Posted by Kacy Schiefelbein on Wed, Dec 28, 2011
This past year, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) acquired a rare collection of 16th century Japanese and Korean painted screen and bold ink paintings for their Luminous: The Art of Asia exhibit currently on display.
From a collection care manager’s perspective, a collection of this magnitude has specific preservation needs in storage. Due to their scale and construction, storage and handling can be a challenge. Plus, the materials of the Asian screens are highly susceptible to deterioration and damage from environmental conditions and mechanical impact. Despite the museum staff’s diligent care for its collections, the necessity to upgrade the storage furniture for these precious screens had become an urgent priority.
With special funding from a Conservation Project Support (CPS) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Seattle Art Museum turned to Spacesaver Northwest, a local dealer of the Spacesaver Group.
Together with Spacesaver and Delta Designs Ltd., 16 environmentally controlled cabinets were designed to ensure safe preservation and storage compatibility for the Asian artifacts.
With the help of IMLS funding and Spacesaver’s state-of the art storage solution, SAM will continue to preserve these treasures for generations to come.
To learn more about the Spacesaver Museum Collection Care storage solutions click here for a downloadable brochure.
Seeing is believing. See how Spacesaver can protect and preserve
your collections. Click here for the full image gallery.
Re-published with permission.
Posted by Julie Weber on Thu, Oct 27, 2011
I am thrilled to finally reveal the much anticipated Spacesaver Sustainability website. After many months of hard work we have launched a comprehensive site to demonstrate our commitment to corporate sustainability.
http://sustainablestorage.spacesaver.com will host new collateral that Spacesaver has developed to meet YOUR needs:
You can check it out now by clicking here. Or by visiting www.spacesaver.com and clicking on "Sustainability" on the top navigation.
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On a personal level, I strive to make a positive impact on the environment in some small way everyday. Spacesaver is doing the same thing and this new website is our way of sharing those actions and our passion for sustainablity with you. |
Cheers and stay green, my friends!
~Julie Weber, Green Queen
Posted by Julie Weber on Tue, Oct 04, 2011
Close your eyes and picture this: gleaming new shelves with custom end panels designed specifically to house all your vendor binders, Carpet books and fabric samples. Yes, my Canadian friends, this fantasy could become your reality.
Spacesaver® is giving away a custom shelving and storage solution for one lucky A&D firm in the Canadian market worth up to $20,000.
| We launched this fantastic contest at IIDEX 2011 in Toronto, and if you visited our booth there, you already have one entry! |
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Each professional who attends a lunch and learn pre-scheduled at IIDEX 2011 = one point per person per firm. *Example: 10 people attend = 10 points earned for your firm. Didn’t schedule a lunch and learn while @ IIDEX? Call your local storage specialist today to do so and earn 1 point for your firm! |
| Bring Spacesaver in on a project = 10 points per firm per project! |
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Follow @Spacesaver on Twitter and tweet us with “@Spacesaver, (firm name and city) needs a storage makeover!” = one point per twitter user per firm. |
| Like Spacesaver on Facebook and post on our wall: “Spacesaver, (firm name and city) needs a storage makeover!” = one point per Facebook user per firm. |
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For the official rules and regulations of this contest click here.
Good luck!
Posted by Kacia Gillette on Mon, Sep 19, 2011
Spacesaver is excited to announce a partnership with LogiTag Systems, Inc., a company specializing in RFID technology for several industries including the healthcare market. The two companies are joining forces to assist healthcare facilities in North America with improving their business practices and patient care efforts. This partnership is the perfect marrying of technology and organizational products for improved healthcare asset tracking, inventory control, patient workflow, safety and security.
“Spacesaver is extremely excited to offer LogiTag products along side our Spacesaver storage solutions. Working together our solutions will free up healthcare staff so they can spend more time with patients and less time searching for supplies. Our distributors now have access to complimentary products, which will simplify their healthcare customers’ processes and make an immediate impact to their organizations,” said Jason Freeman, Vice President of Commercial Business at Spacesaver.
Featured in the product suite are LogiTag's StockBox, Smart Cabinet, LogiTrack, and Smart Sense.
LogiTag's StockBox is a generously adaptable inventory management product that can be integrated into existing Spacesaver shelving and numerous other areas. RFID technology allows the StockBox to manage its inventory, which increases productivity while decreasing cost. Counting is the most time consuming and expensive task associated with restocking (par replenishment). However, StockBox’s automation allows dispensable requests and off site monitoring results in an overall streamlined process.
The Smart Cabinet is a system designed to manage the storage, distribution, replenishment and usage of high-cost medical devices and products that require individual tracking through an automated process, designed to work in the operating room and interventional lab environment. The management of consigned items, automated billing and replenishment capabilities, and ability to track specific item usage to address regulatory and risk management issues, are only part of this product, which has been used successfully in dozens of hospitals worldwide.
