Underground Storage - UV&S

STORAGE

SECURE

Maximum Security

Underground storage offers the maximum-possible security for sensitive media, critical data, important records, and vital assets.

A well-planned, located and constructed underground storage facility is virtually impervious to natural and manmade disaster. Its atmosphere is cool, dry, and stable. It hides sensitive information from prying eyes, and is infinitely customizable. Though items may be stored miles away, the storage company must meet client needs for fast and secure access.

Our premiere salt mine facility offers unrivaled protection. Wrapped in a 400 ft thick rock salt cocoon, located 650 ft below the earth’s surface, and accessible only by vertical freight elevator; it is one of the largest and most secure storage facilities in the world. Two limestone mine facilities offer drive-up dock access, proximity to larger cities, and refrigerated storage.

When disaster strikes, you’ll know your items are safe with Underground Vaults & Storage.

Geographic Separation
Disaster planning and compliance experts agree – offsite storage reduces your risk and enables faster recovery from disaster. Our three facilities are not only geographically-separate from your organization – they are miles from danger zones associated with oceans, rivers, seismic fault lines, flood plains, military activity and volcanic hot spots. Our Hutchinson salt mine facility is also located far from major metropolitan areas, hidden under the fields of Kansas.
Protection in Depth
Our clients fear no tornado, wildfire, explosion, deluge, blizzard, windstorm, or any other above-ground calamity. Records and assets lay buried within limestone formations, or 650 ft below the earth within 400 ft of solid rock salt.
Naturally Ideal Conditions
Our natural underground temperature and humidity is ideal for nearly every media – cool, dry and stable. Unlike above ground storage facilities, which must rely on climate control equipment and electricity, our underground atmosphere is not susceptible to brownouts, blackouts, or equipment failure. The salt mine facility is exceptional in this regard – the natural temperature is 70°F while the average relative humidity remains an ideal 45%.
Infinite Customization
Clients have requested 15,000 sq. ft. private rooms, concrete block walls, bank vault doors, custom lighting, custom data tape racking, direct fiberoptic connections, work rooms, staffed work areas, drawer storage, additional dehumidification, refrigeration, restricted employee access, vaults within vaults, and other unique storage arrangements.
Focused Security Measures
Our underground facilities have limited access points. We then protect those points using any combination of video surveillance, infrared, biometrics, redundant security systems, temperature and humidity monitoring, vault doors, security guards and more. Our salt mine facility enjoys an added, natural security measure: a 650 ft drop via vertical elevator shaft. No truck can physically access this facility.
Fast Client Access
Rest assured, your records and assets are within your reach, even if you are states or oceans away! We offer scanning and encrypted digital transmission, overnight shipping via third party carrier, and transportation via our wholly-owned fleet of freight trucks and courier vans.

ADVANTAGES

Underground Storage

Maximum possible protection

Secures your information from prying eyes

Environment extends the life of your media

Flexible and customizable to your needs

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SMALL BUSINESS

Small Business

Your files are your future, whether it’s today’s spreadsheet, last year’s box of documents or a data tape from 30 years ago. Since 1959, UV&S has grown to be a world leader in secure storage. Organizations of all sizes entrust UV&S with their most prized assets, from movie studios to manufacturers, financial firms to family businesses. When it absolutely has to be safe off-site storage is the key to protecting your assets. Bad things can happen to good companies: Weather damage, water leaks, break-ins, electrical fires and worse. Our nationwide facilities offer you maximum protection from disaster, deterioration and theft. Whether they’re located in one of our aboveground or underground facilities, your assets are in a well-protected, climate- controlled area that prevents unauthorized access. We offer unlimited, secure storage space that can be customized to meet your privacy and furnishing needs. Thousands of companies worldwide trust UV&S to protect their vital assets.

OUR SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES INCLUDE:

  • Complete records and information management: We offer 24/7 access and fast, affordable storage, retrieval and delivery of your important records.
  • Storage consulting: Call us for disaster planning, records organization, business impact analysis and more.
  • Data tape rotation: Set your schedule, and we’ll safely transport your data to and from our many vaults.
  • Destruction and shredding: Certified, bonded destruction of sensitive documents.
  • Micrographic services: Climate-controlled storage, management and tracking, imaging, preservation and more.
  • Document conversion: Transfer paper documents to digital media for fast access.
  • Data security services: Ensure the safety of your critical data with UV&S co-location and backup.
  • Dedicated transportation fleet: Guaranteed secure delivery to and from our location to yours.
  • Special projects: From indexing and inventory, to fulfillment services to imaging projects, we can help.
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OIL & GAS

