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MAXIMIZING FLOOR SPACE With New & Existing Equipment For Greater Efficiency
The idea was to consolidate into a smaller part of the facility, sell the entire building and then lease back from the new owner only the 350,000 square-foot space ESG needed. This plan also had an aggressive time frame for completion: three months. Pride Equipment, based in Islip, NY, was contracted to manage the project. To get the most from its smaller space, ESG wanted to make better use of the 30-foot ceilings in its Deer Park factory. By transferring mezzanines from the recently vacated portion of the building and installing three new ones, they transformed "free" vertical space into 20,000 square feet of productive floor space. The result is greater space efficiency and lower operating costs.
In the shipping/receiving portion of the plant, a new Schmidt mezzanine was parked back-to-back with an existing mezzanine. Transition plates were then attached between the two structures to create one large, continuous mezzanine. And, since the expanded mezzanine provided another means of egress, a stairwell previously located in the middle of the old structure was removed – further freeing up valuable floor space on the ground level. In the stockroom, an interconnected three-tier mezzanine system was built by matching an existing mezzanine with a moved mezzanine and a new structure from Schmidt. Elevator service allows for forklifts to operate on all three levels as well as the ground floor. Interestingly, Pride Equipment was able to execute the installation without interruption to the daily operations of ESG's parts department. "We had two crews working simultaneously," commented Lew Edwards, Director of the Industrial Division at Pride. "And each crew was doing at least two jobs at once."
ESG also faced some strict, self-imposed safety requirements. Turned stairwells, escape ladders, and spring-loaded gates were all custom designed by Schmidt to meet the company's specifications. In fact, ESG was one of the first customers to receive Schmidt's new WireWall™ partition product. The WireWall panels prevent load spillage and protect employees from falling debris.
For over 32 years, Pride Equipment Corporation has serviced the industrial, construction and movie production industries with the most complete line of lift equipment and aerial platforms. The Industrial Engineering division of Pride provides storage and space solutions in existing facilities and helps customers properly design their expansion efforts. |
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