Case Study:
Indoff
California Army National Guard Center
Problem: The Army National Guard Center project near Pasadena, CA used Lyon doublewide metal door lockers for both equipment storage and in the locker/shower rooms. The storage equipment lockers were nothing but problematic in keeping the doors adjusted and in alignment. When the Bakersfield project for the California National Guard Center was bid, the Guard had the same locker specs in their Pasadena center. In surveying the soldiers’ use of the lockers, it was observed that the first thing the soldiers did after coming in from training was to hang their duffle bags on the locker doors. The existing metal locker doors could not support the sixty pound bags without damage.
Objective: Instead of quoting the specified 36” wide metal lockers with 2 doors, 6’ tall, which would have the same problems with deflection or one with a single 36” door, we recommended an alternative. We recommended 7’ tall welded wire mesh lockers with a single door for greater access to the lockers than a single or double door on a 6’ high metal locker.
Solution: Base on recommendations, the California Army National Guard purchased larger lockers for theirequipment storage. These lockers are more durable and less costly in comparison to the metal door lockers purchased previously by other centers.
Benefits: Upon completion of the installation, the Army inspector was so happy with the way the wire lockers turned out that they have now become the standard storage lockers for the California Army Reserve Centers. An additional benefit designed for these lockers was the installation of a pole to increase capacity for hanging equipment.
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