From a starting point just over six years ago, Bedfordshire-based Workstories — a manufacturer and supplier of office seating, workstations, soft seating and associated accessories — is on target to achieve a turnover of £20 million in the current financial year.
In July, the company moved its warehousing and distribution operation to a new 32,000ft
2 facility in Kempston; it chose Ashford-based System Store Solutions to install the necessary storage capacity, along with a 6,500ft
2 mezzanine floor (
www.systemstore.co.uk).
Workstories operations director Brian Quin said: “Systems Store Solutions was recommended to us by materials-handling specialist UniCarriers.
"From the first meeting, I was impressed by its approach, knowledge and advice, so we never considered going anywhere else for the warehouse and mezzanine installation.
"Thanks to a high level of communication and detailed planning, the project was completed from beginning to sign-off in 11 weeks.”
The warehouse installation consisted of five rows of ‘double deep’ pallet racking with four space pallet locations (three beam levels); this gave Workstories a total of 1,426 available pallet locations, with four gangways for fork-lift access.
The installation also included rack protection barriers and anti-collapse mesh to prevent any possibility of pallets and contents falling onto the mezzanine.
Every aspect of the build complied with the relevant fire rating and building regulations, including the emergency lighting and smoke detection systems.
Mr Quin said: “Given the extent of this project and fit-out, I was extremely impressed and delighted with the final outcome.
"System Store Solutions and all the contractors did a great job for Workstories, and the support and interaction made it stress-free for me. In conclusion, it has been a complete success from start to finish.”