Archive & Records Management

Maximizing Density and Integrity for Document Archives

Effective Archive and Records Management requires storage infrastructure that prioritizes density, security, and long-term document integrity. Whether you are managing legal documents, historical records, or high volumes of business boxes, your shelving system must maximize the usable cube space while maintaining accessibility.

The Archive & Records Management category features articles and insights dedicated to solving the complex storage challenges unique to professional archives and document centers:

  • Density Optimization: Storing maximum boxes or files within a limited footprint.
  • Accessibility: Designing layouts that allow for fast, accurate retrieval, even in multi-level systems.
  • Compliance & Security: Choosing systems suitable for long-term document preservation and security standards.

Solutions for Density and Retrieval

Our content highlights how specialized WPSS products are engineered to excel in archival environments:

  • High-Density Archiving: Insights focus on utilizing Deluxe Industrial Steel Shelving or specific Z Beam RiveTier configurations designed to store standard archive boxes (typically 20 per shelf), maximizing storage capacity and stability.
  • Vertical Space Utilization: Articles detail the strategic deployment of Multilevel Shelving (Catwalks) to create elevated storage aisles, effectively doubling or tripling storage capacity within the existing building footprint without sacrificing floor space.
  • Specialized File Storage: Content covers solutions for active records, including open file shelving that utilizes a slight incline to keep files neatly in place and organized by letter or legal size.
  • Security: Case studies showcase how our rigid shelving systems can be integrated into secure facilities, ensuring records remain protected and organized for decades.
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Archive & Records Management

Records Management Revolution: General Contractor Uses RiveTier Catwalk System to Store 1,000+ Boxes In-House

Facing escalating operating costs from decentralized storage, a national insurance provider implemented a Multilevel Catwalk System. This custom-engineered solution maximized vertical space, consolidating billions of paper records into a single, high-density archive.

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Archive & Records Management

High-Density Film Archive Storage: Doubling Capacity with Deluxe Industrial Catwalk Shelving

When an Entertainment Archive Distribution Center needed to store a vast film inventory in a new Los Angeles facility, a custom-engineered a Industrial Shelving Multilevel Catwalk System doubled storage capacity, reduced aisle space, and delivered a higher return on investment for their critical archive.

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Archive & Records Management

Steps Towards Planning Art Museum Storage Space

Art museums and galleries store invaluable assets that require great care, specific consideration, and archival conditions. There are a multitude of considerations to take into account when storing paintings, and many steps to planning an art museum storage area equipped with heavy duty steel shelving. Select an Appropriate Space Methods of Storing Common Types of

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