Streamlining Success: Our 5-Step Customer Process
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Shelving vs. Racking: What’s the Difference?
In the world of smart storage, choosing between shelving and racking is crucial for optimizing your workspace. This comprehensive guide will delve into the key distinctions to help you make an informed decision. Defining the Basics Shelving involves static, individual units ideal for smaller items. On the other hand, racking is designed to accommodate larger, […]
Safe Pallet Racking Installation: 6 Things to Consider
Installing Pallet Rack under Permit is required throughout the Province of British Columbia. Having founded Hi-Cube Storage Products 40 years ago, spending considerable time designing supplying and installing storage systems, I have witnessed the extensive changes in the requirements to install these systems. The greatest changes have taken place in the last 10 years. It […]
New Regulations from WorkSafeBC About Your Storage Racks
Businesses all over B.C. have trusted and relied upon Hi-Cube’s efficient warehouse and racking solutions, which is why we wanted to be the first to tell you about the new regulations from WorkSafeBC about storage racks. Early in 20018, new and revised sections will appear in the “Occupational Health and Safety Regulations” regarding storage racks. It is critical that you understand […]
Everything You Need to Know About Selective Pallet Racking
In the following document, I put together basic information with everything you need to know about planning and executing a basic selective rack pallet racking storage system. In addition, I included some local specific information about installing pallet racking in British Columbia. Racking is a relatively common storage product, typically utilized to increase cubic capacity in a warehouse. […]
Pallet Rack and Shelving are Different Storage Solutions
The need for racking and shelving in Vancouver varies by organization. Understanding the differences between pallet rack and shelving makes it easier to plan efficient storage. Sometimes people who work in warehouses or other storage facilities use the terms synonymously, but pallet rack and shelves are quite different. Difference in Purpose & Appearance Pallet Rack: If […]
Earthquakes and your warehouse storage
Seismologists are predicting that within the next few decades, an earthquake of catastrophic proportions could strike on the coast of British Columbia. Having measures in place to mitigate the earthquake disaster in your warehouse storage is quite important, and facilities with steel racks must be prepared for the worst. Earthquakes can be destructive in two different […]