Protectowire, Pembroke, MA

Protectowire, located in Pembroke, MA,is "the global leading manufacturer of Linear Heat DetectionSystems".  This family run, privateowned company has been doing business for 80 years!

Recently, Protectowire reached out tous since they were looking to gain extra storage space in their facility. Theywere out of floor space and decided to take advantage of the available airspace in their warehouse.

Because the slab at the location wasless than ideal, the mezzanine would need to be customized to minimize the needfor footings. Additionally, since the mezzanine would be butting up againstexisting walls, it would need to be designed to work around severalobstructions.

As always, we were ready for the challenge!

Working closely with the customer, we came up with a design for anapproximately 2,600 square foot storage mezzanine. After performing a slabanalysis, we realized this mezzanine would need some extra engineering tospread the load adequately and avoid multiple footings.

Working closely with the manufacturer’s engineering team, we cameup with a design that would require just one footing. In order to provide completeturnkey services, we managed all of the slab and footing work for the project.

Additionally, the mezzanine was designed to match heights with anexisting mezzanine deck, in order to provide a seamless flow from old to new.The color red was also chosen to match the existing branding colors of theirwarehouse.

Once the mezzanine was ready for shipment, we coordinated theinstallation with our local installation team. The mezzanine was installed asplanned, and on time, with minimum interruption to operations.