Food firm invests in rent-a-ramp solution

Comprehensive food logistics network Nagel-Langdon has become among the latest organisations to benefit from the support of a short-term rent-a-ramp solution, designed and delivered by loading bay specialist, Thorworld Industries.

The loaned apparatus came into play at Nagel-Langdon’s temperature-controlled warehousing complex in Liverpool; a facility currently under construction to replace existing buildings in Knowsley.

On completion, the state-of-the-art development will operate 15 dock leveller bays and have the capacity to handle over 5,000 pallets using a computerised system to ensure product delivery via computerised HGVs.

Planned for completion in the spring, building work has progressed well, however the temporary electrical failure of an onsite scissor lift, used by the development’s construction vehicles, created the potential to delay project timescales.

While the lift was fully repairable, an electronic component had to be ordered from Denmark to remedy the issue. This led the development’s consultant and project manager, Wilf Dickinson, to conduct an internet search to find a temporary solution, capable of limiting construction downtime.

“We contacted Thorworld Industries,” Wilf explains, “who took accurate weights of the appliances being used and considered the suitability of the building’s proposed access points. Using this information, a ‘rent-a-ramp’ solution was assigned to our project; one that could enable access for construction vehicles, fork lift trucks and mobile scissor lifts to the warehouse floor – an area which is 1.3m higher than the yard level."