LogiTrack is a powerful RTLS Active-RFID platform that includes a diversified set of tracking, tracing and monitoring applications. A unified platform enables tracking assets, tracking people, monitoring temperature and pressure and providing reliable location information to improve operational efficiencies across the healthcare spectrum. LogiTrack's tools and information are critical to any healthcare institution and their desire to ensure maximum operational efficiency while improving patient care.
“There are tremendous savings opportunities in the healthcare market for asset and supply management and tracking. In many cases, up to fifteen percent of a hospital’s inventory is written off each year because it can no longer be located. And, some hospital’s are losing as much as $1 million a year in medical equipment and supplies to thefts,” said Milissa Rick, Director of Marketing for Commercial Business at Spacesaver. “With our combined healthcare solutions for asset and supply management and tracking, Spacesaver and LogiTag offer healthcare organizations a fast return on investment.”
In addition to inventory and high-value asset tracking, LogiTag also has patient tracking solutions. Smart-Sense provides a uniquely high means of security for infants using state-of-the-art RFID technology. Newborn security is a serious issue and the safety and peace of mind that “Smart-Sense” brings to parents and administrators is an important tool to address any hospital's risk management concerns.
Through our partnership, hospitals that invest in Spacesaver’s and LogiTag’s solutions will have the right products, at the right place, at the right time, for the right patient! A winning combination for everyone.
Posted by Julie Weber on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Spacesaver creates products that inspire smarter, more responsible uses of space. But sustainability encompasses more than just creating quality products. It is a commitment to protect and give back to our local and global community through environmentally friendly manufacturing practices and corporate stewardship.
| At Spacesaver Corporation we respect the environment and strive to preserve the availability of natural resources for future generations. We don’t just create space-saving solutions; we create space to breathe. |
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Not only can we help you create MORE space to breathe but, now we can help you create CLEANER space to breathe.
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To help protect human health and improve indoor air quality by reducing people’s exposure to chemicals and other pollutants Spacesaver went GREEN with GREENGUARD® Indoor Air Quality Certification |
To achieve GREENGUARD Certification, Spacesaver went through a series of demanding tests required by The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) that identified which products met low chemical emissions. GEI will monitor these products each quarter to maintain low emitting status.
GEI’s methodology for testing and certifying furniture was developed and validated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Technology Verification Program. Realistic, worst-case configurations of a product’s components and materials are developed and placed in the environmental testing chambers.
| Want more information on GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification? Click here to download the Certification Profile! |
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For a complete listing of Spacesaver certified products, visit www.greenguard.org
Posted by Tyler Burns on Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Storage for the healthcare industry is Spacesaver's® passion – putting our knowledge and dedication into this area benefits both providers and patients, which explains why we are very active in the healthcare field. Our constant innovation of storage solutions has allowed us to affect facilities from top to bottom, in the OR and through the sterile corridors.
This month Spacesaver will be attending the 24th Annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo, in Chicago, Illinois. The Symposium will be held at Chicago’s famous Navy Pier on September 20th - 22nd. In attendance will be a wide range of healthcare professionals from designers and architects to the deans of medical faculty. Attendees will gain valuable knowledge from the speakers specializing in various healthcare fields, including one from Spacesaver’s own, Jason Freeman. Jason will be on a panel entitled “Health Records Revolution: On and Off-Site Workflow Solutions", digging deep into your on-site and off-site storage needs while discussing technological advancements in the area, along with Darice Grzybowski from HIMentors, LLC and David Moehring from the University of Illinois - Chicago.
Additionally the event will be the début for new products and technology utilized in the healthcare field. Access and knowledge of these product and technology innovations will improve facilities, allowing the benefits to be felt by the patients and providers.
At last year’s HFSE event, Spacesaver took home three awards for our CoreSTOR® Patient Server product: Architect’s Choice, Most Innovative, and Best in Show.
The awards added fuel to our passion within the field to keep innovating and evolving to cater to the constantly changing needs of healthcare professionals. This year we've introduced our ControLOC Technology™ and ActivRAC® 7M products to support healthcare. We will have extensive information on each of the products at booth #703 during the show.
Spacesaver is also welcoming the RFID company, LogiTag, as a partner in our booth. We will be showcasing LogiTag's range of applications designed for the healthcare industry including their StockBox. LogiTag's StockBox is a generously adaptable inventory management product that can be integrated into existing shelving and numerous other areas. RFID technology allows the StockBox to manage its inventory, which increases productivity while decreasing cost. StockBox’s automation allows dispensable requests and off site monitoring results in an overall streamlined process.
