Different businesses have different needs. And because of that, different businesses have different operational setups, including how their office is set up.

For businesses that have a warehouse, there are even more options when it comes to operations. Some warehouse based businesses have a separate dedicated office area that may be attached to the warehouse or even offsite. Other’s require an office within in the warehouse; this can be a small area of the warehouse or an enclosed space in the warehouse itself. Other businesses have a combination of this. For a lot of businesses, they may have a dedicated office where customer service and accounts team work while the warehouse may have a small office for logistics and organising.

As mentioned, for a warehouse based office, there are a lot of options.

One of these options is a mezzanine office in a warehouse. This is exactly what it sounds like. Warehouse mezzanines can be used for a lot of things, and one of these things is an office. When customers come and speak to us about a warehouse mezzanine, they often want it for storage or to create another working area for warehouse staff. However, often times, it’s more efficient to move an office area to the mezzanine and use the space saved for something else.

All in all, that’s the benefit of having a mezzanine office in a warehouse.

Although using a mezzanine for storage or other warehouse operations can be beneficial, one drawback of this is that the goods stored on the mezzanine are now at height, and there’s a logistical burden of getting them down. This can be done with a forklift, conveyors, or just with warehouse workers but there may be an inefficiency here. An office, on the other hand, has less movement of people up and down. Office workers get to their desk and they stay there.

Meanwhile, important warehouse floorspace is saved and can be used for something that is better suited to ground level.

This is all about general warehouse optimisation. There are circumstances where it’s more convenient to use a mezzanine for storage, but much of the time it’s best to keep storage at ground level if possible, with operational elements like offices above ground on a mezzanine.

Other ways a mezzanine office can be used is by creating a second level to a warehouse office. Mezzanines work well as semi-permanent structures because they’re self supporting and don’t need to be attached to the base structure, making them easy to remove at the end of a lease during make good time. In this way, an office can be constructed on the ground floor, with a mezzanine built above it house more office space. This is a perfect way to create a large office area in a warehouse without taking up too much valuable storage space.

If you’re looking at expanding the office space in your warehouse, speak to us as soon as possible. We’re happy to advise on options available.