Catherine's e-mail prompted me to mention that the status of the information
you will be housing is important in this issue, dormant, semi-dormant,
archival or active. If you have to access information on a continual basis
throughout the day you surely wouldn't want to be climbing ladders up to the
heavens. It also would be a real pain in the posterior to be performing
regular records maintenance at those higher heights.
An observation.
John A. Gervais
Manager, Policy and Communications,
Information Management Directorate,
Finance and Administration Branch,
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency,
16th Floor, Albion Tower, 25 Nicolas Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0L5
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-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Taylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: February 14, 2003 6:39 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Another mobile racking question (and a comment)
I previously worked somewhere where the mobile racking was up to 15' high -
but this does bring its own problems. While working in those shelves it was
necessary to always work in pairs due to the health and safety implications
of working at that height. It also made manoeuvring the adders fairly
tricky as they had to be tall enough to reach the top shelf and were
therefore of necessity very wide at the base. The other thing to consider
is that shelving that high needs to be well geared even if manually in order
to run smoothly and easily.
Catherine Taylor
-----Original Message-----
From: Gervais, John [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 14 February 2003 11:25
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Subject: Re: Another mobile racking question (and a comment)
Re: Since we are on this topic, how tall have people gone with their mobile
racking without problems (or with problems)?
I went 8 tiers high or 8'. The average is usually 7'. It is important to
note that if you do go that high to ensure the cabinets have an anti-tip
feature built in. Common sense always should prevail though.
John A. Gervais
Manager, Policy and Communications,
Information Management Directorate,
Finance and Administration Branch,
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency,
16th Floor, Albion Tower, 25 Nicolas Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0L5
' (613) 957-6621
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