Fired Up Funding for Station Organization

Creating a facilitating environment for students to grow into professionals in their chosen field is essentially the goal for any higher education institution. This requires not only dedicated professors and support staff to deliver valuable information, but also public safety officials to ensure staff, teachers, and students remain safe throughout the process. Backed by a bond passed to update and improve public safety facilities throughout their county, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia began the process of updating its campus’ fire station – namely the way in which it stored the professional and personal items of its staff. Having a strong relationship with the architect on the project, Richard Schemenaur of Patterson Pope was called upon to bring fit and function to the firehouse. Upon assessing the station’s layout and desire to offer high-quality, versatile lockers for its firefighters to store and support all their belongings while on shift, Richard recommended personal storage lockers to fit their need. The result – scheduled for install by the end of September – will fit perfectly outside of the bunkrooms, allowing users to rest easy and prepare quickly knowing what they need will be safe and accessible.

Thank you, Richard, for providing this important reminder of the value establishing relationships with key partners can deliver in securing deals!

A New High In Grand Junction Colorado

Approved in November 2021, a ballot granted the district $115 million in a tax bond to rebuild Grand Junction High School’s 65-year-old building. The school also received support from a $10 million BEST grant its district received, which provides financial assistance to school districts for the construction and/or renovation of new or existing public schools. Now armed with funding, the school started looking for ways to outfit its new facility. Taking advantage of all avenues for winning bids, MOTUS Space Solutions was awarded the opportunity to provide solutions for the school’s book room storage through Bidnet – a government bidding vehicle. MOTUS’ Bill Kuntz took on the task, providing a Mechanical-assist Mobile System with a non-powered safety brake and incorporating 4-Post Shelving and BAT Rail to optimize available space in the new facility’s book storage room. Construction of the new GJHS school building began in June 2022. It is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2024 and operational by the fall semester. Thank you, Bill for sharing this story!

A Pivot-al Moment in Tazewell County History

Upon receiving a donation to expand their building, Tazewell County Genealogical and Historical Society in Pekin, IL was ready to get to work. However, rising construction costs forced them to look for alternate options including renovating its existing space and systems, so they called Gary Lowery – their local Spacesaver representative at Bradford Systems. Upon assessing the space and its construction, Gary determined it would not be ideal for high-density mobile carriages. Instead, he designed a Wheelhouse Mechanical-assist system option for them. Seeing the system’s design, administrators were skeptical at first. However, after a visit to a nearby VA clinic that utilizes a similar Spacesaver system with floorless rail, all doubts of the system’s capabilities and value were eliminated. Now, the society’s curators report a brighter, more functional archives room, and its end panels have enhanced the professional look of their storage space. Not only has the new system helped them add storage space, but its fresh look is also gaining marketing exposure, which will lead to increased donations and support. Thank you, Gary for sharing this amazing story.

Ensuring Storage Opportunities Takeoff

An ever-growing community along the San Francisco-Bay Area Peninsula, San Mateo County includes the San Francisco International Airport within its borders. Serving nearly 46 million passengers per year, the airport creates an increasing demand for higher capacity evidence rooms, more lockers for deputies, and a larger space requirement for department office staff – all geared toward keeping operations running at full force. Needing systems that could keep up with this rapid growth and having COVID-19 funding to allocate toward the project, administrators were connected with Jordan Jaime, their local Spacesaver representative at Systems & Space, through One Workplace, whose account managers recognized a need for storage solutions and brought Jordan into the project as an extension of their services. Originally seen as just a request for high-density mobile systems, Jordan was able to review the department’s expansion plans and uncover a need for multiple other floors of storage that would’ve likely fallen to the GC’s scope. Altogether, the project will encapsulate four (4) large high-density systems for evidence, four (4) pass thru evidence lockers, 392 total Men’s and Women’s FreeStyle lockers with electrical and Digilocks, and 10 additional rooms of 4-Post shelving. The anticipated completion date for the project is early Q1 2024. Thank you for sharing, Jordan!

Diners, Widespans, and Chives

Columbus Artisan Growers is a hydroponic farm that partners with local restaurants and distributors in the greater Columbus, Ohio area to provide ethnic, exotic, artisanal ingredients from around the world. An indoor grow operation that prides itself on its ability to blend food and technology, its founders knew they needed help in producing a high-quality product in an efficient manner. This led them to reach out to their local Spacesaver consultant at Patterson Pope for help in optimizing their space and maximizing their yield. Working with Drew Simons, they were outfitted with a GROW Mobile System featuring widespan shelving – allowing them to produce, package, and distribute their ingredients with ease. Thanks to Drew for providing information on this innovative installation!

Supported Sales for Road Warriors

In today’s world, an unexpected knock on your door or call to your phone generally means some sort of sales-oriented presentation is just an answer away. While technology has helped in filtering out a great amount of the solicitation, every once in a while, you answer that call and find unexpected value in the pitch and what their services can provide to better your situation. Such was the case for NAS Jacksonville when Rob Muley of Patterson Pope came knocking with his local ADS representative and their TLS program alongside. Wanting to take full advantage of having the ADS representative along for the ride, the two made a stop by the station to see if there was a need. What they found, was a space looking to upgrade their dated storage solutions, reduce safety hazards, and boost organization and readiness. Utilizing the ADS contract program, Rob was able to provide several high-density mobile storage systems, RaptorRAC widespan shelving, and tire storage solutions to remedy the situation. Thank you, Rob, for providing this great example of what can be accomplished from a cold call and a red-hot procurement vehicle.