This busy distribution centre in the West Midlands is one of a number of hubs for the John Lewis organisation online web sales network.

Covering 230,000 square feet with both wide and narrow racking, the requirement was for an effective sound system to cover the warehouse area with background music and announcements.

PAS were given a narrow window for installation due to the impending busy pre-Christmas period, so two of our installation teams worked side by side in the busy and cramped building to carry out the installation in a very short timescale. Hampered by very narrow aisles and a 15m working height, we managed to manouvere powered access machines delicately between the racking and complete the works in just a couple of very long days.

Music from a DAB/FM tuner was provided along with a microphone at security for announcements. A further addition was a tone generator and electronic timer to signal shift changes and break times across the large warehouse.