Hi Laurie

I have worked in the offsite storage industry, (here in Australia) as a
RIM consultant, and we too stacked our boxes 4 high - this was on
pallets or the floor - any higher became an occupational health & safety
issue and also any higher made searching for files/docs/boxes too
onerous, as lets face it, the required file/doc/box is ALWAYS at the
bottom of the stack. The number of boxes on a shelf would be dependant
on how the racking had been set up but would go with 2 - 3 being most
common.

Kind Regards,

 

Shelley Arnold

Records Co-Ordinator

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:24 AM
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Subject: Offsite Storage Box Stacking

I was curious about something I heard today from an offsite storage
vendor.
The vendor indicated that some records centers are  stacking and storing
4
boxes high. It was also indicated that 4 high is "industry standard".

I'm currently without my copy of the Robeck et all book, the ARMA
records
center handbook, and, of course the ARMA Records Storage Task Force
documentation. But, I don't recall that 4 high has ever been an industry
"standard".  Maybe when items are on pallets and shrink wrapped, 4 high
may
be "standard" (e.g. 40 per pallet), but in terms of items stored on
shelves,
 I'm recalling that the optimum is no more than 3 high on shelves, but
that
2 high is preferable.

Anyway, I wanted to see what the list serv members think about 4 high
storage being "standard" and if their storage vendors are doing this.

Laurie Carpenter, CRM
Burbank, CA

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