Pallet racking in Lebanon, TN.

Inside city limits the City of Lebanon's codes department reviews the building permit and the city fire marshal reviews high-piled combustible storage. Lebanon enforces its own codes, so the review is local. Parcels in unincorporated Wilson County go through the county building codes office. We confirm the jurisdiction from the parcel and the local amendment to the IFC Chapter 32 high-piled storage requirements before drawings are issued.

Yes, and it matters more here than many owners expect. Middle Tennessee sites are typically ASCE 7 Seismic Design Category B or C depending on soil site class and location, with values rising toward Clarksville and West Tennessee and the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Under ANSI/RMI MH16.1, base-plate size, anchor count and frame bracing are checked against the site seismic values, and tall frames in 32-to-40-foot buildings are where that has the most effect. Drawings are stamped by a Tennessee-licensed PE.

Yes. Pick modules and rack-supported mezzanines are common on the I-40 East corridor as fulfillment volumes grow. They are structures, so they need engineering for the platform loads, egress, guarding and the slab underneath, and they typically need their own building permit review. We check the slab before design, which on Wilson County karst is a real question rather than a formality, and phase the install so the building keeps shipping.