Re: [AMIA-L] Floor Covering for vault

[Caitlin Hickie <HICKIE.CAITLIN@ABC.NET.AU>]

We are talking 3 metre high compactuses - requiring ladder trolleys moving in
and out - so a flat floor surface is essential.

Caitlin

-----Original Message-----
From: Association of Moving Image Archivi
Sent: Friday, 26 July 2002 4:51
To: AMIA-L
Subject: Re: [AMIA-L] Floor Covering for vault


Caitlin Hickie wrote:
> They have ruled out cutting into the concrete, and also laying another layer
of
> concrete down (due to floor loading)

Well, how terrible are the tracks for the shelving system?  Might it not
be cheaper, and better, to just mount them atop the concrete and train
archivists to step over them?  Or are there governmental safety rules
that prohibit this?