Administrative Office Storage Mobile Shelving Case Study: West Valley City, Utah

How Intermountain Healthcare’s Lake Park Office Building added mobile shelving for administrative office storage during construction.

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Front-facing mobile shelving carriage ends with handwheels in a healthcare administrative office storage room

Customer

Intermountain Healthcare, Lake Park Office Building

Location

4646 West Lake Park Boulevard, West Valley City, UT 84120

Product

Mechanical mobile shelving, laminate end panels, wood sub-floor decking

Application

Administrative office storage

About the project

Intermountain Healthcare’s Lake Park Office Building in West Valley City, Utah needed organized, space-efficient storage for administrative office space, planned as part of the building’s construction.

Material Handling USA supplied a mechanical mobile shelving system with laminate end panels, along with all the decking material needed to build a sub-floor and recess the floor rail. The project was coordinated through Saunders Construction as general contractor, with delivery and installation completed in about four to six weeks.

Project scope at a glance

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Mobile shelving to complete construction drawings

The system was built to match the building’s own storage room drawings and specifications rather than a standard layout.

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Laminate end panels

A finished laminate surface on the carriage ends gives the system a clean, professional office appearance.

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Wood sub-floor decking supplied

Material Handling USA supplied all the decking material needed to build the sub-floor and recess the rail flush with the finished floor.

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Mechanical handwheel drive

Carriages move on a three-spoke handwheel for quiet, low-effort access to any aisle.

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Coordinated through the general contractor

The system was specified and installed as part of new construction, coordinated with Saunders Construction on the building schedule.

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Installed by our crew

Freight, inside delivery, full installation and packaging removal were included.

The situation

A corporate office building needs storage rooms that hold records, supplies and administrative materials densely, without eating into the office floor plan. Building storage into new construction is the best opportunity to get it right: the sub-floor, rail and shelving can all be planned together from the drawings, rather than added to a finished room later.

That coordination runs through the general contractor, who schedules the shelving installation alongside the building’s other systems and finishes.

Office records boxes and binders on a mobile shelving shelf in a healthcare administrative office storage room

What Material Handling USA supplied

Material Handling USA supplied mechanical mobile shelving with laminate end panels, built to match the Lake Park Office Building’s storage room drawings and specifications. The scope also included all the decking material needed to build a wood sub-floor and recess the floor rail flush with the finished floor.

The project was coordinated through Saunders Construction as general contractor, with Material Handling USA supplying and installing the shelving system to the building’s drawings.

System layout

The layout drawing below shows one of the storage rooms as installed: mechanical mobile shelving carriages on recessed floor rail, sized to the room. Dimensions and the exact aisle count are specific to this room and are shown for illustration of how a mobile shelving system is planned before it is built.

Mobile shelving layout drawing for a healthcare administrative office storage room, West Valley City Utah

What the office building gained

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Storage built into new construction

Planning the mobile shelving system during construction let the sub-floor and rail be built in from the start.

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A flush, professional-looking room

Laminate end panels and a recessed rail give the storage room a finished look consistent with the rest of the office building.

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More storage in less floor space

Mobile shelving let the building fit more administrative storage into the available room than static shelving would allow.

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Coordinated with the build schedule

Working with the general contractor kept the shelving installation on pace with the rest of the building’s construction.

Planning mobile shelving into an office building

	Retrofit into an existing office	Planned into new construction
Floor construction	Twin ramp usually avoids sub-floor work	Sub-floor decking can recess the rail flush with the floor, as on this project
Coordination	Directly with the facility	Through the general contractor, as with Saunders Construction here
Finish	Matched to existing conditions	Matched to the building’s overall finish package
Best fit	An existing storage room needing more capacity	A new office building where storage rooms are already on the drawings
Lead time	Can install quickly once measured	Follows the broader construction schedule

Mobile shelving sales and service across Utah

Material Handling USA is based in Salt Lake City and works with Utah healthcare systems, corporate offices and general contractors on new construction storage projects throughout the Salt Lake Valley.

Call (801) 328-8788 to have a new-construction office storage room planned for mobile shelving.

Frequently asked questions

Can mobile shelving be planned into a new office building?

Yes, and it is often the best time to add it. This project built the sub-floor and recessed the rail during construction rather than retrofitting it later.

Who coordinates mobile shelving on a construction project?

Typically the general contractor. This project was coordinated through Saunders Construction alongside the rest of the building’s construction schedule.

What does mobile shelving sub-floor decking involve?

Building a raised floor section so the carriage rail sits recessed and flush with the finished floor, which Material Handling USA supplied the decking material for on this project.

Is mobile shelving suitable for administrative office storage?

Yes. It suits records, supplies and administrative materials that need dense, organized storage without a large dedicated room.

How long does installation take on a new construction project?

This project’s delivery and installation ran about four to six weeks, coordinated with the building’s overall construction schedule.

Who typically requests mobile shelving on an office construction project?

The building owner or tenant specifies storage needs, and the general contractor coordinates installation with the shelving supplier, as Saunders Construction did on this project.

Can mobile shelving be added to office space after move-in?

Yes, though a twin ramp is typically used instead of recessed sub-floor decking, since building into an existing finished floor is more disruptive than planning it during construction.

Planning storage into a new office building?

Send us the room drawings and your general contractor’s schedule, and we will plan a mobile shelving system that installs cleanly with the rest of construction. Utah installs and service from our Salt Lake City base.

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