Long Span Shelving vs Pallet Racking: Which Suits Your Stock?

Stand in a busy warehouse and long span shelving and pallet racking can look like close cousins. Both are bays of galvanised steel, both climb toward the roof, and both promise to hold a lot of stock in an orderly way. But they are built for different jobs, and choosing between them on looks alone … Continued

How to Choose Warehouse Shelving: A Practical Buyer’s Guide

Buying warehouse shelving looks simple until you start comparing options. Suddenly you are weighing up boltless against modular, per shelf load against bay load, standard bays against long span, and a dozen height and depth combinations, all while a sales sheet promises that every one of them is the answer. Choose well and you get … Continued

Pallet Racking Installation: How We Survey, Design and Fit Your System

Most people who search for pallet racking installation already know roughly what they need. They’ve got a warehouse, some pallets to store, and a rough idea of how much space they’ve got to work with. What’s less clear, usually, is what actually happens between getting a quote and having a working system in place. That … Continued

Mobile Storage Installation for Well-Known Retail Store in London

We’re thrilled to be taking on yet another mobile storage supply and installation project — this time for a well-known store in the heart of London. It’s a project that plays to exactly what mobile storage does best: turning a tight, high-value footprint into a serious amount of usable storage. Why mobile storage, and why … Continued

How Much Does Pallet Racking Cost? A UK Price Guide

Ask most suppliers how much pallet racking costs and you will get some version of “it depends, request a quote”. That is technically true, and it is also not much use when you are trying to put a number in a budget. So here is a straight answer to start with. In the UK, standard … Continued

Cromwell Tools Bristol Hub Unirack Shelving Installation

For this project throwback, we’re looking back at a Unirack shelving installation completed as part of the wider Cromwell Tools Bristol Hub fit out. This project was not simply a standalone shelving job. The Unirack system formed one part of a larger warehouse and office fit out delivered by our parent company, Advanced Commercial Interiors, … Continued

Project Throwback: Inside a Huge Three-Floor Unirack Installation in Abingdon

For this throwback, we’re revisiting a large-scale Unirack installation completed in Abingdon for DSV Solutions. The project involved the installation of a substantial storage system designed to support a busy UK distribution operation. With product movement, picking efficiency and storage capacity all playing an important role, the shelving layout needed to make best use of … Continued

Mobile Unirack System Chosen by Trent Instruments

Trent Instruments were helped by aci back in 2014, when we designed and fitted a mezzanine floor and offices for them. Since then, they have grown as a business and through acquisition, so required more storage for their slower moving stock. Aci were consulted to give their advice, which was initially based on new static … Continued