Pallet racking in Chantilly, VA.

Yes. Contract storage asks a different question from commercial distribution: the requirement is usually to prove what is where, who touched it, and that program stock stayed segregated — not to fit the maximum number of pallets in the footprint. We design for rigorous location addressing, keep segregated runs physically distinct rather than merely labelled, and build in caged or partitioned areas where the contract calls for them. We will also work to whatever access and escort procedures the facility runs.

Fairfax County Land Development Services. That is a genuinely different authority from Loudoun County Building & Development a few miles north, with its own submission requirements and its own review sequence, even though both enforce the same Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. Rack systems need a permit with stamped engineering drawings sealed by a Virginia-licensed design professional above threshold height and load, and storage above 12 feet triggers a concurrent high-piled combustible storage review.

The Route 50 flex stock generally runs 20-to-28-foot clear, and the newer Route 28 south product reaches 22-to-30. Westfields support and integration space is frequently lower, because it was built around office and light assembly rather than around storage. As always we spec against the lowest sprinkler head and the lowest obstruction in the bay rather than the structural deck, which in buildings with heavy mechanical runs can be well below what the drawings imply.