Museum & Archive Storage Planning Guide

Planning for Delivery

You might assume that by planning your storage space and selecting the necessary furniture, you'd be all set. However, there's a crucial step you might be overlooking! Given the significant size of these products, it's essential to contemplate how you'll transport them to their final destination—or if it's even feasible to reach that location. Before placing your order, we'll guide you through some vital considerations to ensure a smooth delivery process.

This guide is divided into three sections:

Assessing Your Needs

Collection Storage Solutions

Planning for Delivery

 
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Determine Final Destination

Determine Final Destination

If it is on a different floor than the delivery location, how are you going to get the product to the final location? Do you have a freight elevator or will it need to go up stairs?

Check clearances

Check clearances

We recommend you walk the route from the delivery location to the final location and measure the clearances and width of:

  • Doorways
  • Hallways
  • Freight elevators
  • Stairways
Staffing

Staffing

Consider the staff you'll need to get the product to its final location. You'll also need them to remove the product from the pallet, get the product in place and stack the product (if applicable).
Do you have a loading dock?

Do you have a loading dock?

​​​​​​​A loading dock is a standard expectation for an LTL delivery. They often feature bumpers around the outside of the loading dock door and a dock leveler used as a bridge between the truck and the dock. The elevated commercial loading dock allows a truck to back up and roll the pallets off the truck using a pallet jack. A loading dock is not the same as a receiving/loading area.​​​​

If your delivery location does not have a loading dock, you can add a power tailgate to your order at an additional cost. Standard trucks do not have a power tailgate so it’s important to let the company you are purchasing products from ahead of time.

​​​​​​​​​​​If you don’t have a loading dock, you may also wish to add inside delivery service (for an additional cost). This service means that the driver may assist you in the movement of the delivery from the truck through the first door of the building, so it is out of inclement weather. The driver will not move a delivery up any stairs.