Are you deliberating between investing in either a mobile trailer or renting/buying a permanent building or a room within one? For many reasons, a mobile office makes great sense for a construction business; in addition, you’ll also find it to be more cost effective. It is widely accepted that a construction trailer provides many, if not all of the benefits of a fixed address office solution, but at a much lower cost; providing you with equally serviceable accommodations, whilst making a smaller dent on your businesses bottom line. Not only will it cost you less, but in down time between your contracts, you will also have the ability to rent it out to other businesses, helping you to keep cash flowing in if work is slow.
Reduce the chances of tools being lost and stolen
Nobody plans to be the victim of theft, but inevitably wherever valuable equipment is left unsecured, the possibility of pilfering exists. By investing in a mobile office trailer, you’re significantly reducing the risk of having expensive tools and equipment stolen. Not only does this equipment cost a lot of money, the loss of tools can cause unexpected down time (and potentially costly project delay fines) if they are only available by special order, and as the majority of stolen construction equipment is never recovered, leaving them out in the open is just asking for trouble! Mobile Construction trailers are available with secure lockups, and heavy duty doors to put off even the most determined thief.
Provide an office for your foreman and other site leadership
An unfortunate reality of today’s construction site is bureaucracy, and that inevitably leads to paperwork! Whether that’s planning and code forms, or health and safety reports, the people responsible for this vital work need a quiet place to get on with their duties, and a construction trailer can provide your team with clean, safe and comfortable surroundings. Having a mobile office also removes the need for commuting between permanent office facilities and the job site too, improving productivity, as well as making site leadership more accessible to the tradesmen working for you.
Tools aren’t the only valuables that have to be secured!
Having a mobile office can allow you to keep important or valuable documents away from prying eyes; whether it’s trade secrets, non public plans or important certificates and credentials, having a secure location to store them on site eliminates the need to tote them around every day. In addition to documents, you may need to leave computers on site, as such, a mobile construction trailer provides a safe space, away from the elements, to do so!
Provide a weather shelter and break room for your crew
By investing in a mobile office trailer to be used as a break room and weather shelter, you’re also investing in your construction crew. This not only improves overall health and safety, but it also goes a long way to improving worker morale. A comfortable, well rested team and more likely to be a productive team. Additionally, by providing somewhere warm when it’s cold out, or by cranking up the air conditioning on those hot summer days, you’re reducing the risk of sickness or even heat stroke, therefore reducing the chances of lost time from illness and exhaustion, not to mention the fact that you’re providing proper shelter in the event of severe weather such as lightning, torrential rain or hail.
Provide changing facilities and lockers for your crew
If your site is particularly dirty, or the team are working with hazardous chemicals, a mobile construction trailer enables you to provide them with at the very least, somewhere to change from street clothes in to their work gear, but as with most trailers, the sky is the limit! You could even go so far as to provide showers and lockers. In addition, having an office trailer can provide a huge upgrade over those much maligned porta-potties, allowing you to give your crew a much more comfortable bathroom – which in turn will certainly improve morale on the site.
You’ll be making your business and operation much more flexible
By opting to invest in a portable construction trailer, rather than a fixed office in an off site building, you’re creating the possibility to accept work almost anywhere. This means never having to turn down a job because it’s too far from the office! You’ll also create an ideal meeting venue for getting together with clients and others. If you need to meet with any of the construction crew, you’re also eliminating the need for them to leave the site – a huge boost to your productivity when you consider the driving time between their work place and an off site office. The true beauty of an office trailer is the most obvious factor – they’re portable and pre fabricated! Once you have your unit, tow it to the site and hook it up to sewerage and electricity as required – once the contract is complete, simply disconnect and tow it on to the next job.
Some Mobile Office features:
Built-in Desks and Shelving
Coffee Bars
Plan Tables (fold down or with storage)
Plan Racks
Mini Blinds
Closets
Full or Half bath
Kitchenettes
Copper DWV
Conduit EMT Wiring
Special Circuitry
BX Wiring, Smoke / Fire / Security Alarms
Recessed Lighting
Security Bars or Screens
Exterior Lighting
Insulated Sheathing
Upgraded Insulation
Sound Board
Insulated Windows
29 Ga. Ribbed Steel Siding
Wood Siding
Vinyl Siding
Interior and Exterior Color Options
Getting The Correct Size Mobile Office Trailer in Ontario, Canada
Christie’s RV are your local experts when it comes to new or used mobile offices and construction trailers for sale in Ontario. We have a large inventory on our well stocked lot, and if we don’t have what you need on site, we’re more than happy to help you through the design process of specifying a bespoke office trailer for your business. We hope this guide has provided some insight in to the benefits of mobile trailers, but if you’d like to know more, we’d love for you to come and see us! Either call ahead or drop in, and one of our team will gladly assist you.
Looking for some idea’s on prices for office trailers for sale in Ontario, or leasing/renting a mobile office trailer check out this article here -> “Leasing, Renting and Purchase cost of Office Trailers for sale Ontario”.
For further information or to find out how we may help you with Permanent or Temporary Office requirements, please call Marty, our Service Manager at 705-777-2200 ext. 112 or send him an email at marty@christiesrv.com.