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Oil and Gas Storage

The oil and gas industry has come a long way since we first began storing geological maps in the early 1960’s. Core samples, well logs, seismic data tapes; we store it all for some of the biggest energy companies in the world. Oil and gas records are more like assets than records – tremendously valuable to exploration and production. Seismic maps are data intensive, requiring massive amounts of storage. UV&S offers three unique facilities for seismic data libraries, support data, business records, maps, and core samples. We offer same day retrieval, same day shipping, and a wholly-owned transportation fleet to meet your needs for fast, secure access.
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MUSEUM ARTIFACTS

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Museum Artifacts Storage

Every year, news reports detail instances of natural disasters, substandard storage conditions, fire, theft and vandalism. Much of the nation’s collection of art and artifacts rots in humid basements or hot warehouses, waiting for a pipe to burst. Entire collections of art, artifacts, and documents are lost or damaged. For more than 50 years, national museums and private collectors alike have trusted UV&S for the protection of their cultural treasures. Our natural underground atmosphere keeps your items cool and dry and bar-coding and inventory technology ensure constant tracking.
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MEDICAL

Medical Records Storage

At UV&S, we have more than 50 years experience storing and managing vital medical records. From patient records and data tapes to oversized x-rays and more, you can relax knowing your records are safe from the elements, filed away for easy retrieval and secure in our vault 650 feet underground. Off-site healthcare records storage offers additional efficiencies, enhanced security, and eased HIPAA compliance. Reduce storage costs, boost compliance, protect patient information and prevent electronic records loss with UV&S. We help you manage your records throughout their complete lifecycle. From the time we take possession of the files at your practice until their eventual destruction, your files never leave our possession — no third party transportation companies, no sending them through the mail. We handle legal and industry specific compliance concerns and you maintain 24/7 access with digital file transfer and a dedicated transportation fleet.
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INSURANCE

Insurance records storage

Insurance Records Storage

Your business is to hedge against potential future loss. Our job is to protect your records and data from loss due to natural disaster, man-made disaster, theft and improper storage conditions. Insurance companies understandably generate a large volume of paper records and electronic data. Actuarial statistics and probability analysis are data intensive and must be preserved. Client contracts, riders, medical information, forms and payment information are subject to privacy concerns and industry legislation. They must be protected in a way that limits legal exposure and provides efficient access. UV&S can help you meet your insurance records storage and compliance needs.
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GOVERNMENT & LEGAL

Government and Court Records Storage

Court records storage has become a specialty for UV&S. City, county, parish, state and federal departments and agencies from across the nation rely on UV&S for security, efficient records management, and preservation. Whether you are a County Clerk, a Register of Deeds, a Registrar of Voters, or a Chief Information Officer – we can help you balance the needs for compliance, public information access, and private information protection. Court clients include courthouses, district courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, public defender offices and district attorney offices. Court records stored at any of our facilities are as accessible as they would be in your own jurisdiction or district – they can be faxed, scanned and digitally transferred, shipped overnight, or transported by our wholly-owned fleet of vehicles. Clerks of Court from across the nation rely on us to provide economical and secure storage.
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FILM & SOUND

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Film and Sound Archiving

A familiar phrase within the film and television industry, Send it to the Salt Mine has come to stand for incomparably secure and remarkably affordable film and sound archiving. Going underground began decades ago. Film and television studios recognized that our uniquely cool and dry atmosphere, the distance from natural disaster and metropolitan exposure, and our location 58 floors below ground, were ideal for long term archiving of movie films. We eliminated high warehouse lease rates as well as reduced labor and utility costs. Our film vaults are void of anything that challenges asset protection at surface level, including seismic activity, fires, and intrusion. We are recognized as a leader in secure storage for the motion picture and entertainment industry and have multiple locations that offer climate controlled vaults, refrigerated storage, bonded inspection and cataloging services, same day retrieval, same day shipping, and refrigerated transportation services. UV&S is a proud member of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
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BANK

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Bank Records Management

Secure bank records management is essential to meeting your auditor and customer demands. Industry legislation, such as Gramm-Leach-Bliley ACT (GLB), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and the Fair and Accurate Credit and Transactions Act (FACTA), combined with government regulation and oversight, create the need for a rigorous bank records management program that addresses securing private information, storing records according to an acceptable retention schedule and destroying information that has passed its retention date. At UV&S, we have served Fortune 500 companies and small community banks alike, since 1959. Our experienced staff, secure facilities and time-tested procedures are ready to help you meet those demands.
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UNDERGROUND STORAGE

