Off-site Insurance Archives, Pacific catwalk
mezzanine

Client: National automobile insurance provider, based in California

Problem: Last year, this company underwrote $3 billion in premiums,and
the company continues to grow. Each policy requires a paper back-up, which
was stored on 7’ x 36” open steel shelving. This constant need for increased
storage drove the company to expand its facilities to multiple warehouse
locations, which resulted in outrageous operating costs per square foot of
storage.

Solution: A 16’ high Pacific double-deck steel shelving unit was installed
with a grated catwalk between aisles, allowing the company to move up, not
out. A vertical reciprocating conveyor now moves heavy boxes to and from
the second level. Two stairways were also installed to optimize accessibility
and safety, and a sprinkler system was installed, per fire code regulations.
This entire system was built to seismic zone 4 specifications.

Benefits: By utilizing their available vertical space, the storage area was
significantly condensed, allowing fewer people to service more files. It also
prevents the insurance company from taking on more warehouse space and
incurring expanded operating costs. Western Pacific was able to keep the
costs down by utilizing a portion of the company’s existing equipment. The
savings in man hours and cost of square footage quickly offset the cost of
new equipment.

Film Archive Storage, Pacific

Client: An Entertainment Archive Distribution Center, Point.360

Problem: This Release Print Company provides a broad range of audio-
visual post production, duplication and distribution services. Due to
increasing demand, they built a new facility in Los Angeles and hired a
consultant to design it. Integral to the design was a system that could
accommodate the company’s vast inventory of film. The consultant thought a
high-bay storage system utilizing rolling ladders would be best.

Solution: Western Pacific came in and reevaluated the situation.
Redesigning the installation employing a catwalk system, a full CAD layout
drawing was given to the client explaining the benefits. The client and
consultant were both impressed, and extremely satisfied. Accordingly, WPSS
executed the plan utilizing Pacific steel clip shelving.

Benefits: With the catwalk system, personnel could pull faster and more
efficiently, enabling them to accomplish more with less people. Aisles were
cut down to three feet instead of over five. More film was fit into the cube,
enabling the company to generate more revenue. Western Pacific helped
maximize the space by getting twice as much into the building as Point.360
thought possible. The design also turned out to be more economical, thus
providing the client with a higher return on investment (ROI).

Medical Archive Storage, Pacific

Client: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Problem: A majority of the Medical Center’s departments were continuing to
store their records and archives in almost any place they could find, without
any kind of organizational system. Consequently, they found they were
running out of space for incoming records, and experiencing inefficiencies
due to the lack of an organized retrieval system.

Solution: The Medical Center was fortunately able to fund a building,
which they erected on-site with a ceiling height of over 20 feet. This enabled
Western Pacific to install a two-level archive system of Pacific steel clip
shelving to accommodate open files, x-rays, and archive boxes. A vertical
reciprocating conveyor, or freight elevator, was also installed to facilitate
access to the second level.

Benefits: The new building, along with Western Pacific’s custom storage
solution, enabled the entire Medical Center staff to manage their records
and archives much more efficiently. A large part of gaining control over the
situation was achieved by getting all the records and archives into one
place. Even more important was having the system custom designed and
engineered to handle their specific needs, and a management team trained
to effectively run it.

Police Department Storage, Pacific

Client: A Southern California Police Station

Problem: After forty years in the same building with more than one hundred
employees over capacity, this police department was overcrowded. After
completely running out of space, they were given the funding to build a
new facility.

Solution: After significant research, a state-of-the-art property and evidence
room that features a unique Pacific Closed and Bin Unit storage system was
designed and installed. Closed Unit systems are also used throughout
the department to store arrest and case records, and another custom
system for personnel files.

Benefits: The police department saved an enormous amount of space
in their new building, thus improving their work efficiency and leaving more
space for personnel.