Spacesaver helps an urban farm gain 30% more space 

A Manhattan entrepreneur has devised a creative way to supply urban chefs with premium ingredients: he has transformed a restaurant basement into a thriving hydroponic herb-growing business.

He worked with the Manhattan-based Spacesaver distributor to design an ActivRAC® Mobilized Storage System layout that would maximize the available space. “It gave us about 30 percent more space in the room, which is obviously a really big deal for us,” he said. “It’s a beautiful piece of engineering.”

His enterprise, called Farm.One, grows between 100 to 200 different varieties of high-value herbs and microgreens year-round.

Please note: ActivRAC is available in stainless steel, which is recommended for humid environments.

Spacesaver helps a growing city store long-term evidence 

Because the Calgary Police Department needed a lot of evidence storage in a limited space, the planning team chose Spacesaver’s ActivRAC® Mobilized Storage System and XTend® Mobile High-Bay Storage System to store long-term evidence.

The new warehouse has a variety of space-saving features that improve organization and ensure a secure chain of custody:

* ActivRAC eliminates wasted aisle space by mounting pallet racking on a carriage-and-rail system. The rows of racking sit side-by-side until evidence warehouse staff open an aisle to store or retrieve evidence.

* Badge-swipe access provides an additional layer of security to specified aisles.

* The mobile  XTend system stores evidence that fits in standard-sized boxes. The system moves along rails and extends toward the ceiling to make the most efficient use of horizontal and vertical space.

High-density storage is an essential component of most oil rigs’ food service strategy. In the past, most rigs simply purchased the cheapest compact storage solution. This became a problem, though, particularly because rigs aren’t stationary: they’re built on land and then towed out to sea, and they must withstand substantial movement during towing and heavy storms.

In an effort to create a more enduring food storage solution, an architect contacted his local Spacesaver consultant. They teamed up with Spacesaver engineers to design a safe, practical solution to stand the test of time: a stainless steel ActivRAC® Mobilized Storage System fitted with a unique Engineered-To-Order bar that locks the system in place.

The system is being used to store foods in the galley and the walk-in refrigerator.

Spacesaver can manufacture Engineered-To-Order stainless steel tread flooring for use in sterile supply areas, retail settings, and any other location that requires the functionality or appearance of stainless steel tread.

The solution pictured below increased a hospital’s soft supply storage capacity by 26 percent while saving time and improving organization.