Smart Space Temporary Buildings

Whilst it may sound like a cliché, Smart-space temporary buildings can be used for almost any application. Initially, they were simply used as a storage warehouse – for seasonal peaks to keep valuable goods under cover, secure and dry.

Requests came in for temporary buildings for a variety of uses – loading bays for goods inwards checking – again, valuable stock is protected. Temporary buildings have been used at a sewage treatment plant for producing ‘cakes’, (just in case you’re wondering – this structure was subsequently scrapped), and by a forensic investigation team analysing building remains for evidence collection.

Smart-space temporary buildings lend themselves superbly for use as car showrooms, particularly when fitted with large windows.

Other applications have been for dining rooms and restaurants; sometimes during a refurbishment, others that have stayed as a permanent site.
Schools and colleges use the temporary buildings for examination halls – they are not just warehouses for storage of goods but can also create an ambient working environment complete with heating, air-conditioning and insulation.

Do temporary buildings stick out like a ‘sore thumb’ or do they blend into their surroundings – a factory yard, car showroom or airport arrivals lounge?

When looking for extra space, the last thing a client wants to feel is that they have degraded the company image in any way. One of the great advantages of a Smart-space temporary building is their flexibility – be it size, colour or access.

Whilst basically developed from the same structure, Smart-space temporary buildings can be tailored to the user’s needs – a car showroom with large windows, a goods inwards bay with electric roller shutter access, or an International arrivals lounge at an airport.

Temporary buildings can be manufactured to order in corporate livery if need be. Walls can be enhanced with signage and the materials used means that they can be cleaned easily.

With Smart-space temporary buildings, there is no need to tolerate Heath Robinson structures like this one, cobbled together.

(this building is MOST DEFINATELY NOT one of ours!)

Installing a temporary building is an ideal way to overcome short term space problems without losing production time or damaging goods. They can be used to enhance your image whilst waiting to move premises or trialling new procedures.

In the early days of our temporary buildings industry, this was a common question from sceptical warehouse managers.

Of course, the industry HAD grown from the events industry – framed structures were indeed used as were marquees, but our new generation of Smart-space temporary buildings are far removed from those early days.

The Smart-space temporary buildings now used are built to German Industrial Norms DIN 4112, using a steel framework with a range of roof and wall options. They are windproof and watertight, meeting stringent requirements for wind and snow load, with a capability of withstanding even the most severe weather conditions. Even so, our trained erectors install them in a fraction of the time it takes to install steel framed buildings.

See a typical specification here…

These temporary buildings bolt onto your existing ground service – concrete, tarmac or hardcore – they all work well, so there is minimal preparation required by the client. This of course also saves upheaval and time – these buildings can be erected and ready to use within 72 hours (depending upon their size of course).

Whilst we refer to these structures as temporary buildings – they can be used indefinately; the temporary aspect really only refers to ease that they can be installed and removed.