Dexion Anglia Ltd

We have a longstanding relationship with a local food manufacturing customer and were asked to advise on a potential replacement of their existing racking. The original racking had been installed by Dexion Anglia Ltd in 2005, but recently had quite a few bays taped off due to damage & there were signs of corrosion. There was also a H&S protocol brought in by the group that needed to be addressed.

We entered in to discussions about how we would look to replace all of the racking on site and, after some tweaks to the original design, we were awarded the contract.

Having a good understanding of the customers extremely busy operation, and need to continue working, we had quite a few meetings on site and agreed on a tight schedule to complete the works. We also had meetings with the customer and labour team to discuss a way to dismantle and rebuild an aisle at a time – drastically reducing the disruption to the customer. 

There were a few changes to the original design in that, while most of the bays were 6000mm H x 900mm D x 2700mm c/e, there was a need within the Main Warehouse to have a double run of 14no bays at 700mm D to accommodate the Euro pallets they had on site. This allowed the customer to store approx. 250 euro pallets in a dedicated location. While the overall installation afforded them approx. 1,200 pallet locations.

The materials used in this installation was Link 51 APR. There were mesh decking panels to all levels, and rack protection throughout. There was also an element of hot dipped galvanised racking in the freezer and chiller area.

Our engineers were on site for a total of 4 weeks and, while there were a few snags, our contract co-ordinator worked closely with the labour team and the customer to achieve minimal downtime and stay on schedule.