Gaining extra height quickly and affordably without needing to make expensive structural alterations to the floor plan is possible with a structural steel platform. Space is created on several levels by the self-supporting, walk-on, and optional drive-on steel construction: The lower level can also be used for production, for example, if new workspaces and storage are made available. Structural steel platforms are more customizable in terms of design than integral mezzanine floors. For example, they can be utilized as picking platforms. Platforms made of structural steel can be engineered to accommodate both manual and electric pallet trucks. Material flow from the ground floor to the platform is provided by forklift trucks or conveyor systems; personnel access can be integrated.