Spacesaver understands the need for healthcare institutions to improve their business practices and patient care efforts. We will also be featuring information about LogiTag's other healthcare products, which include Smart Cabinet, LogiTrack and Smart Sense.
We hope to see you at Booth #703 to check out some of the best products the show has to offer!
Want more information on Spacesaver Healthcare Products?
Posted by Jason Konz on Thu, Sep 01, 2011
| Back in the mid 80’s Harvard University pioneered a new approach to addressing the mounting pressure of ever increasing library collections. This new approach consisted of installing 30ft to 45ft high shelving in warehouse-like locations off-site from the library. This “high-bay” shelving was then used to store rarely accessed collections –making room for newer, more frequently accessed collections back at the library(s) on campus. This model of Off-Site High-Bay Archival Storage for collections became commonly known as the “Harvard Model”. Since this time university after university has adopted the Off-Site High-Bay Archival Storage model –making it mainstream in today’s academic environment. |
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Anyone who has returned to their alma mater recently for a 20 year class reunion, knows that campus amenities seem to have taken a front row seat and nowhere is that more evident than in the campus library. What used to be aisles and aisle of shadowy book stacks dotted with tiny cubicles around the parameter exterior walls is hard to even recall as you take in a make-over worthy of headlining any of today’s popular “extreme make” over TV series.
Today’s libraries are transitioning to more open, well lit spaces. Sofas and cushy lounge chairs strategically (but seemingly randomly) placed add to the inviting social areas as students sip on coffees and lattes purchase right in the library from modern décor coffee bars.
While all this transformation is fundamental to the continued popularity of libraries, it places extreme pressure on library officials to resolve the transformation of space conundrum -that being… more and more collections with less and less space to store them.
The situation at Wake Forest University was no different. However, their landmark approach to resolving the library space conundrum may just have etched them a mark in history.
Learn more from watching this Inside Business Review with Fred Thompson feature story.
Then make your prediction…Will Mobile High-Bay for archival storage be referenced as the “Wake Forest Model”?
Running Out of Room?
This whitepaper describes the growing array of on- and off-site storage solutions that are helping academic libraries adapt to increasingly diverse user needs!
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Posted by Kacy Schiefelbein on Thu, Aug 25, 2011
Little is more frustrating than chasing down a tool or part during routine maintenance and repair. So, what is the best way to maximize control and minimize machine down time? Some companies feel a complete set of tools and parts at each production cell is warranted, while others prefer a more centralized approach. Each method has challenges and benefits; however, all can agree that organization, regardless of the location, is a critical component to the success of any MRO operation.
Take Aveva®, a manufacturer of drug delivery systems primarily comprised of the transdermal patches people wear to stop smoking, lose weight or prevent motion sickness. Until recently their strategy for maintaining and repairing manufacturing tools and machines was to locate the required parts within the particular production cell. The challenge created was a large number of redundant parts and tools scattered around the facility. If the maintenance staff didn’t properly manage the inventory levels at each location, the repair or maintenance technician was required to get pieces from other locations in proximity. Over time, maintenance staff was scrambling all over the facility looking for just the right part or tool, which significantly impacted the productivity of each production cell.
Aveva decided to centralize their MRO parts and tool systems, but space was a serious concern. Even through eliminating all the duplicitous parts and tools, the wide range of required space presented a challenge.
Enter mobilized storage and the elimination of aisles when not in use. With only a single MRO room manager, every part was accounted for, in adequate supply and easily accessible. By mobilizing various four post shelving, drawer systems and bulk storage, Aveva was able to assure that any part or tool needed was locatable and available immediately.
They called “it a place for everything and everything in its place.” We call it smart storage solutions from Spacesaver Industrial. Either way, it’s storage at work.
To download the full the Aveva application case study click here.
Posted by Tyler Burns on Thu, Aug 18, 2011
The University of Virginia (UVA) kicked off their Ivy Stacks Retrofit project in September of 2010. The Ivy Stacks are the University’s off site storage facility that adopted “The Harvard Model” for rarely accessed library items. This process has worked well for UVA since 1994 when the stacks were installed, but over time the items being stored completely filled up the estimated 1.2 million square feet of storage.
A change was in store for the Ivy Stacks facility, but as to what that solution would be, was up for debate. They originally proposed a plan to build an additional building in the same style right next door. The original design allowed for this to be the go-to option once capacity was reached. The problem and eventual downfall of this idea was the cost of construction at an estimated $16 million. Another option, though extremely undesirable, for the University was to dispose of items that were rarely used to make room for new items. The final option was to somehow make better use of existing space. Luckily for UVA they heard about Spacesaver’s new XTend® high-density mobile system, which gave them another option to consider.
Spacesaver’s XTend® Mobile High Bay System clearly met their needs:
- Doubles the capacity of the current facility.
