[BCMA] Fwd: Museum travelling exhibit delivery truck sizes?

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Mr. Stevens,

       I think you answered your own question: the standard is what  
the commercial shippers (or the BC trucking association) would supply  
to you–namely, the standard height for loading docks (which, in turn,  
is the standard height for large freight-truck decks.  The slope of  
the street would be a factor as well, but only if the immediate area  
in front of the loading bay is sloped as well.  Truck height (at  
least, as it relates to the height of the truck box) is only a  
consideration if the loading area is covered by a roof which extends  
beyond the dock.  I have seen configurations that feature a standard  
loading dock with a much lower platform situated immediately to one  
side, to accommodate (the much lower) pick-up trucks and small vans.   
The lower platform was connected to the main loading area by a sloped  
concrete walkway so that wheeled freight dollies could be readily used.
       If you contact your local building department or the BC  
trucking association, either should be able to advise you.  –G.





On 30-May-11, at 10:24 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. wrote:

>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:	Museum travelling exhibit delivery truck sizes?
> Date:	Sun, 22 May 2011 11:27:05 -0700
> From:	Colin Stevens <cstevens at newwestcity.ca>
>
>
> Does anyone have any measurements for trucks that deliver travelling  
> exhibits? Our planners are wishing to make decisions on the loading  
> bays for the new Multi-Use Civic Facility building.  Our shared  
> building will have a twin loading bay at the bottom of a sloped dead- 
> end street and another one off of a side street. The side-street one  
> is intended to be mainly for the theatre component but may be used  
> by the museum or art gallery to bring in oversized items that will  
> not fit in the twin loading bays freight elevator.
>
> They are looking at issues such as “dock height; leveller type
>  truck size, height, bed height etc.” Overhead door height?
>
> I am not aware of any “standards”, certainly not since the National  
> Museums travelling exhibitions truck was taken out of service a few  
> years ago.
>
> My experience from running a National Exhibition Centre was that  
> travelling exhibits could arrive in a van, a 3-on truck, 5-ton truck  
> with rail-gate or even by semi-trailer – depending upon size,  
> shipper and distance shipped.  So the “standards” would tend to be  
> whatever trucks commercial shippers use – so plan for a semi-trailer  
> truck and have an adjustable height platform for the loading dock.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Colin MacGregor Stevens,
> Manager,
> New Westminster Museum and Archives,
> 302 Royal Avenue,
> New Westminster, BC,
> V3L 1H7, Canada
>
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>
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