How to Save Costs in Mezzanine Floor Construction (Without Compromising Quality)

Reviewed by David Newall

If your business is running out of available space to work efficiently, mezzanine floors are the simplest way to instantly double the floor space in your existing area.

Mezzanine floors offer a huge number of benefits, one being that they already represent a cost-effective solution to your space dilemmas. But if you're concerned about the costs involved and you're looking to build your new structure within a tight budget, AWS is here to help.

Let's explore the main considerations you need to take to keep the cost of your mezzanine project down without compromising quality, functionality or safety.

What Makes Mezzanine Floors a Cost-Effective Solution?

Businesses with space constraints should consider a mezzanine project a strategic investment to improve business growth. Not only does this semi-permanent structure add value to the warehouse space, but it's also an opportunity to streamline operations and increase productivity, enabling your business to generate higher profits.

A key advantage of a mezzanine floor is that it dramatically boosts usable floor space for manufacturing facilities, storage areas, office space and retail stores whilst offering a better ROI than alternatives such as moving to a new warehouse or undertaking an expensive and time-consuming expansion project.

Cost-effective mezzanines are flexible enough to meet your business's unique and changing needs, turning space you have already paid for into productive work areas.

How To Save Money When Designing a Mezzanine Floor

If you're facing budget constraints, be upfront about what you can afford with the mezzanine manufacturer so that they can come up with a cost-effective solution whilst still meeting the required building regulations and safety features.

Tip 1: Work closely with the manufacturer

Steel structures like mezzanines are designed in a grid pattern that helps to distribute stress across the structure. By working closely with the manufacturer, you can decide the optimal placement of steel columns for functionality whilst ensuring structural integrity, saving you on construction costs.

Tip 2: Consider the size and layout of your mezzanine

The layout and location of the mezzanine within your warehouse space should also be optimised to ensure the best use of space. Otherwise, you may be paying for a larger structure than you require.

The height of your mezzanine level is also key. Higher mezzanines will require larger staircases with landings, therefore increasing the cost. Place the floor level at the minimum height to further reduce costs and consider how many access points are necessary to optimise workflow. Once again, more access points mean higher construction costs.

Tip 3: Think about how the mezzanine will be used

The last factor to save costs in mezzanine floor construction is how the new space will be used.

Maximum load requirements are a key concern for a new mezzanine floor but overestimating your requirements is a common reason for construction costs to be higher than they need to be.

Consider if the additional space is best used as an office space or storage space because built-in office mezzanines can be more expensive to construct than open-plan spaces.

You can read more about 'How to choose the best industrial mezzanine floor design' here.

How Your Choice of Mezzanine Materials Can Help You Save

When looking to maximise the use of vertical space with an elevated platform within your existing structure, there are ways to save throughout the entire process. The choice of materials can dramatically cut the cost of a mezzanine floor but you must ensure that load requirements and safety standards are still being met. Strong and durable steel is an ideal choice when the mezzanine floor will be used for heavy loads.

Don't Forget to Measure the Mezzanine's Impact

Mezzanines are flexible. As semi-permanent structures, they can move with you to new premises and they can be added upon as your business grows. Therefore, it's a worthwhile exercise to measure the impact a mezzanine floor has on your business. Calculate your ROI by comparing construction costs, cost savings and revenue and use analytics to identify where your mezzanine floor design can be optimised.

Find an Economical Mezzanine Storage Solution at AWS

At Advanced Warehouse Structures, we can work with you to design a mezzanine floor space that is customised to your specific needs, giving you increased storage capacity within your budget. We even offer prefabricated mezzanine floor kits with different storage classes for your requirements.

Frequently Asked Questions

How expensive is it to build a mezzanine?

The cost of a mezzanine floor level depends on its size and layout, the materials it's made of and the load it's designed to carry. At AWS, we customise our mezzanines so it's difficult to say exactly how much they cost to build. Contact us for a free design and quote.

Are mezzanine floor costs worth it?

Mezzanine floors can double or triple the usable floor space of commercial spaces, so they quickly pay for themselves by increasing workspace and storage capacity and boosting productivity and workflow.

How much does a mezzanine kit cost?

A high-quality, free-standing mezzanine floor kit by AWS ranges in price from $13,000-$100,000+.