler system.
