As the result of a two stage public procurement process started in early 2002 and concluding in March of 2003, Archives ONE Limited Partnership was selected as the successful bidder to provide storage and retrieval services. The storage and retrieval Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the Archives of Ontario and Archives ONE contains extensive performance standards to be established and maintained by Archives ONE throughout the 25 year term of the contract.

In less than a year, Archives ONE constructed an archival storage facility that met all the Archives' required performance standards for temperature, humidity, fire and water protection, air quality and security.

The Archives retained an external consulting group of engineers and architects to audit the design and construction in order to certify that the facility met all the required standards set in the SLA. Once certification was achieved in April 2005, the Archives approved the commencement of the move to the new facility, which was undertaken by Archives ONE under the terms of the contract.

See the slide show below for details of construction.

Archives ONE LP’s archival storage facility, situated 45 minutes north west of Toronto, consists of three standard storage vaults each with a capacity of 120,000 cubic feet of textual records.

The vault structure consists of an 18” thick concrete roof supported by 18” x 18” concrete columns, 30 feet high. The facility has been designed for the expansion required by the Archives over the 25 year term of the contract - to 600,000 containers by 2028.

Vault construction - 10 metre (30') high concrete structured columns to support the 18" thick concrete roof

Buffer zone surrounding storage vaults

Three story high storage racking system with integrated lighting and fire sprinklers.

Standard storage vault at Archives ONE facility

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