Spaceway fits out Respironics' distribution centre

A Spaceway Group product story

Edited by the Interiorstalk editorial team Feb 3, 2010

Spaceway Group has fitted out Respironics' 45,000ft2 (4,180m2) distribution centre in Tangmere, Chichester.

The new distribution centre provides Respironics with additional space for its expanding product range and includes functional office accommodation for its warehouse and despatch personnel.

The offices have been constructed using steel-faced industrial partitioning and ceilings and finished with floor coverings, recessed modular light fittings and skirting trunking for telecommunications and computer outlets.

Fitted out by Spaceway following a competitive tender, the centre is designed to provide Respironics with an efficient infrastructure to respond quickly to customer demand.

Part of the company's new 90,000ft2 purpose-built UK headquarters, the move to Chichester follows the acquisition of Profile Therapeutics in 2004.

The new facility will enable Respironics, a provider of solutions for the sleep and respiratory markets, to expand its presence in key markets and enhance the services and products that it offers.

Spaceway's design team prepared detailed computer-aided-design drawings to maximise the space available and provide Respironics with a streamlined system to handle products.

This included the installation of a Flooritall mezzanine floor to provide support for the office construction.

The offices were constructed using the latest steel-faced industrial partitioning and ceilings and finished with floor coverings, recessed modular light fittings and skirting trunking for telecommunications and computer outlets.

To accommodate a range of pallet sizes and fast- and slower-moving product lines, Spaceway decked all levels and installed a range of racking and shelving.

High-bay pallet racking was installed to create more than 2,000 pallet locations and to enable Respironics to store a variety of pallet sizes.

The picking area was fitted out to accommodate 2,400 locations, with Longspan racking used for the slower-moving products and carton live racking for the faster-moving lines.

Existing push-back racking was dismantled and then reinstalled in the new premises and mesh partitioning installed around the perimeter edge as an additional pedestrian safety feature.

An integral conveyor system was built into the design to transport the picked items to the packaging and despatch area.

Anti-collapse mesh has been fitted to the pallet racking in areas where there is extensive pedestrian activity as an additional safety feature.