Mobile Shelving for Mountain America Credit Union in West Jordan, UT
How Material Handling USA designed and installed an Aurora mechanical-assist high-density mobile shelving system for document and records storage at Mountain America Credit Union’s corporate campus in West Jordan, Utah — nearly doubling storage capacity in the same room.
~50%
Less floor space vs. static shelving
1 aisle
Opens on demand, no fixed aisles
Zero
Electricity for mechanical-assist drive
Lifetime
Limited warranty on frames & carriages
A Growing Credit Union, a Fixed Amount of Floor Space
When a financial institution outgrows its records room, the usual options are bad ones: lease off-site storage, build an addition, or start stacking boxes in hallways. Mountain America Credit Union faced that squeeze at its West Jordan corporate campus — and solved it without adding a single square foot of building.
Material Handling USA designed and installed an Aurora high-density mobile shelving system that stores the same volume of loan files, member records and operational documents in roughly half the floor space of the static shelving it replaced. The rows sit on wheeled carriages that compact together and open a single aisle on demand, so the room works harder while the building stays the same size.
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The Customer: Mountain America Credit Union
Founded in 1934, Mountain America Credit Union has grown from a small employee credit union into one of the largest credit unions in the western United States, serving more than a million members through 100-plus branches across Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and New Mexico. Its corporate campus at 7167 S Center Park Drive in West Jordan, Utah supports administrative, records and member-service functions for branches across all of those states.
As Mountain America expanded from a regional Utah institution into a multi-state financial-services provider, the paperwork expanded with it. Loan files, member account documentation, regulatory compliance records and branch-support materials all needed organized, accessible and secure storage — and in a credit union subject to federal and state recordkeeping rules, simply discarding documents to free up space is rarely an option.
The Challenge
The credit union’s existing static shelving and filing systems were consuming a growing share of the facility’s floor space. Every additional row of conventional shelving demanded its own permanent access aisle, so a large fraction of the room was standing empty most of the day just to allow occasional access.
Mountain America needed a storage solution that could:
- Absorb current document volumes and leave clear room for future growth
- Fit entirely within the existing room — no addition, no off-site storage
- Keep federally and state-regulated records organized, accessible and secure
- Stay easy for staff to operate every day, at full load, without special training
- Require little to no ongoing maintenance or electrical infrastructure
The Solution: Aurora Mechanical-Assist Mobile Shelving
Material Handling USA designed and installed an Aurora mechanical-assist mobile shelving system at the West Jordan facility. Multiple high-density carriages ride on a floor-level track; the rows compact together when no one needs them and open on demand when staff need to retrieve materials, so the system needs only one moving aisle instead of one fixed aisle per row.
The system was configured with adjustable shelf levels and integrated dividers to organize financial documents, loan files and operational records. Each carriage is opened with an ergonomic three-spoke handle that moves smoothly even when the shelving is fully loaded, and clean white steel end panels give the installation a professional appearance that fits the credit union’s corporate environment.
How the vendor was verified
Product facts on this page — Quik-Lok® boltless shelving, the Twin Ramp track, the mechanical-assist three-spoke drive, the patented concave-wheel/convex-rail guidance and the Limited Lifetime Warranty — are drawn from Aurora Storage Products’ own published brochures and product literature. We describe only what the project photographs show and what the manufacturer publishes; we do not publish carriage counts, dimensions or capacities we cannot document for this specific installation.
System Features
Three things make an Aurora mechanical-assist system a good fit for a records room like Mountain America’s — each of them visible in the photographs from the installation.
Mechanical-Assist Three-Spoke DriveEach moveable carriage is opened with an ergonomic three-spoke handle. Aurora’s mechanical-assist gearing multiplies a light hand effort into smooth movement of a fully loaded carriage, and a center aisle-safety lock holds adjacent carriages in place while someone is working in the open aisle. No electricity, no motor, no maintenance contract.
Twin Ramp Low-Profile TrackThe system runs on Aurora’s Twin Ramp track, a low-profile rail-and-ramp that installs directly on the existing floor. There is no raised sub-floor to build, which shortens installation and keeps the finished floor height close to the surrounding space. Aurora’s patented concave-wheel / convex-rail guidance keeps carriages tracking straight with no play.
