Raising the roof – Avocet Hardware When Redirack completed the installation of a narrow aisle, high bay scheme at Avocet Hardware’s National Distribution Centre the project was unusual because the company wanted to significantly increase its bulk storage capacity without increasing the floor space of the existing warehouse. The site, in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, is located on a peninsula between the Calder River and the Calder and Hebble canal and cannot be extended. The only option, therefore, was to literally go through the roof! As you would expect from a company that has won a CBI ‘Fit For the Future’ award, Avocet Hardware’s success is due to the way it plans its growth strategy and constantly reviews the infrastructure required to support it. As a major supplier to the DIY indu

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