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 When Essex County Council decided to build
a new Record Office to replace their existing
facilities, one of their first ports of call was
Metalrax who
had already designed and
installed a number of County Record projects,
including Powys Record Office, Lincolnshire
Archives and the Office of Population, Census
and Surveys.
The first stage was to carry
out a survey
of
existing facilities. Metalrax personnel spent
several days compiling an accurate picture of
the Record Office’s current holdings. This
involved recording details of over 6000
locations!
With accruals the specification called for over
1760 cubic metres of storage capacity.
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Using the latest CAD technology, the Metalrax
project team was able to recommend the most
economical and space efficient solution which
involved over 50 different bay elevations.
Metalrax worked closely with Consultant
Architect - Hugh Edgar- to ensure that the new
Record Office would comply with British
Standard BS5454. This Involved incorporating a
number of special features,some of which were
purpose designed by the Metalrax Technical
Department.
As part of the ‘Complete Package’, the
Metalrax project team sourced some specialist
items including one from the U.S.A.
The new Record Office provides over 6 linear
miles of shelving. |
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