White Steel End Panels & Quik-Lok ShelvingClean white steel end panels give the system a professional look suited to a corporate financial environment. Behind them sits Aurora Quik-Lok shelving — a boltless keyhole-and-rivet design with no nuts, bolts or screws — so shelves adjust, add or relocate without hardware as the credit union’s storage needs change.Aurora Mobile Shelving Specifications
The system supplied to Mountain America is built from Aurora’s standard high-density mobile components. The table below summarizes the specification and the manufacturer’s published product facts.
| Item | Specification | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Aurora Storage Products, Inc. | High-density mobile storage manufacturer with roots dating to 1880; systems specified, supplied and installed for this project by Material Handling USA. |
| System type | Mechanical-assist high-density mobile shelving | Rows of shelving mounted on wheeled carriages that compact together and open one aisle at a time, hand-driven — no electrical connection required. |
| Shelving | Aurora Quik-Lok® boltless shelving | Patented keyhole-and-rivet assembly with a Quik-Base foundation; adjustable shelf levels with integrated dividers to separate files by category, department or branch. |
| End panels | White steel decorative end panels | Professional finished appearance appropriate for a corporate office; document-safe paint finish with no VOCs. |
| Track | Twin Ramp low-profile floor track | Installs on the existing slab with no raised sub-floor; other Aurora options include raised deck with steel ramp, surface mount, anti-tip and seismic tracks. |
| Guidance | Patented concave-wheel / convex-rail system | Even heavily loaded carriages move smoothly and stay straight with no play between rail and wheel. |
| Drive | Ergonomic three-spoke handle with aisle safety lock | Mechanical-assist gearing for one-hand operation at full load; center safety lock secures adjacent carriages while an aisle is occupied. |
| Sustainability | Approx. 40% recycled steel content | Aurora shelving is manufactured with recycled steel and a document-safe, VOC-free finish. |
| Warranty | Limited Lifetime Warranty on structural frames | Aurora warrants shelving and carriage frames against defects for the life of the frame (parts at no cost; labor covered in year one), with separate 10-year drive-motor and 5-year equipment warranties on powered systems. |
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Space Savings & Return on Investment
The core advantage of Aurora mobile shelving over static shelving and filing cabinets is space efficiency. By eliminating the many fixed aisles that static shelving needs and compacting the rows together, the system stores the same volume of material in roughly half the floor space — Aurora publishes savings of up to about 50%. For a growing credit union, that recovered square footage becomes deferred expansion cost or space that can be repurposed for member-facing services and staff workstations.
The mechanical-assist design drives the second half of the return. Unlike powered systems that require electrical connections and ongoing service, the hand-driven three-spoke system operates with zero electricity and minimal upkeep, so the total cost of ownership stays low while the system runs reliably for years. Aurora’s Limited Lifetime Warranty on the structural frames protects the investment further.
Two ways the system pays back
Real-estate cost avoidance: consolidating records into half the footprint avoids the cost of leasing or building additional storage — meaningful in the Salt Lake City metro, where commercial real estate keeps rising. Operational productivity: organized, dividered storage cuts the time staff spend locating documents, which speeds member service and audit preparation.
Benefits for the Credit Union
Who Else Uses High-Density Mobile Shelving
Mountain America’s records room is one example of a solution that fits any organization holding more documents, files or supplies than its floor space comfortably allows. The same Aurora system is used well beyond banking — wherever compliance, security and capacity matter and space is finite.
Material Handling USA has installed Aurora mobile shelving for police evidence rooms, water-reclamation and government facilities, medical and research labs, and corporate offices across the Mountain West. The shelving, dividers and accessories are simply configured for whatever each group needs to store.
How the Project Ran
Material Handling USA managed the Mountain America installation from the first consultation through a finished, ready-to-load system.
On-Site Assessment
We measure the room, check ceiling height and floor condition, and work with your facilities team to understand current document volumes, growth projections and daily workflow.
Custom Design
We lay out an Aurora configuration for your exact dimensions — carriage count, shelf levels, divider placement and track type — to maximize capacity while keeping every item easy to reach.
Delivery & Staging
All components are shipped and staged at your facility and scheduled around your operations so the work does not interrupt member service.
Professional Installation
Our trained crew installs the Twin Ramp track, assembles the carriages and Quik-Lok shelving, calibrates the mechanical drive, removes all packaging and leaves the system ready to load.
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Why This Matters for Utah Businesses
West Jordan is one of the fastest-growing cities in Salt Lake County, with a population that has more than tripled over the past three decades. As Utah’s financial-services and commercial sector keeps expanding, organizations across the Salt Lake Valley face the same pressure Mountain America did: manage growing operational demands inside the building they already occupy.
High-density mobile shelving lets Utah businesses, government agencies and institutions maximize their current footprint before committing to a costly expansion or relocation. Whether the need is financial document storage, records management, supply organization or archive preservation, a mobile system delivers measurable space savings and day-to-day operational gains. Material Handling USA is based in Salt Lake City and provides mobile shelving design, delivery and professional installation throughout the Wasatch Front, including West Jordan, South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, Riverton, Herriman and all of Salt Lake County. Learn more about mobile shelving in Salt Lake City or read the complete mobile shelving system guide.
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