Vol. 351: Colors By Numbers

Bringing A Vibrant Aesthetic to A New High School

“Can I make it to my locker and back between class?” This is a question most high school students have had to ask themselves on an almost daily basis. Be it for a personal belonging, a misplaced assignment, or a textbook (which are still used), depending on where their locker falls within the school, even the student athletes on the track team would have a tough time coming in under the wire.

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Knowing their more than 650-person student body has a lot of stuff to store, administrators at New Fairfield High School in Connecticut sought out a provider who could offer an easier and more accessible way for housing valuable materials closer to the point of use in their newly constructed facility. Upon gaining a full understanding of the school’s current and future needs, our local Spacesaver representative at Donnegan Systems delivered a network of 292 functional and secure storage Day Use Lockers throughout the building – with each bank of lockers having their own distinct and meticulously planned color combination.

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Vol. 350: A New Meaning to Finding A Workaround

Transforming Mezzanine Storage On Multiple Levels

No matter which industry they operate in, every inch of your client’s space is valuable. One area of footprint that is often underutilized is the mezzanine area. Often the landing spot for items long forgotten, with the right partner and plan in place, the mezzanine can take an organization’s storage capacity to new heights.

Such was the case for the Idaho National Guard, looking to turn its mezzanine’s footprint from a pipe-filled dream to an efficiently laid out storage reality. Knowing they’d need reinforcements; they reached out to their local Spacesaver rep at Spacesaver Intermountain.

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Upon assessing the space and understanding their storage needs, the rep was able to outfit the footprint with a series of lockers, varying in heights to account for the multiple obstructions that the space presented. The result was a measurable increase in secure storage capacity for gear and the dedicated individuals who utilize it, neatly fit among the platform’s pipes.

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Vol. 349: Guilty As Fully Charged

Providing An Electric Advancement To Evidence Collection And Storage

Pretty much everyone has a smart phone or tablet these days, including suspected criminals. As such, police departments are finding an increasing need for evidence storage lockers that offer the ability to keep offenders’ phones charged up and ready for processing in the same state they were delivered.

Preserving Evidence in Depleting Digital Devices

Experiencing this exact issue, the Waukesha Police Department reached out to their local Spacesaver consultant for support in securely storing and maintaining portable electronic devices and the information they contain in the exact state they were delivered. Working with Spacesaver’s in-house engineering and design teams, they were able to offer the department a bank of evidence lockers that featured USB ports for in-locker charging – allowing officers to keep a suspect’s portable electronic device (or in some cases, devices) safe, secure, and undeterred until the technician is ready to process it.

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Vol. 348: Prescribed Security for Precise Healing

A New Use For A Trusted Safety Storage Solution

A hospital in Montreal was looking for help delivering medication to patients at all hours of the day, even when the pharmacist isn’t on-site. Reaching out to their local Spacesaver representative for a storage solution that could fill in to fill prescriptions when their pharmacists were out of office, the hospital was outfitted with a custom system that delivers health and safety for patients, staff, and administrators.

Utilizing our pass-thru evidence lockers – a trusted solution in the public safety market – and Spacesaver ControLoc® Technology, the representative was able to create a secure, temporary holding for potentially life-altering medications. With these innovative solutions in place, administrators and staff are able to improve their processes and automate functions that once required an on-site presence to fulfill.

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Vol. 347: Putting A Lock On Effective Police Storage 

A Unique Weapons Solution From A Proven Provider

The Salisbury, Massachusetts Police Department knew they needed a secure solution for weapons storage near their sally port that would help to address an accountability concern in relation to weapons brought into its facility. Familiar with Spacesaver’s product lineup, they reached out to their local Spacesaver representative to design a custom solution whose capabilities would go beyond the bounds of our standard Universal™ Weapons Rack (UWR®).

The end result was an engineered to order (ETO), custom weapons storage application measuring 90” x 18” x 42” and featuring double doors. The system incorporates Digilock’s Numeris Aspire shared-use control pad with deadbolt, which allows the department to boost accountability by tracking the date and time at which specific users accessed the system.

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Vol. 343: Providing Basement Support for the USAF

Quick supply access keeps pilots from getting grounded.

We all have at least one spot in our lives where clutter buildup is inevitable. For many, it’s the basement as it provides an “out of sight, out of mind” drop off location for your things and is a space that’s rarely accessed.

But what if your basement needs to be accessed on a regular basis, and the “clutter” is actually valuable medical supplies used to keep you and your fellow soldiers healthy and ready for action? This was the case for the USAF’s Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany whose basement storage areas were disorderly and inefficient, limiting quick access to vital equipment.

Spacesaver’s local consultants worked with the team at Patch Barracks to identify and provide solutions that would maximize the capacity and efficiency of its storage space.

Vol. 342: Indoor Hydroponic Farm

How a Start-Up Company Used GROW Systems for Leafy Greens.

When a researcher from Princeton and his business partner rented space in a large warehouse in Trenton, New Jersey, they had a mission to see how well they could grow leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables on indoor hydroponic systems. If all proved successful, they were planning to increase their operation to a larger scale.

They already had irrigation, lighting, and large “gutters” used to house the seedlings, so they needed a racking solution that could be incorporated with what they already had. They chose to work with Diversified Storage Solutions, Inc., their local Spacesaver distributor, to install four GROW mobile carriages with two sections each, and a 24” end carriage to make use of their space.

Once the system was installed, the existing irrigation was incorporated within Spacesaver’s steel system, and the gutters were hung at an angle from reinforcements above.

This solution allowed them to successfully grow their leafy greens indoors, and live bees were even added to the room for pollination!

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Vol. 341: Decades of Reliability

Keeping court records organized and accessible in limited space.

Even in the digital age, paper records are an important part of the judicial process. To accommodate thousands of files in a small storage area, a Spacesaver powered mobile system was installed when this county courthouse was built in the early 2000s.

After nearly two decades of reliable operation, the system’s electronic components needed an update.

“It was a no brainer,” the clerk of courts said. “We don’t have a lot of room and our file volume is always increasing. It was imperative for us to have the system working so we could access the files and have enough space for them.”

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Vol. 340: Replacing obsolete robotics

Keeping library materials accessible over the long term.

Back in the mid-2000s, this state university was one of the first libraries in the United States to install a robotic retrieval system. The planning and design team thought it would save money on labor costs in the long run. The only problem? The robotic system was obsolete soon after it was installed.

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