The new Offaly County Archives building has opened at their new premises in Tullamore Co. Offaly. This new facility in Axis Business Park will house both the Offaly History collection and the council’s own Offaly Archives.
Storage Systems Limited was appointed by Offaly County Archives to provide a space saving storage solution for this new facility. Over 200 bays of Compactus Archive Mobile Shelving is installed in 2 archive storage rooms. The shelving is 2.8m high x 450mm deep with 9 storage levels to house all Offaly county council archives and historic collections.
One unique feature to this installation is the perforated side frames chosen by the client to provide air circulation to the archives been stored on the shelf levels. Each mobile base is equipped with a push button aisle safety lock which when pressed by a staff member will prevent the movement of the mobile shelving while a staff member is in an aisle.
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