Improving efficiency and organization in a university hospital

A university hospital’s food service storage area was cramped and crowded, with dry goods and non-perishable foods stored on wire shelving with casters. Staff often needed to roll several shelving units out of the way in order to reach the items they needed. They were also running out of space in the storage area, which was located in a basement with no room to expand.When the storage area flooded during a hurricane surge, management saw an opportunity to completely re-think their approach to storage.

See how Spacesaver helped create a safe, efficient solution.

Keeping large protective suits secure and organized 

Spacesaver is proud to help protect military personnel and their gear, and our in-house engineering teams and custom manufacturing capabilities enable us to create secure solutions that go far beyond standard locker options. These capabilities are particularly important when creating storage solutions for large, expensive bomb suits and dive suits.

Keeping gear organized and secure is essential because the suits’ effectiveness is compromised—and the wearer’s life is put at risk—if even one component is missing or damaged. And because the suits and accessories can cost tens of thousands of dollars, the military needs to protect its investment from loss, damage, or theft.

See how Spacesaver helps protect military personnel and their gear.

Reducing response times and improving customer service

As online shopping has grown in popularity, campus mail rooms have been overwhelmed� with shipments from retailers to students. Rooms� that were designed to store letters and small packages now need to accommodate boxes that contain everything from clothing and electronics to appliances and furnishings.

The resulting space crunch has led to frustration for staff and students: boxes can pile up, leading to disorganization,� long wait times, and concerns about valuable parcels getting lost or stolen.

After struggling with storage issues for years, staff at this university’s mail room decided they needed to make a fundamental change.

See how� Spacesaver helped boost staff morale and improve customer service.

Keeping surgical instruments clean, organized, and accessible

The sterility of surgical instruments can make the difference between life and death, so nurses and other staff need to efficiently pack, store, and retrieve surgical kits in a way that keeps instruments clean and organized. At the same time, hospital space is at a premium: every foot that’s taken up with storage is space that could be dedicated to patient care.

Learn how Spacesaver helped this Los Angeles-area hospital.

Improving efficiency and protecting collections

This private museum’s collection includes movie props, costumes, and scale models, as well as framed posters, paintings, and first-edition books. Because the objects are delicate and vary widely in size, staff often need to construct custom housings to protect them. Staff also prefer to work as close to the objects’ storage locations as possible.

Lacking an effective workspace, the collections managers told their local Spacesaver consultant about their desire for a large, movable, all-purpose work table. They wanted compartments to store projects in progress, and they also wanted drawers for cutters, materials for making conservation mounts, and other supplies.

Learn about the Spacesaver solution here.

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Shelving doubles as work surface in a university library

When this university built a new library and learning center, the planning team wanted to provide researchers with convenient “desks” among the reference stacks. But to save space, they wanted to avoid the need for tables and chairs in the area.

The local Spacesaver consultant worked with the university and the project architect to design a solution that:

• Serves a useful function
• Saves space
• Integrates with the library’s interior design

By specifying counter-height cantilever shelving and casework that coordinates with other design elements throughout the library, the consultant created built-in “stand-up desks.”

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Saving space and maintaining the chain of custody

Because evidence technicians typically don’t work on weekends and holidays, and because officers seize a lot of evidence during those times, some police departments can actually run out of compartments for temporary evidence storage.

Most evidence is small, like witness statements, bags of drugs, and camera memory cards. That’s why officers at this police department asked to have one compartment fitted with a drop slot in the door.

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Offering visitors a glimpse behind the scenes

Visible storage is an increasingly popular solution for museums and other institutions that want to maintain optimal preservation environments, while also allowing the public to view collections.

For instance, this facility uses Spacesaver art racks to compactly store framed works of art. Interior walls made of glass allow visitors and staff a chance to view the collections as they walk along passageways.

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Doubling storage capacity and improving efficiency 

Like many professional athletic teams, the St. Louis Blues hockey team has a retail store offering a variety of jerseys, hats, and other gear. Although the shop’s storage area was relatively large, the space was used inefficiently. That meant inventory was difficult to track and staff were wasting time looking for items.

The local Spacesaver consultant had already provided storage for the hockey team’s athletic gear, and the retail managers knew they wanted something similar to the system they had seen in the Blues’ equipment room.

The end result is a fully optimized system that doubled the store’s storage capacity.

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Streamlining workflows and protecting botanical specimens

Spacesaver specializes in understanding clients’ needs and creating custom solutions to help achieve their goals.

For instance, the Morton Arboretum in suburban Chicago needed to create an optimal long-term preservation environment for a variety of botanical specimens, including fruit collections, seeds, and flowers.

Botany cabinets were the obvious solution, but long-term storage was only part of the equation: the arboretum also needed to keep specimens organized and protected as they moved through the intake process, from the time of their arrival at the herbarium until they were placed in their permanent location.

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• Some researchers also like pull-out work surfaces in their herbarium/botany cabinets. This might be a good question to ask your clients during the planning phase.
• Staff will also be concerned with being able to isolate material when it comes in for processing so pests are not introduced into the collection.
• Contact Spacesaver for pricing information.