Portable Buildings-the Future of Construction Industry

Portable is a term usually referred to electronic devices. The thing we usually don’t know is that it is not only used with electrical media but also with automated systems. Portable buildings are the latest trends of technology in our construction industry produced by many pallet manufacturers. This concept includes the building of several modules of the structure which makes it easy to move and adjust them with a crane or carrier from one point to another. One of the kinds of portable buildings is Portacabins. This procedure gives a quick and cost competitive way with moveable cabins to fulfil the requirements of the users.

In recent years, the demand for Portacabins has increased a lot in European and Asian countries. Wikipedia states that, around 300k portable building for schools in US are already in use. China became the top exporter of prefab construction exports of around 1.5 billion US dollars in 2015. Whereas, overall export globally was around 8.2 billion US dollars. China ranks high in being the most experimental with the artifices and producing the most portacabins around the globe. One of the prevention factors kept in these designs is earthquake frequency.

Portable Schools

Another type of portable structures are portable schools which are often designed to avoid the overloaded classrooms by providing more space in forms of moveable cabins. This helps in bringing in more and more students. Such technology is also helpful while renovating the buildings or while going through calamities like fire or earthquakes.

Schools are not the only divisions where the portable buildings are used but also various kinds of portacabins which are used for many other different needs. Toilets have also been manufactured in this process. The main objective for which was to have a clean and healthy environment for the community and to minimize the diseases. Some of the other Portacabins manufactured in the previous years are moveable garages, kitchens, security rooms, site offices and booths. The area of these cabins is easily increased or decreased depending upon the requirements.

Time duration

The usual time duration of portacabins is seven to ten days. This duration varies from size to area that it is supposed to be covered. This technology is best for the businesses investing for the longest time. Whereas its renovation is a continuous but a very easy process. It includes repairing of roofs, walls, floors, paint, doors, insulation and windows. In a usual routine, it is mostly done in every six to twelve months depending upon the environmental factors. The duration is also dependent on the quality of portacabins which includes good quality steel pallets, wood pallets, aluminium windows and vinyl flooring. Of course, we have a free hand in choosing these finishing materials that best suits our requirements.

Flexibility

These portacabins are very flexible in their designs. They give us the freedom to be creative with the designs by being inspiring yet practical at the same time. We can easily adjust the modules according to our imagination and needs. With the passage of time, every organization needs to add up some space to the assets and portacabins provide us with that. We can easily move our modular building to a bigger location as well as add up the stories to the same building.

Cost

A number of portacabins & pallet manufacturers proposes for their products on lease or rental purchase depending upon the client’s affordability. The price of portacabins is approximately 5000 US dollars in Pakistan for an area of 20 x 10 8.5 ft. Whereas, in India it ranges from 3900 US dollars to 4500 US dollars. These prices also vary with the quality and size of portacabins. Usually the shipping charges are not added but a few of the companies do add it for more than fifty miles away factory area.

Conclusion

As a conclusion, portable buildings are the best engineered solutions for public and government sector projects provided by several pallet manufacturers. It is very helpful as it is quick solution, it gives us the flexibility of installing the modules with various designs, it is budget friendly and it is easy to maintain. We can easily customize it whenever we want according to our needs.