Layout
Every row, aisle and bay as it stands, before anything moves.
Services
design & consultation
We measure how product moves through the building you have today and draw the racking to fit.
what a full floor usually means
Pallets parked by the dock for good and forklifts waiting at the end of an aisle make a building look too small.
In many cases, the storage system has outgrown the operation. The racking went up for the loads and forklifts of its day, and the business kept changing around it. The room is often still there, above the top beam and in the floor the aisles take up. Owners check there before they look at a move.
In many cases, the storage system has outgrown the operation. The racking went up for the loads and forklifts of its day, and the business kept changing around it. The room is often still there, above the top beam and in the floor the aisles take up. Owners check there before they look at a move.
What We measure on your floor
You point out where the forklifts back up, and we record the rest.
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How far it is to the ceiling, and how much of that height your uprights use.traffic
Where forklifts queue, and the path they take from the receiving door to shipping.loads
What goes on each pallet and what it weighs at its heaviest.
the quote follows the layout
The plan, the drawing and the quote are all on paper before any racking goes up.
1. measure
What we record on your floor, or from your photos, becomes one plan of the building as it runs today.
2. draw
The layout shows each aisle and bay, with the racking specified new, used or a mix of both.
3. price
Your quote is worked out from the drawing you approved.
4. install
We install the racking to that drawing.
consulting beyond the racking
A layout also has to suit how orders move through the building, and any automation you plan to bring in.
receiving & picking
automation planning
We look at how product comes in, gets put away and gets picked, and what changes for each when the bays move.
If automation is coming, the layout sets aside the floor space and clearances it will need.
a new layout gets reviewed first
In Ontario, a licensed engineer reviews new or changed racking before it takes a load, and we get the system and its drawings ready for that review.
That review is the Pre-Start Health and Safety Review, required under O.Reg. 851 for racking that is new, used, moved or modified. Depending on the municipality, the 2024 Ontario Building Code can also call for a permit and engineer-certified seismic anchorage. The full review path is on [Maintenance & Inspections].
where the drawing goes next
The layout you approve becomes the install plan and the order for the racking itself.
installations
Once the racking is up, the drawing goes into your handover file with the install records.sales
Fill the layout with new racking, used racking from our stock, or a mix of both.tools
If the layout also calls for modular storage, configure a Rousseau system yourself or with our help in the Design Studio.
our dimensions start the drawing
Send the floor size, the clear height and photos from each end of the main aisles with your quote request.
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