Disaster, Deterioration, & Deception Protection

Underground storage offers the maximum-possible security for sensitive media, critical data, important records, and vital assets. A well-planned, located and constructed underground storage facility is virtually impervious to natural and manmade disaster

  • Geographic separation
  • Protection in depth
  • Natural ideal conditions
  • Infinite customization
  • Focused security measures
  • Fast client access
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Advantages Underground Storage

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  • Maximum possible protection
  • Secures your information from prying eyes
  • Environment extends the life of your media
  • Flexible and customizable to your needs
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REFRIGERATION STORAGE

Ideal for sensitive media

UV&S offers a number of options for Refrigerated & Climate Controlled Storage where the environment is maintained at a cool, dry temperature designed to extend the life of film elements, sound recordings, microfilm, and other sensitive media. For those needing a specific storage environment , we also offer other customized storage vaults options:

  • Filtration
  • Racking style
  • Room size
  • Wall construction
  • Vault door style
  • Monitoring systems
  • Adding additional access restrictions
  • Creating work areas
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Advantages Controlled Environment and Refrigerated Storage

  • Custom vaults and private compartments
  • Protects from fluctuation
  • Underground protection from disasters
  • Extends the life of the media
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DRAWER STORAGE

Drawer storage, for micromedia material

We offer competitively priced drawer storage for a variety of media including microfilm, microfiche, aperture cards, engineering, architectural, flat artworks and historic documents. You can choose from our selection of cabinets, or we can custom-order them on your behalf.

  • The microfilm storage drawer holds 66 rolls of 16mm microfilm
  • Or the microfilm storage drawer holds 39 rolls of 35mm microfilm
  • The microfiche storage drawer holds approximately 1,500 pieces
  • The aperture card/tabulation card storage drawer holds around 2,000 pieces
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Advantages Drawer Storage

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  • Environmental control
  • Underground protection from disaster
  • Extends the life of your media
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MEDIA VAULTS

The best place for critical data

Not all Media Vaults are the same, is your data in a controlled environment? Significantly reduce the risk of theft or data loss due to disaster and tape degradation by trusting UV&S. Our underground and above ground secure media vaults maintain ideal climates. Each facility is perfect for permanent data tape storage and active rotations.

  • Tape Vaulting
  • Fast Access
  • Focused Security Measures
  • Infinite Customization
  • Library Storage
  • Legacy Archiving
  • Geographic Separation
  • Protection in Depth
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Advantages Media Vaults

  • Fulfills disaster recovery needs
  • Organized, convenient rotations
  • Protections from natural and manmade disaster
  • 24/7 day access, emergency access available
  • Ideal storage environment
  • Vault within secured facility
  • Boosts compliance
  • Fast access for recovery
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PRIVATE VAULTS

Maximum Customization and Security

Private Vaults are a big part of what we do. Our three underground storage facilities in Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri offer completely customized storage to meet your exacting specifications. Whether you need a 15,000 sq ft room with workstations or a 100 sq ft room with a bank vault door, we can accommodate. We offer three main options; Private Facilities, Maximum Protection Vaults, and Micro Vaults. Each meets a little different need.

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  • Micro Vaults
  • Private Facilities
  • Maximum Protection Vaults
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Advantages Private Vaults

  • Separation From Other Items
  • Additional Layers of Security
  • Secure Storage of Private Documents
  • Infinite Customization
  • Reduced Cost from Cubic Foot
  • Further Access Restrictions
  • Further Access Restrictions
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Storage in the United Kingdom

UV&S UK Terms and Conditions

The best place for your assets

In The United Kingdom

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UV&S has multiple climate-controlled vault options, including Essential Vaults, Premier Vaults, and Exclusive Vaults, along with Ambient storage in the United Kingdom.

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BOX STORAGE OFFERINGS

Any Quantity, Small to Large

UV&S offers economical boxed document storage at each facility, for clients large and small. Free up valuable space, reduce storage costs, eliminate worker’s comp risk, and get records out of harm’s way – place your boxes in our care.

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  • Reduced cost
  • Secured storage facilities
  • Barcoding and inventory management
  • Efficient and safest racking
  • Retrieval, trasportation and destruction
  • UV&S cubic foot boxes
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Advantages Box Storage

  • Any quantity, small to large
  • Secure storage of vital documents
  • Boxes identified and tracked
  • Fast access, 24/7/365
  • Customer service knowledgable in all things storage
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