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CASE STUDY

Derby - 2025
Rackway project.

Former Ted Baker distribution centre strip-out carried out from February to April 2025.

Derby - 2025
2025 PROJECT

Project scale.
Delivered.

Rackway’s largest mezzanine project to date, involving a former distribution centre and a very large volume of storage equipment.

The programme ran from February through April 2025, with Rackway coordinating the dismantling and removal of mezzanine, pallet racking and shelving across the site.

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46,000 m² of mezzanine1,000 bays of pallet racking2,000 bays of shelving
WHY RACKWAY

Practical warehouse work.
One team.

Rackway’s current site positions the business around buying and selling storage equipment, safe removals, stock availability and a straightforward approach to getting projects completed.

01One team

Buy, sell, remove, clear and plan with one Rackway team rather than passing the job between multiple suppliers.

02Practical experience

Rackway’s published work covers everything from smaller storage jobs to major high-bay and mezzanine strip-outs.

03Stock and reuse

Used racking and storage equipment can move from clearance projects back into useful stock for future customers.

04Nationwide capability

Rackway combines its Reigate base and local contact points with project work across the UK.

RECENT RACKWAY WORK

Projects that show
the scale.

A few examples from Rackway’s published case-study archive, covering high-bay pallet racking, mezzanine floors, shelving and large strip-outs.

USEFUL NEXT STEPS

Buying, selling
or clearing?

Move directly to the part of Rackway that matches what you need to do next.

Buy used racking

Browse the buying guide, understand common racking components and start a stock enquiry.

Buy racking →
Sell / remove racking

Send photos and site details for equipment you want Rackway to value, dismantle or remove.

Racking removal →
Warehouse clearance

Talk through a larger clearance involving storage equipment, plant, access and programme constraints.

Warehouse clearance →
COMMON QUESTIONS

Useful answers.
Before you call.

Quick answers to the questions customers commonly need when buying, selling, removing or planning warehouse racking.

Do you work nationwide?+

Yes. Rackway handles projects across the UK and uses its local contact points as part of one nationwide team.

Can you help with small jobs?+

Yes. Rackway works from single bays and spare components through to major warehouse projects.

What should I send first?+

Clear photos, the site postcode, approximate quantities and the result you need are normally enough to start the conversation.

NEED A QUICK ANSWER?

Send the basics.
Rackway can take it from there.

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RACKWAY EXPERTISE

Useful detail.
No unnecessary waffle.

A concise layer of project context: what mattered, what Rackway handled and what to send for a similar project.

PUBLISHED PROJECT FACTS

Derby - 2025.

The facts below are the Rackway-published project information carried into the new site content.

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Former Ted Baker distribution centre

02

February to April 2025

03

46,000 m² of mezzanine

04

1,000 bays of pallet racking

WHAT THE PROJECT SHOWS

Read the constraints, not just the headline quantity.

Rackway describes Derby as its biggest mezzanine project to date.

For customers planning a similar removal, the important question is which features drive the method: height, structural weight, access, quantity of small components, live operations, other contractors, transport windows or reuse requirements.

PROGRAMME AND LOGISTICS

Dismantling speed only matters if material can keep leaving the building.

Large projects need a balanced flow from workface to loading bay.

Plan the relationship between dismantling teams, access equipment, component consolidation, forklifts/loaders and outbound vehicles. If one stage is much faster than the next, material builds up and starts blocking routes.

REUSE OPPORTUNITY

Identify material worth preserving before the strip-out begins.

Rackway’s business model connects removal work with the used-equipment market.

If racking, shelving or mezzanine material has reuse potential, controlled dismantling and sorting make it easier to assess and place with another customer. The case-study archive contains several published examples of material being redistributed, sold from site or reinstated elsewhere.

WHAT TO SEND RACKWAY

Prepare a similar-project enquiry.

A concise information pack is enough to start.

Useful checklist
  • ✓Site postcode.
  • ✓Wide photos/video of all affected areas.
  • ✓System make if known.
  • ✓Approximate bays/area/height.
  • ✓Labels and component close-ups.
  • ✓Access and loading restrictions.