Friday, 11 March 2011

What Are The Disadvantages Of Not Taking Advantage Of A Mezzanine Floor

By Effie Acosta


Efficiency is today a must for success in the world of business. Maximizing on the resources available to you and your business will help you remain competitive. Around the world, organizations are having multiple roles within them. Twenty four hour operations as well as diversification are widely being adopted by many businesses. All this is in an effort to maximize output while minimizing costs.

Being a precious resource means that office space must be efficiently utilized. Rent paid must be justified by productively using every inch of space you have. Mezzanine floors have for this reason become a more popular option in making use of previously unused and open spaces. The mezzanine floor that is put up can be used for any number of purposes. You can use the additional space for increasing operation capacity, security monitoring, meetings, storage or other purposes as may be needed by your business. Businesses that refuse to modernize cannot survive with wasted resources and high costs.

The alternative to mezzanine flooring for a business is to look for more office space to let. The options here include getting more space in the building currently housing the business or at a secondary location. The result will be an increase in rent regardless of the option chosen. Getting more space off site will actually have an extra cost since there will be transport involved when commuting to and from the head office. These options cannot compare with mezzanine flooring which has a one off cost.

Businesses may outgrow their offices but that will not always mean that they can afford higher rent for the extra space they need. Mezzanine floors are a great solution in such situations. The growth of your business will severely suffer if you chose not to take this option. Office capacity can be increased significantly without a comparable increase in operation costs by simply putting up a mezzanine floor. Investors and financiers assessing your business will often be impressed by those who have made the best use of their office space. Do not expect the bank to give you money for more office space when the one you already have is underutilized.

Moving your business from one location to another can be an expensive affair. You should expect interruption of normal operations before and even after relocation due to the many adjustments expected following the process. There is also a possibility that some of your current clients may not appreciate your new location and you could end up loosing the. Before you decide to move your business as a result of needing more space, consider putting up a mezzanine floor. On average the cost of your mezzanine floor will be recovered in fifteen to twenty months. Choosing to move your business may cost your business in ways that you may never recover from especially if the new site is not as lucrative as the original one.




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