H-Town Pallet Racking Service

Project Management Around Houston

H-Town Pallet Racking runs rack projects from start to finish for warehouses across our Houston-metro towns.

Managed rack project under way in a Houston-metro warehouse
BUILT TO OSHA RULES — Project & Installation Management

Project & Installation Management from Fulshear to Galveston and Magnolia to Mont Belvieu. Quotes cost nothing.

The short version

Project & Installation Management, the H-Town way

H-Town Pallet Racking runs rack projects from start to finish for warehouses across our Houston-metro towns. One project lead is accountable from scoping to sign-off: coordinating suppliers and trades, tracking permits, supervising crews, managing the schedule and budget, and settling problems before they cost time. Multi-site work here often crosses jurisdictions — a Sugar Land building, a Channelview building and a League City building are three different reviewing offices with three different sets of rules — so permit tracking is part of the job, not an afterthought. An installation manager is on site while the work is under way to hold quality and safety to standard every day.

  • No more juggling suppliers and timelines yourself
  • Schedule and budget held by someone who does this full time
  • Operations keep running with limited disruption
  • A complete record of the project for your files and insurer
Crew building rack frames on a managed Southeast Texas project
Finished storage system at the end of a managed project

In the scope

What is covered

  • One contact across all suppliers and trades
  • Permit tracking with each reviewing office
  • On-site installation manager
  • Daily updates and a closeout file

Step by step

How the job runs

1

Scope and Plan

We write the project plan: scope, schedule, budget, supplier list and milestones. The project lead and installation manager are named before work starts.

2

Permit and Procure

Permit submittals and purchasing run in parallel, with approvals and material arrival lined up to hold the schedule.

3

Supervise the Build

The installation manager stays on site, enforcing safety, checking quality at each stage and fixing field problems as they arise.

Watch for these

Signs Your Rack Project Needs a Dedicated Manager

  • Five or more parties are involved — rack supplier, engineer, sprinkler, electrical, GC
  • A late permit from one city or county has already pushed the schedule
  • Head office has set a go-live date that cannot move
  • You are opening a second building while the first keeps operating
  • Your internal project lead has left or is stretched too thin
  • Phase one needs to run while phase two is being built next to it
  • Insurers, fire officials or corporate safety want milestone reviews on record
Striped aisles and completed rack rows at project handover

Asked and answered

Questions about Project Management

1

What does project management add to a rack job?

Scheduling, coordination of the other trades (sprinkler, electrical, concrete and the equipment deliveries), permit tracking with each city or county involved, daily supervision on site, safety oversight, progress reporting, change-order control and closeout. You deal with one person instead of five subcontractors.

2

Will you work with our general contractor and other trades?

Yes. Most of the job is exactly that: aligning the rack with the GC’s schedule, the sprinkler contractor’s heads and drops, the electrician’s lighting, and any slab repair. We attend the project meetings and keep the rack scope tied into the wider construction program.

3

Can the warehouse stay open during installation?

Yes. In an occupied building we install by aisle or quadrant while the rest keeps working. The phasing is agreed with your operations lead so pick faces, dock doors and shipping lanes stay usable, and night or weekend work is scheduled where the operation needs it.

4

How is this different from a straight install?

An install contract covers the rack. Project management also covers the related trades and permits, gives your leadership regular progress reports, controls scope changes, and ends with one closeout file — capacity documents, permit sign-offs, warranties and as-built drawings. The larger and more multi-trade the job, the more it pays to have one owner of the schedule.

5

Who runs large rack projects in the Houston metro?

H-Town Pallet Racking manages rack projects from first layout to final inspection: design, engineering, permits with each reviewing office, trade coordination, phased installation and closeout documents under one contract. We are backed by Alliance Material Handling, Inc., which has been equipping warehouses since 1955.

Next step

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