- The cost was almost 70% cheaper than the proposed new construction cost.
- The stacks are now mobilized to allow compression.
- Storage shelf sizes are customizable to store various sized items.
- Streamlined the cataloging process.
- Freed up space on-campus for years to come.
- Allowed UVA to stay in the same building.
After learning about the XTend system, UVA felt that the system met every need they had and did so for a cost that was affordable for the University. After concluding the XTend system was the best choice, the renovation of the facility could get underway with Spacesaver starting construction on March 1st.
Area crews working hard to install the system on time and on budget
Laying the tracks for the system
Looking down on the completed XTend System at UVA on the left
A look at the operation panel and size of the XTend system on the right
Photo Credit: Ivy Stacks Retrofit Project via Flickr
The XTend system at University of Virginia was completed on June 29, 2011, and the first phase of the Ivy Stacks Retrofit Project was complete. The 750,000 items stored within the facility just relocated from a college dorm into a luxury home, now with plenty of space for new roommates.
To learn more about off-site storage solutions download Spacesaver's XTend® Product brochure and Running out of Room whitepaper.
Check out this UVA Blog on the Retro Fitting of the Ivy Stacks!
http://ivystacks.lib.virginia.edu/
Click Here to view the full image gallery of the UVA installation!
Posted by Matt Servant on Fri, Aug 12, 2011
Trying to find ways to squeeze out more productivity from your staff, bring files and supplies closer to where they are needed, or reduce cost to store or archive items while maintaining or improving control? Well, Mobilized Storage can help you do all of those things and more.
Not sure what Mobilized Storage is all about?
Watch this video now
Not just for the Big Boys!
Mobilized Storage is no longer just for pallet racking in manufacturing, warehouse, or distribution centers. Especially now that Spacesaver has introduced a light duty version of ActivRAC™ Mobilized Storage for commercial businesses to compliment the medium duty ActivRAC 16 series and heavy duty ActivRAC 30 series carriages.
The light duty version of ActivRAC carriages accepts all kinds of existing or new shelving, cabinets, drawer systems, racking, etc making it easy and cost effective to mobilize your storage.
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| Combination of drawer systems and four post shelving mounted on ActivRAC carriages to save space |
Ideal for tool storage, small parts storage, artifact storage, archival storage or whatever. |
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| Mobilize 4-post shelving to centralize materials and supplies. Or the opposite...use ActivRAC systems to decentralize items closer to where needed. |
Make the most of pharmaceutical storage, lab storage systems, lab shelving, hospital storage, healthcare storage, medical supply storage and more. |
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| Existing or new filing cabinets -legal filing cabinets or lateral filing cabinets- can be placed onto ActivRAC carriages to save space or bring files closer to where needed. |
Reduce the footprint required for business record storage, paper document storage, corporate document storage, or any type of business storage needs. |
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| Get more light industrial/wide span shelving into the same space or reduce the footprint of your existing shelving by placing in on top of ActivRAC carriages. |
Optimize preservation storage, archival storage, museum storage or even evidence storage, lab storage, parts storage or almost anything you can think of. |
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Stop waisting valuable space for supplies storage, secure storage, lab storage, business storage, archive storage... |
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| You can mobilize practically any type of shelving, storage cabinet, slatwall, etc with an ActivRAC Mobiized Storage system. |
Make more space for food storage, dry goods storage, and bulk storage or reduce the space to store items on wire shelving. |
Watch a short ActivRAC 7M system demo video now!
Think big, start small!
ActivRAC 7M Mobilized Storage System has several features to help you start realizing the big benefits of mobilizing your storage while making it easy to get started with a small budget.
Modular Design
ActivRAC 7M systems are designed for flexibility to meet your applications needs –now and in the future. This means that you can take a phased approach to implementing mobilized storage. Start with a module that is practical today and be set to expand, reconfigure, or even re-locate in phases to meet your budget and business needs as they change over time.
Simple, Fast Install
ActivRAC 7M systems feature patent pending rail and carriage designs that make it possible to install directly to flat, but non-level floors without the need for installing raised floors or requiring a second pour and costly footings.
Mechanical Assist Manual Operation
Get into mobilized storage today and start freeing up space or better locating and organizing materials without the added cost or advantages of a motorized, electric push button operation. But don’t worry, you can easily upgrade from hand-crank to a power system when you’re ready for increased productivity and security.
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Local Support, right in your neighborhood...
Spacesaver Corporation has a network of local independant commericial area contractors and industrial distributors that are handpicked and highly trained. These local representatives work in tandem with the end user, architects and local building authorities to properly evaluate each application and recommend the most appropriate solution. Spacesaver Corporation also has sales support and technical support representatives available to assist you and your local representative.