A subject that I have gone back to time and time again is solid shelving. This upcoming change to NFPA 13 will redefine multiple-row rack...

Walmart, Amazon, Lowes, Target and numerous third party logistic (3PL) firms are shifting to pick modules as their warehouse arrangement....

High volume low speed (HVLS) fans are large mechanical fans that are 6 feet or wider and used in commercial and industrial settings. They...

There is a change coming that we are severely underestimating. This change promises to revolutionize the industry, and will force many of u

We have discussed what constitutes solid shelves within a rack structure but it can get a bit confusing when we consider shelf storage...

Up to this point, we have discussed what solid shelving is and spent time talking about how the load can determine if a shelf is a solid she

This is one of the main issues that we have to understand and it can be summarized by asking—wasn’t wire mesh developed to help eliminate so

Prior to continuing the discussion on Solid Shelving I need to point out that I made a mistake in the last blog post. I used the photo...

And so it begins. In my first blog post (Fire Testing, January 18, 2016), I talked briefly about solid shelving and pointed out that...

For years I have had the pleasure of teaching the three day seminar on automatic sprinklers on behalf of NFPA. For those of you who have...