Spacesaver helps a hospital gain 38% more storage space

A hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, used a surgical supply room renovation as an opportunity to create a storage system that would optimize space and allow staff to use their time more efficiently.

The project planning team decided to install LEVPRO, a storage system that consists of shelving units that can be rolled along an overhead track.

The new LEVPRO system allowed the sterile storage area to gain 38% more space for storing surgical kits and other operating room supplies — and the system simplifies cleaning routines because the shelving units “levitate” above the floor.

These photos show how it works: Spacesaver’s inverted weapons bracket securely stores five M4s with M320s across the top, and five more M4s are stored barrel up, staggered between the inverted weapons.

When the Hill Air Force Base needed to store new parts and components for the next generation F-35 aircraft, they turned to the local Spacesaver consultant for a compact solution that would accommodate their changing storage requirements.

The Spacesaver consultant drew up a plan that would repurpose the base’s existing high-density rails and carriages, as well as the shelving uprights, from three different areas and consolidate them in one room.

Because some of the new items to be stored were quite large, the consultant recommended ordering Spacesaver’s new 72”-wide 4-Post shelving, which can accommodate items up to about 70 inches wide. A thermoplastic paint coating was applied to comply with requirements to prevent metal-on-metal contact between the aircraft parts and the shelving.