Saturday, October 30, 2010

Reason #6 Interior Completed - Why Modular Building Over Steel Buildings

One of the biggest differences between a steel building or metal building and modular building is you purchasing a complete building. With steel building construction, your purchasing just the shell or exterior walls of a building. Modular building are delivered to your location with all the interior work completed. The electrical wiring, plumbing, flooring, and interior walls or rooms are already finished. This difference has numerous benefits:

  • Save Money on Total Building Cost - Our customer can take advantage of the power of buying in large quantity. Unlike like the local builder who purchases materials for a single project at a time, we purchase our materials in bulk for multiple ongoing construction projects. This results in a lower price for the building materials and the resulting modular building.
  • Save Money on General Contract Expenses - Since your building is delivered as a completed building, there is no need to hire a general contractor to construct the interior components of the building.
  • Save Money on Drafting and Design Services - Everyone need to have blueprints of the building they plan to construct. Included in the price of your modular building are all the blueprints and engineering layouts needed to complete the construction.
  • Save Time with Simultaneous Construction - While your preparing your site, we'll completing your modular building. With steel building or metal building construction methods, the building is built in stages as each component is completed. First the site must be prepared then the building shell is built and last the interior is completed. Modular construction method allows for your to prepare you site while we complete you building. This can reduce to time from start of construction to completion by as much as 9 months.
To learn all the benefits of modular construction, visit our website at www.WilkinsMobile.com or just click here.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Reason #7 Quality Control - Modular Building vs Steel Buildings

The Quality Control process for a modular building is far more expensive than than of a steel building. Modular designs are reviewed extensively by Engineers for structural concerns, 3rd Party Agencies for code compliance, and State Modular review programs. This process of checks and balances ensures your building meets guidelines of ADA, Life Safety, and Natural Disaster codes. Wilkins own Quality Control Manager and 3rd Party Agencies review your building throughout the construction process. Since a steel building or metal building is only the shell of the building, code compliance is handled in two phases. The first phase deals directly with the building structure or shell and the second phase of the interior components is handled is the interior is built. This lack of review of a building as a whole, is far below the quality standards in a modular building. You can learn more about the benefits of modular construction by visiting our website www.WilkinsMobile.com or by clicking here.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Reason #8 Simultaneous Construction - Modular Building vs Steel Building

When comparing modular buildings to steel building, one very important difference is to fact a modular building allow for simultaneous construction. You modular building is built off site at the same time your prepare your location (foundation work and site prep). With steel buildings and traditional construction, work on the building structure can not begin until all of the site preparation and foundation work are complete. Modular building methods greatly speeds up the occupancy  time compared to steel buildings. You can learn all the benefits of modular construction by visiting our website or by clicking here.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Why Buy Modular vs Steel Building - #8 Weather Delays

As we have discussed before, modular building offer several benefits to steel building construction or traditional construction methods. One of these benefits is the reduction in construction delays due to weather. Using modern modular construction techniques, all of the work is performed in the controlled environment of our 65,000 square foot facility. This allows for construction of your building to continue on schedule regardless of the  weather outside. Metal building construction can come to a halt and results in numerous delays due to changing weather conditions. You can learn more about the benefits of modular construction, by visiting our website (www.WilkinsMoblie.com) or clicking here.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Modular Buildings vs Steel Buildings - #9 Less Architect Expense

We've been reviewing the top 10 reasons to purchase a modular building over a steel building. One expense that is often overlooked in the total price of the building is architect service expenses. A modular building has less architect service expenses than other building because the design portion is handled by our in-house drafting and design department. When you start pricing the purchase of a steel building plus the additional work to complete the entire building, you're sure to see the savings of a modular building over a steel or metal building. To learn more about the advantages of modular construction over steel building construction, click here.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Reasons to buy Modular Buildings vs Steel Buildings - #10 Construction Financing

Over the next few days, we'll be reviewing the top 10 reason to purchase a modular building vs a steel building. Reason number 10 is the reduced expense in construction financing cost. When you choice a steel building, you have a longer time period from start of construction to the completed building. Modular buildings are delivered with a completed interior space reducing the total construction project time frame by as much as 9 months. You can read more about the benefits of modular construction by clicking here.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Dental Office Floor Plans and Dental Office Design - A Modular Soultion

One of the most complex medical office designs is a dental office design. The need for plumbing and air supply lines in each exam room makes the construction more complex. Our customers are saving time and money by using modular building solutions to for their dental office floor plans. With modular construction, all of the electrical wiring, air supply lines, and plumbing is done during the modular construction process. This spends up the total project or time of occupancy by reducing the amount of time a general contractor spend after the building structure is completed. To see examples of our past dental office floor plans, visit our website www.WilkinsMobile.com or click here.