The difference in measurements is that 1.04 is the inside of the box, how much it will hold.  1.2 is the outside, how much space it will take up.



Joan Brunning-Symons
File Coordinator

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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jones, Virginia
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:12 AM
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Subject: Cubic Feet of Standard Records Box

In the course of a related project, I had to calculate the cubic feet of several box sizes.  In doing the cubic foot calculation I learned thousands of years ago in school (length times width times height) I was surprised to see that a standard records box contains 1.04 cubic feet.
Yet, most records storage companies list this box as 1.2 cubic feet.
Can someone from a CRC explain how the 1.2 cubic feet is calculated?



Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
Records Manager
Information Technology Division
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
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