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Industry Stories: 7 ways steel fabrication solves warehousing & logistics industry challenges
C&C Fabrications, 04 August 2025
- We share our insight into how steel fabrication from C&C supports the warehousing and logistics industry, locally and nationwide.
- The warehousing and logistics industry uses steel-based solutions for their durability and strength.
- From mezzanine floors to safety barriers and railings, C&C’s expertise in steel fabrication can support your business to ensure your warehouse and logistics operations stay on track.
At C&C Fabrications, we understand the unique pressures the warehousing & logistics industry faces, and we can provide the steel fabrication solutions to deliver practical, scalable support.
As the industry expands with the growth of eCommerce increasing demand by 50%, tighter delivery windows, and rising operational costs, space, adaptability, and efficiency are now becoming a challenge for many of our customers in the industry.
From maximising storage capacity to improving compliance and adaptability, we share how bespoke steel fabrication from C&C is reshaping modern warehousing for our customers in the industry.
1. Maximising space
For many of our customers underused vertical space and inefficient layouts lead to overcrowding and wasted potential for their warehousing facilities. Mezzanine floors are custom-built to your space, to meet your business’ exact needs and can also maximise every square metre of warehousing space.
The impact:
- Warehouses using mezzanine systems report up to 50% more usable space.
2. Strength & suitability
Off-the-shelf infrastructure can often fail under pressure and lead to increased downtimes for businesses. By choosing a custom steel solution from C&C, your business can trust that our high-quality manufacturing will continue you to support your business in the long-term. Bespoke load-bearing structures are fabricated for high-traffic, heavy-duty environments. Steel’s tensile strength ensures longevity and reduced downtime for your business.
The impact:
- Steel mezzanines now take up a larger market share, thanks to their superior strength and versatility.
3. Adaptability on demand
Warehouses often must evolve quickly to meet the demands of shifting inventory, seasonal spikes, or new automation technology.
Steel warehousing frameworks can be reconfigured or relocated quickly, and fast fabrication and installation minimises downtime when compared to traditional construction.
The impact:
- Mezzanine racking systems being installed has increased 45% recently, with companies reducing expansion costs by up to 25% by choosing longwearing materials like steel.
4. Minimising downtime
Unplanned downtime from equipment failure or upgrades can paralyse operations in the warehousing and logistics industry. Replacement parts, structural supports, or entire platforms often need producing, to ensure limited downtime within the warehouse. At C&C, we can provide the support your business needs, as part of our end-to-end services and keep you informed at each stage of the process.
The impact:
- In 2017 it was found that downtime costs UK manufacturing companies £180 billion per year, this can be drastically reduced by ensuring there are long-lasting steel structures and platforms accessible to maintain machinery year-round.
5. Safety & compliance
Non-compliant infrastructure increases risk and can halt operations within the industry. We can create safety first designs including guard rails, secure walkways, and protective barriers to make sure your business remains compliant with structures manufactured to meet or exceed HSE and fire safety standards.
The impact:
- Steel fabrication can reduce risk and support a safer working environment, with designs optimised for worker comfort and compliancy with workplace safety regulations.
6. Energy efficiency & sustainability
Poor energy efficiency creates high energy costs and carbon emissions for businesses in the warehousing and logistics industry. Steel is also recyclable and supports net-zero goals through sustainable sourcing.
The impact:
- Without energy efficient steel solutions, warehouses can have a poorer energy efficiency which can lead to increased costs for your business to manage a higher carbon footprint.
7. Local, reliable, consistent
Overseas supply chains create delays, quality issues, and missed project deadlines. UK-based steel fabrication solutions from C&C allows your business to trust in its quality control, with a faster turnaround to suit the needs of your project.
Our end-to-end, one stop shop services can provide the support your business needs on its steel fabrication projects, so you can trust the solution is suited to your business.
The impact:
- Choosing a steel fabricator with a one-stop shop approach can lead to a shorter turnaround time for your steel solutions and lower costs without the additional headache of transporting components between service providers such as powder coaters.
Ready to optimise your warehouse & logistics space? Get in touch
Steel fabrication is no longer a back-end consideration, it’s a strategy that’s helping the warehousing and logistics industry to grow, increase efficiencies, and increase resilience, for the industry’s long-term future.
Talk to our team today to discuss custom racking, or mezzanine floors fabricated in the UK for your warehousing & logistics business.
