Site Survey & Design

Boston Rack provides optimal solutions, whether we are designing a new storage system or auditing an existing one. Information gathered about our customer's business enables us to generate the best solutions for their requirements.

The following customer's details are necessary for formulating safe, high quality storage solutions:

Details about the Customer's Product/ Load

• Dimensions: Maximum/ Average (Height, Width, Depth, Weight)
• Pallet Information (wood/plastic/condition)
• Details about the Layout
• Warehouse location (city, state, country)
• Facility layout: CAD Drawing (if, available)
• Location/ condition of all aspects of the building
• Building columns
• Lights
• Fire sprinklers
• HVAC
• Dock Doors
• Clear Height
• Floor (level, psi spec., obstructions)

Details about the Rotation of the Product

• Flow of product through the warehouse (duration of storage)
• This is a bulk material used in manufacturing or a finished product
• Number of pallet positions required
• Time sensitive First in, first out -or- first in, last out
• Static Selective Storage (Selective Pallet Rack, Cantilever Rack)
• Dynamic Storage (Pallet Flow, Push back, Carton Flow)
• Static Dense Storage (Drive in/Thru)

Details about the Fork truck(s)

• Capabilities (lift height, lift capacity, turning radius)
• Aisle requirement(s)