Take a bow Alba surveyors..!

Alba Systems has just completed a large 800m2 mezzanine in Hawick in the Scottish borders for one of our distributors in a large factory that manufactures plastic cables. The challenge on this project was the fixed machinery that runs 24/7 could not be moved and had to stay operational. Add to this that hardly two of the lines of machinery were in the same line and size of equipment varied, every mezzanine column had to be in a specific place on the factory floor. It felt as if it took as long to survey this site as it did to physically erect the structure but after 4 weeks on site the customer has a new 800m2 of additional floor space with no disruption to the their daily operation.

A new addition to the Ayrshire Skyline

 Have you ever wondered how they install the wind turbines you see popping up
all over the place? 

Prontoport in Kilmarnock have just installed a turbine training tower to
train the personnel that install the turbines on location. 

Prontoport approached Alba Systems to see if we could manufacture an 18M
high tower outside to enable them to provide the training for this type of
installation. 

Although this is slightly outside our standard scope of works we agreed to
design and manufacture the tower and this was completed at the start of the
year. 

The construction is all galvanised mild steel designed to cope with the
elements of standing 18M high in the west of Scotland. 

Again this demonstrates Alba Systems flexibility and enthusiasm to take on a
challenge. 

If you're looking for a bespkoke structure contact Alba Systems today for
free expert advice. 

It's all about the survey!

One of the most important things to get right when buying a mezzanine floor is to get the site survey correct. 

Some sites are more complex than others, this is where Alba comes into its own. 

We have just finished a 700m2 platform for a Glasgow based distributor, who asked for our expertise in building a mezzanine floor above a very busy car parts warehouse. The challenge on this site was the existing ground floor shelving was full of parts and was all different types and size of bays and weren't running in straight lines. 

Alba design team spent a day on site surveying the site plotting all the hundreds of shelving units to ensure the team on site had no clashes when erecting the steelwork. 

Alba installed this mezzanine out of hours meaning the customer has zero disruption to their daily operation. 

If you would like to see if Alba can achieve what seems impossible in your premises give us a call to discuss your requirements or we can come and meet you at your premises. 

Boom! 15 tonne truck lands on Q-DEK mezzanine

Alba Systems were appointed by one of its main distributors to provide a 900m2 mezzanine floor to provide the main pedestrian area in Scotland's first indoor trampoline centre. 

The platform is only 1.2m high to match the surrounding trampoline beds the lowest floor we have ever installed. 

A central spine capable of accepting a 15 tonne boom lift was installed to allow access to the lighting etc for maintenance. 

Airspace opens in East Kilbride on the 2nd December 2014

Atriums are a waste of Space...

Alba Systems don't like atriums, lets be honest they look good but they are using up valuable space.

Thankfully a large Scottish college had they same opinion, when they had been in their award winning new building for a few years they realised they could have more classroom space if they could fill in the void. Having installed several mezzanine floors previously in the building they contacted Alba Systems again to see if the proposal was feasible. 
Access to the area was a challenge in the fact the only way to get material to the area was up a large set of stairs.

Alba met the challenge head on and the result was a new classroom turning the glass atrium into a 2 storey glass fronted useable area. If you need to use your space better give Alba a call to discuss we are here to help.

We do small too!

Alba Systems have installed some very large projects recently, but just remember we will look at any size of project just like this dinky little floor installed recently in Aberdeen for an oil industry customer.  For more information on Alba Mezzanine floors have a look on our website or have a look at our Yell.com page and view our video. 

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Keep it Open!

Following on from the successful fit out of a mezzanine floor for the prestigious Kitchen supplier Ashley Ann Kitchens at their Wick head office and manufacturing centre, they discovered they had a space requirement in their Stirling Hub.

Alba was contacted again to advise on the best solution to help clear space on the floor area that they arranger orders of kitchen units for dispatch. The first photo below shows how congested the floor space was before Alba got to work. The best solution on this occasion was to provide an openwork floor which allows you to maximise the area of mezzanine within the building without having the expense of fire rating the structure. The open steel grating supplied had small enough apertures to allow a pallet truck to be used on the top level. Alba installed a Q-Dek mezzanine open deck to 3/4 of the building giving the customer an entire new upper level to be used as storage.

If you could benefit from Alba's unrivalled advice (Remember its free) please contact us to arrange a visit or call us for an informal chat.