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Re: Linear Feet



>>So the formula by this method is   1 cubic foot = 1 linear foot<<

I humbly disagree because the standard records storage box is 12 inches wide
by 15 inches deep by 10 inches high. If you are storing letter sized
documents in the box then you 15 linear inches, if you legal sized folders
you will have 12 linear inches. But based upon your formula I would have to
assume that the box-end is facing out.

Cubic feet do not equal linear feet one is volume the other is distance.
apples do not equal oranges.

A shelving system depending on the height will either hold x linear filing
inches or feet of material or x cubic feet of material.

this website has some very good capacity comparison information.
http://www.spacesaver.com/concept/capacity.html

>>Since a cubic foot box will occupy either 15" if stored sideways on the
shelf or 12" if stored narrow-wise. <<

Not so say that it can't or hasn't been done but the vast majority of
commercial records centers' shelving is set up so that the boxes are stored
with the end facing out rather than the side. A typical records center shelf
may be 36" wide and 30" deep, and typically about 26 inches high thus each
shelf will hold approximately 12 boxes or 12 cubic feet. the boxes are
stores two high and two deep.

Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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