Central PA's Pallet Racking Experts

We serve warehouses and distribution centers across six Central Pennsylvania counties — Dauphin (Harrisburg, Hershey, Middletown), Cumberland (Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill), York (York, New Cumberland, Dillsburg), Lebanon, Franklin (Chambersburg, Shippensburg), and Lancaster (Elizabethtown). That covers the full I-81 corridor from Chambersburg northeast to the I-78 split, plus the I-83 corridor south toward the Maryland line.

Yes. Pennsylvania enforces the Uniform Construction Code (UCC) at the municipal level, so the reviewing office changes from one township or borough to the next — and where a municipality has not elected to enforce the commercial UCC, plan review falls to the PA Department of Labor & Industry instead. We identify the right authority before drawings are issued and handle the submittal, including stamped engineering, seismic and wind-load calculations, and fire high-piled storage documentation.

Yes — that corridor is the core of our work. The Class A buildings around Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, and the I-81/I-78 split in Lebanon County run 32 to 40 feet clear on post-tension slabs, which means anchor layouts have to be engineered around PT cable mapping before anything is drilled. We regularly install selective, push-back, and pallet-flow systems in those buildings and work around active 3PL operations.

Yes. Confectionery, food manufacturing, and cold-chain distribution are a major part of the Dauphin and Lebanon County industrial base. We install food-grade rack with FDA/USDA-compatible finishes, sanitation-friendly clearances, and — for refrigerated and freezer environments — galvanized or epoxy-coated components with freezer-rated fasteners.

Most Central PA projects fall between $50 and $120 per pallet position installed for standard selective racking, depending on beam capacity, height, and whether you choose new or quality-certified used rack. A typical 1,000-position warehouse runs roughly $50,000–$120,000 installed, including engineering, permits, and anchoring. Used rack can cut material cost 40–60%, which is the largest single lever on a Central PA project budget. Pennsylvania's 6% state sales tax applies to materials, with no local add-on in the Harrisburg-area counties. We provide fixed written quotes after a site visit.

Harrisburg Pallet Racking is the region's dedicated pallet racking specialist, serving the full I-81 and I-83 corridor as a division of Alliance Material Handling, which has equipped mid-Atlantic warehouses for over 70 years. We handle the full scope in-house: engineering, permits, installation, inspection, and used-rack supply — with specific experience in Carlisle-area big-box distribution, Hershey food-grade plants, York manufacturing, and defense-contractor work around Letterkenny Army Depot, Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg, and Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna. Every install is OSHA and ANSI/RMI MH16.1 compliant.