Pallet racking in Gallatin, TN.

Inside city limits the City of Gallatin's codes department reviews the building permit and the city fire marshal reviews high-piled combustible storage. Gallatin enforces its own codes, so the review is local. Parcels in unincorporated Sumner County go through the county building codes office, and in some unincorporated areas of Tennessee plan review routes through the State Fire Marshal's Office. We confirm the reviewing office from the parcel before drawings are issued.

Yes, and it is a large share of Gallatin work. Plant storage is designed to the process: line-side buffers sized to consumption and replenishment, work-in-progress staging between operations, cantilever for bar, tube and sheet, and raw-material rack located to minimise travel. We lay out to the real column grid and equipment, and phase installs around production so the plant keeps running.

Tennessee is an OSHA State Plan state, so TOSHA (the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration) enforces workplace safety in private workplaces. The substance is similar: storage must be stable and secure under 29 CFR 1910.176, and the General Duty Clause covers recognised hazards such as damaged or overloaded rack. In practice that means posted load capacities, a regular inspection programme, and prompt unloading and repair of damaged components. Our inspections document findings against ANSI/RMI MH16.1 so you have a record.