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Archive mobile shelving installation in Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk Archaeology · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

An archive-box storage installation on a substantial scale. Working for Bruynzeel Storage Systems, CWS handled the complete on-site installation—from levelling and installing the 322m² floor system to assembling the mobile bases and shelving.

Upright height
4.8 metres
System
Mechanical mobile
Floor system
Surface-mounted
Programme
7 weeks plannedCompleted ahead of schedule
322m²

Floor levelled & installed

505

Bays of mobile shelving

4,523

Shelves installed

A home for the archive

The brief was to install a mechanical mobile shelving system for archive boxes at Suffolk Archaeology in Bury St Edmunds. With 505 bays and uprights standing 4.8m tall, this was an installation where the scale becomes clear both along the aisles and from above.

The mobile shelving was complemented by seven bays of longspan racking. Together, these formed the storage installation shown in the finished photographs.

One team, from the floor up

CWS took responsibility for the installation from start to finish. Our work began with levelling and installing the surface-mounted floor system across 322m², before progressing to the mobile bases and the shelving above.

That complete scope meant our team followed the system through each stage, from its foundation at floor level to the final shelving assembly.

From the ground up

Three stages. One complete installation.

  1. 01

    Level & lay

    Levelling and installation of the 322m² surface-mounted floor system.

  2. 02

    Build the mobile bases

    Installation of the bases for the mechanically operated shelving system.

  3. 03

    Assemble the storage

    505 mobile shelving bays, 4,523 shelves and seven bays of longspan racking.

Overhead overview showing the extensive shelving layout beneath the building roof
The scale from above: 505 bays of mobile shelving, with 4,523 shelves installed.
Rows of tall mobile shelving with mechanical handwheels facing the main aisle
4.8m uprights and handwheel-operated mobile shelving for archive-box storage.
Access aisle between shelving runs showing the surface-mounted floor system
An open access aisle through the completed shelving system.
Aerial view of the seven bays of longspan racking alongside the mobile shelving at Suffolk Archaeology
Seven bays of longspan racking, viewed from above, alongside the mobile shelving installation.
Close view of mechanical handwheels, mobile shelving bases and the surface-mounted floor ramp
From floor to shelving: CWS installed the surface-mounted system, mobile bases and shelving.
The result

Ready ahead of the programme.

The installation was planned around a seven-week programme and completed ahead of schedule. Other trades had already finished their work, leaving CWS with the warehouse to ourselves and a clear space in which to carry out the installation.

That uninterrupted access helped the work progress smoothly through the floor installation, mobile bases and shelving. The finished project brings together the full 505-bay mechanical mobile system and seven bays of longspan racking, installed by CWS on behalf of Bruynzeel Storage Systems.

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