Know your storage limits, spec your rack, and size your layout in seconds — not days. Built by a 13-year field veteran who's been on both sides of every compliance call.
You committed to the building before knowing if your commodity and sprinklers would pass the fire marshal inspection. Costly fix, tight timeline.
You emailed the rep three days ago for beam capacities and calcs. Still nothing. You need to move now, not when they get around to it.
You have a pallet count, a ceiling height, and a commodity class. But nobody can give you a fast, reliable answer on how to size the system.
Enter your building address. Get your maximum legal storage height by commodity class — NFPA 231, NFPA 13, California Fire Code — in seconds.
Real capacity data from NUCOR, Interlake, Steel King, Husky, and more. Seismic factors auto-applied from your ZIP. Know if your spec is safe before you order.
Tell it your pallet count goal. It tells you exactly how many bays, uprights, and beams you need — estimated upright and beam counts sized to your ceiling height and fire code limits.
Upload your warehouse floor plan. AI reads the dimensions, columns, dock doors, and offices — and returns a full layout analysis automatically.
The HPS Calculator looks up your building, estimates your sprinkler system from the build year, and pulls live USGS seismic data for your exact location. No forms. No calls.
See your maximum legal storage height by commodity. Plug in your rack specs — beam length, frame height, pallet weight — and get capacity numbers pulled directly from manufacturer tables with your seismic zone already factored in.
The Racking Goal Calculator sizes your full system — bays, beams, uprights — to your pallet count and ceiling height. Then request a quote and we'll handle the rest.
The information that used to take days and thousands in engineering fees is available right now — free, in minutes, built on real field experience.
From the sprinkler hydraulic calc report. Leave blank to use NFPA defaults.
AI auto-fills dimensions. Verify before generating — especially dock wall location.
I've spent 13 years in the pallet racking industry working every part of it — building systems in the field, selling and procuring material, transporting and loading freight, and navigating the permitting process with fire marshals and building departments across Southern California and beyond.
That range of experience gives me a perspective that most people in this space don't have. I'm not looking at a warehouse from one angle — I'm looking at it from all of them at once. I know what the installer sees, what the fire marshal is looking for, and what the customer is actually trying to accomplish.
Over the years I watched this industry become a completely different animal. What used to be a relatively straightforward installation business has become heavily scrutinized — tighter fire codes, more rigorous AHJ oversight, and an ever-increasing focus on High-Piled Storage compliance. The rules got stricter and the cost of getting it wrong got much higher.
"Time and time again I watched clients procure rack, sign leases, or begin installations — only to find out after the fact that their building, sprinkler system, or racking specification wasn't compliant with what the fire department required. The cost of that mistake is completely avoidable with the right information upfront. That's exactly why I built this."
HPS Authority exists to get you that information before you need it — not after it's too late.
Over my career I've had the privilege of working with some of the most recognized names in logistics, supply chain, and distribution — across 3PL, e-commerce, freight, aerospace, retail, and manufacturing.
And many others across cold chain, food distribution, automotive, and government sectors.
I specialize in Southern California — particularly the Inland Empire, one of the largest and most active industrial real estate markets in the country. I know the fire departments, the AHJs, and the building stock in this region inside and out.
HPS compliance challenges are everywhere — not just California. I'm available nationwide for remote consultation on:
Whether you're evaluating a building, speccing a system, or already dealing with a compliance issue — I'm here to help. Start with the intake form or reach out directly.
Real answers from someone who has been in the field for 13 years — not boilerplate from a website.
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