Updated May 2023. This Guideline was developed by the Rack Manufacturers Institute, an Industry Group of MHI and represents suggested practices and considerations for repairing or replacing damaged racks. It is intended to provide useful information and guidance for owners, users, designers, purchasers and/or specifiers of repairs to racks and rack systems. It is advisory only and should only be regarded as a simple tool that its intended audience may or may not choose to follow, adopt, modify, or reject. The following information does not constitute a comprehensive safety program, cannot guard against pitfalls in operating, selecting and purchasing such a system, its repair or its replacement, and should not be relied upon as such. However, such a safety program should be developed, and an independent adviser should be consulted in doing so.

Updated March 2023. The safe and efficient use of racked storage facilities depends on a number of factors. It is with these factors in mind that these considerations have been prepared to give advice to the warehouse operator who may not be a specialist in technical matters or in the detail design related to the storage facility. These considerations are intended to give an indication of good practice. They are not intended to be comprehensive, and where the user is in any doubt, or where this document does not appear to cover fully the particular situation being considered, then the user must consult the supplier or other sources for specialized technical advice.

This document contains detailed examples on how storage rack designers can apply the formulas and guidance found in ANSI MH16.1-2023 in their designs and calculation packages.